Texas · Off-grid & homestead potential
Bastrop County is a solid bolthole (57/100). Its strengths are low extraction and seizure exposure and decent rainfall (37.6″/yr). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 29 mi from the nearest metro.
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Bastrop County is a solid bolthole (57/100). Its strengths: low extraction and seizure exposure and decent rainfall (37.6″/yr). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 29 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Bastrop County runs about $6,225 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Bastrop County gets about 37.6" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 20.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 29 miles away, and population density is 124.7 people per square mile.