Texas · Off-grid & homestead potential
Gillespie County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and strong economic & personal freedom (79% Republican). The trade-offs: moderate natural-hazard risk.
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Gillespie County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and strong economic & personal freedom (79% Republican). Watch-outs: moderate natural-hazard risk.
Land in Gillespie County runs about $3,993 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Gillespie County gets about 30.1" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 46% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 69 miles away, and population density is 26.2 people per square mile.