Texas · Off-grid & homestead potential
Hartley County is a strong bolthole (66/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and cheap to buy into (typical home $256k). The trade-offs: modest rainfall (16.7″/yr).
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Hartley County is a strong bolthole (66/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and cheap to buy into (typical home $256k). Watch-outs: modest rainfall (16.7″/yr).
Land in Hartley County runs about $1,824 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Hartley County gets about 16.7" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 36.4% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 65 miles away, and population density is 3.5 people per square mile.