Utah · Off-grid & homestead potential
Iron County is a marginal bolthole (44/100). Its strengths are strong economic & personal freedom (76% Republican) and real distance from any metro (55 mi). The trade-offs: poor cropland soil and 57.7% of it owned by the federal government.
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Iron County is a marginal bolthole (44/100). Its strengths: strong economic & personal freedom (76% Republican) and real distance from any metro (55 mi). Watch-outs: poor cropland soil and 57.7% of it owned by the federal government.
Land in Iron County runs about $3,525 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Iron County gets about 14.5" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 22% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 55 miles away, and population density is 19.5 people per square mile.