Virginia · Off-grid & homestead potential
Essex County is a strong bolthole (72/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (45.8″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction.
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Essex County is a strong bolthole (72/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (45.8″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction.
Land in Essex County runs about $4,252 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Essex County gets about 45.8" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.4% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 40 miles away, and population density is 41.2 people per square mile.