Virginia · Off-grid & homestead potential
Russell County is a strong bolthole (72/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (47.1″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $139k). The trade-offs: poor cropland soil.
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Russell County is a strong bolthole (72/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (47.1″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $139k). Watch-outs: poor cropland soil.
Land in Russell County runs about $3,381 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Russell County gets about 47.1" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 116 miles away, and population density is 53.8 people per square mile.