West Virginia · Off-grid & homestead potential
Barbour County is a strong bolthole (76/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (50″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: middling conditions for growing food.
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Barbour County is a strong bolthole (76/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (50″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Barbour County runs about $2,673 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Barbour County gets about 50" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 91 miles away, and population density is 45.1 people per square mile.