West Virginia · Off-grid & homestead potential
Kanawha County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (46.7″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $153k). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Kanawha County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (46.7″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $153k). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Kanawha County runs about $3,883 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Kanawha County gets about 46.7" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 141 miles away, and population density is 193.9 people per square mile.