West Virginia · Off-grid & homestead potential
Raleigh County is a strong bolthole (68/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (46.5″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
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Raleigh County is a strong bolthole (68/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (46.5″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Raleigh County runs about $4,225 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Raleigh County gets about 46.5" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 124 miles away, and population density is 119.5 people per square mile.