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Best Counties for Homesteading in the U.S.

The highest-scoring counties in the country, ranked across all 3,000+ by the same eight-factor homestead score as the individual county pages — water, climate, cost, freedom, hazards, space, connectivity, and healthcare.

  1. #CountyHomestead scoreScore
  2. 1Benton County, TNTennessee100/100100
  3. 2Clay County, TNTennessee100/100100
  4. 3Fentress County, TNTennessee100/100100
  5. 4East Carroll County, LALouisiana100/100100
  6. 5Hancock County, TNTennessee100/100100
  7. 6Haywood County, TNTennessee100/100100
  8. 7Houston County, TNTennessee100/100100
  9. 8Humphreys County, TNTennessee100/100100
  10. 9Overton County, TNTennessee100/100100
  11. 10Perry County, TNTennessee100/100100
  12. 11Pickett County, TNTennessee100/100100
  13. 12Scott County, TNTennessee100/100100
  14. 13Unicoi County, TNTennessee100/100100
  15. 14Crenshaw County, ALAlabama100/100100
  16. 15West Carroll County, LALouisiana100/100100
  17. 16Dent County, MOMissouri100/100100
  18. 17Kemper County, MSMississippi100/100100
  19. 18Jay County, INIndiana100/100100
  20. 19Scott County, ARArkansas100/100100
  21. 20Bates County, MOMissouri100/100100
  22. 21Ouachita County, ARArkansas100/100100
  23. 22Van Buren County, ARArkansas100/100100
  24. 23Madison County, FLFlorida100/100100
  25. 24Taylor County, FLFlorida100/100100
  26. 25Bacon County, GAGeorgia100/100100
  27. 26Iron County, MOMissouri100/100100
  28. 27Candler County, GAGeorgia100/100100
  29. 28Irwin County, GAGeorgia100/100100
  30. 29Jenkins County, GAGeorgia100/100100
  31. 30Wheeler County, GAGeorgia100/100100
  32. 31Wilkes County, GAGeorgia100/100100
  33. 32Texas County, MOMissouri100/100100
  34. 33Webster County, MSMississippi100/100100
  35. 34Choctaw County, MSMississippi100/100100
  36. 35Franklin County, FLFlorida100/100100
  37. 36Arkansas County, ARArkansas100/100100
  38. 37Bradley County, ARArkansas100/100100
  39. 38Calhoun County, ARArkansas100/100100
  40. 39Fulton County, ARArkansas100/100100
  41. 40Howard County, ARArkansas100/100100
  42. 41Bullock County, ALAlabama100/100100
  43. 42Fayette County, ALAlabama100/100100
  44. 43Pike County, ALAlabama100/100100
  45. 44Buchanan County, VAVirginia100/100100
  46. 45Madison County, LALouisiana100/100100
  47. 46Morgan County, KYKentucky100/100100
  48. 47Sullivan County, MOMissouri100/100100
  49. 48Washington County, MOMissouri100/100100
  50. 49Clarke County, MSMississippi100/100100
  51. 50Franklin County, MSMississippi100/100100

Rankings are computed automatically from public-dataset figures (U.S. Census, USDA, NOAA, FEMA, FCC, BLS) using the same homestead-scoring model as our state and county pages, so they update as the data does.

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Every county in the country is scored on the same eight-factor model from sourced public data, then ranked. The top 50 are listed here; open any county for the full breakdown.

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