Cheapest Counties to Hold (Lowest Carrying-Cost Risk)
Counties cheapest and least risky to own long-term — the lowest blend of homeowners-insurance cost, climate-hazard exposure, and property-tax burden on Curb Report's Carrying-Cost Risk Index. Insurance and hazard figures are educational estimates for a typical home, not quotes.
| # | County | Carrying-cost risk |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slope, ND | 1/100 |
| 2 | Rich, UT | 1/100 |
| 3 | Wayne, UT | 2/100 |
| 4 | Clark, ID | 3/100 |
| 5 | Piute, UT | 3/100 |
| 6 | Skagway, AK | 3/100 |
| 7 | Billings, ND | 3/100 |
| 8 | Hinsdale, CO | 4/100 |
| 9 | McMullen, TX | 4/100 |
| 10 | Camas, ID | 4/100 |
| 11 | Oneida, ID | 5/100 |
| 12 | Harding, NM | 5/100 |
| 13 | Daggett, UT | 5/100 |
| 14 | Issaquena, MS | 6/100 |
| 15 | Grand, UT | 6/100 |
| 16 | Jackson, CO | 6/100 |
| 17 | Mineral, CO | 7/100 |
| 18 | San Juan, CO | 7/100 |
| 19 | Trousdale, TN | 7/100 |
| 20 | Borden, TX | 7/100 |
| 21 | Morgan, UT | 7/100 |
| 22 | Uintah, UT | 7/100 |
| 23 | Lake, CO | 7/100 |
| 24 | San Miguel, CO | 7/100 |
| 25 | Ouray, CO | 8/100 |
| 26 | Lincoln, ID | 8/100 |
| 27 | Franklin, ID | 8/100 |
| 28 | Beaver, UT | 8/100 |
| 29 | Amelia, VA | 8/100 |
| 30 | Wrangell, AK | 8/100 |
| 31 | Prince of Wales-Hyder, AK | 9/100 |
| 32 | Juab, UT | 9/100 |
| 33 | Bear Lake, ID | 9/100 |
| 34 | Butte, ID | 10/100 |
| 35 | Judith Basin, MT | 10/100 |
| 36 | Clarke, VA | 10/100 |
| 37 | Payette, ID | 10/100 |
| 38 | Storey, NV | 10/100 |
| 39 | Van Buren, TN | 10/100 |
| 40 | Buffalo, SD | 10/100 |
| 41 | Pickett, TN | 10/100 |
| 42 | Moore, TN | 11/100 |
| 43 | Aleutians East, AK | 11/100 |
| 44 | Williamsburg, VA | 11/100 |
| 45 | Guadalupe, NM | 11/100 |
| 46 | Currituck, NC | 11/100 |
| 47 | Sweet Grass, MT | 11/100 |
| 48 | Custer, CO | 11/100 |
| 49 | Lewis, ID | 12/100 |
| 50 | Meigs, TN | 12/100 |