Totally agree with the above city/rural comments. And watch out for potential growth of small-lot suburbs encroaching on the rural edges. As things get denser and more urbanized, the less tolerance there seems to be for natural background noise like roosters, or turkeys gobbling (wild & domestic). Or running a wood chipper, target practice on your own land, excited cattle lowing when it's hay-feeding time to supplement grass, etc.
We made sure to settle far enough away in a rural area that even if the nearest (small) town expands with suburban growth at some point, it won't reach out this far where people are running beef cattle, raising heritage pigs and all kinds of poultry, running home-based egg businesses, big greenhouses growing nursery stock, a large goat dairy (Cypress Grove cheeses, yum!) and a lot of folks growing for the many nearby farmers markets. At least, not for decades at which point DH and I will have "fallen off the twig" and our kids can take over.
Plus we're on septic (no sewers out this way) and most are on wells, internet and cell service is unstable except in the 3 more populated towns, no streetlights or sidewalks, lots of woods full of serious (and legally protected) wildlife - black bears, coyotes, gray foxes, raccoons, possums, skunks, etc. so, daunting for folks who want a more sub/urban lifestyle. Sheriffs are spread very thin so we and our neighbors have guns just in case; shotguns are the practical favorite for whatever varmints need running off, 4-legged or 2.
The downside is, a lot of areas like ours don't offer much in the way of employment opportunities, and there's an affordable housing crunch here as there is in so many places around the country. We're so far north that when we tell outsiders where we live, many ask, bewildered,"Is that in California?" Yup, one county between us and Oregon, mostly forested and thinly populated except around Humboldt Bay, and those cities are small.
We're in an unincorporated county area, and locals go ballistic whenever the small but noisy group of "New Urbanists" get news coverage touting cityhood and remaking everything to promote bikes and buses over cars, build multi-story apartment complexes, etc. -- to which we say,"Then move back to a city. We live here because we DON'T want all that!."
We love our (unincorporated, small) town's official slogan: "McKinleyville, where horses have the right-of-way" and it's true; there's a dedicated bridle path along our (only) main street.
And much depends on what you need to make a living. The main employers are education, medical and government services, the power company, the remaining lumber and fishing operations and retail/service jobs. Retirees like us, seasonal tourism (the redwoods, the wild north coast, etc.) and the cannabis industry also put money into the local economy. I read that a lot of rural areas have similar issues.
Big selling points for us: plenty of our own water (and too remote/surrounded by rugged mountains for urban centers or arid Central Valley Big Ag to pipe it away) and a very temperate climate. We moved far away from the increasingly hot, dry, smoggy, traffic-clogged, wildfire-prone regions south and inland of here.
Best of success finding your perfect place to settle in the U.S.! I know some are finding what they want in places like upstate New York, Vermont, Maryland, western Massachusetts, etc. if you prefer the East Coast. Bedlamfarmjournal.com is an interesting blog about rural life in upstate New York.
In my area of Michigan, that is about the best scenario for a rooster. I do have varmints and I have a small 410g shot gun for those pests. 
