Alabama · Off-grid & homestead potential
Elmore County is a solid bolthole (61/100). Its strengths are productive soil and a long growing season (64.3°F avg) and decent rainfall (53.9″/yr). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and little isolation — a major metro is just 19 mi away.
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Elmore County is a solid bolthole (61/100). Its strengths: productive soil and a long growing season (64.3°F avg) and decent rainfall (53.9″/yr). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and little isolation — a major metro is just 19 mi away.
Land in Elmore County runs about $3,839 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Elmore County gets about 53.9" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 14.4% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 19 miles away, and population density is 146.2 people per square mile.