Iowa · Off-grid & homestead potential
Clinton County is a solid bolthole (58/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (37.8″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 22 mi from the nearest metro.
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Clinton County is a solid bolthole (58/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (37.8″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 22 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Clinton County runs about $9,600 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Clinton County gets about 37.8" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 22 miles away, and population density is 66.4 people per square mile.