Iowa · Off-grid & homestead potential
Dickinson County is a solid bolthole (57/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and real distance from any metro (80 mi). The trade-offs: pricey real estate (typical home $385k).
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Dickinson County is a solid bolthole (57/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and real distance from any metro (80 mi). Watch-outs: pricey real estate (typical home $385k).
Land in Dickinson County runs about $10,588 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Dickinson County gets about 30.7" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 15.2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 80 miles away, and population density is 47.4 people per square mile.