Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Kendall County is a marginal bolthole (46/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (37.8″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: little isolation — a major metro is just 15 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Kendall County is a marginal bolthole (46/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (37.8″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: little isolation — a major metro is just 15 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Kendall County runs about $11,745 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Kendall County gets about 37.8" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.6% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 15 miles away, and population density is 437.1 people per square mile.