Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Knox County is a solid bolthole (60/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (38.4″/yr). The trade-offs: tighter state governance (52% Republican).
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Knox County is a solid bolthole (60/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (38.4″/yr). Watch-outs: tighter state governance (52% Republican).
Land in Knox County runs about $8,642 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Knox County gets about 38.4" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 32 miles away, and population density is 67.6 people per square mile.