Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Livingston County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (37.9″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Livingston County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (37.9″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Livingston County runs about $10,108 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Livingston County gets about 37.9" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 52 miles away, and population density is 33.8 people per square mile.