Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Monroe County is a solid bolthole (60/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (43″/yr). The trade-offs: 24 mi from the nearest metro.
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Monroe County is a solid bolthole (60/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (43″/yr). Watch-outs: 24 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Monroe County runs about $8,117 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Monroe County gets about 43" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 3.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 24 miles away, and population density is 90.7 people per square mile.