Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Montgomery County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (41″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Montgomery County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (41″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Montgomery County runs about $8,961 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Montgomery County gets about 41" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 37 miles away, and population density is 39.3 people per square mile.