Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Saline County is a strong bolthole (67/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (48.4″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $88k). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Saline County is a strong bolthole (67/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (48.4″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $88k). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Saline County runs about $4,910 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Saline County gets about 48.4" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.8% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 58 miles away, and population density is 60.2 people per square mile.