Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Vermilion County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (40.3″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Vermilion County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (40.3″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Vermilion County runs about $6,777 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Vermilion County gets about 40.3" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.7% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 85 miles away, and population density is 79.8 people per square mile.