Indiana · Off-grid & homestead potential
Boone County is a solid bolthole (60/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (42.2″/yr). The trade-offs: little isolation — a major metro is just 18 mi away and pricey real estate (typical home $422k).
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Boone County is a solid bolthole (60/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (42.2″/yr). Watch-outs: little isolation — a major metro is just 18 mi away and pricey real estate (typical home $422k).
Land in Boone County runs about $9,472 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Boone County gets about 42.2" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.9% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 18 miles away, and population density is 180 people per square mile.