Indiana · Off-grid & homestead potential
Monroe County is a solid bolthole (56/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (47.1″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 42 mi from the nearest metro.
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Monroe County is a solid bolthole (56/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (47.1″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 42 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Monroe County runs about $6,514 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Monroe County gets about 47.1" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.9% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 42 miles away, and population density is 353.2 people per square mile.