Kentucky · Off-grid & homestead potential
Franklin County is a solid bolthole (62/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (49.6″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: 27 mi from the nearest metro and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Franklin County is a solid bolthole (62/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (49.6″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: 27 mi from the nearest metro and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Franklin County runs about $4,931 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Franklin County gets about 49.6" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 27 miles away, and population density is 248.5 people per square mile.