Kentucky · Off-grid & homestead potential
Madison 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: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 23 mi from the nearest metro.
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Madison 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: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 23 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Madison County runs about $4,386 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Madison County gets about 49.6" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 23 miles away, and population density is 221.2 people per square mile.