Kentucky · Off-grid & homestead potential
Spencer County is a strong bolthole (70/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (50.2″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: 20 mi from the nearest metro.
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Spencer County is a strong bolthole (70/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (50.2″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: 20 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Spencer County runs about $6,499 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Spencer County gets about 50.2" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 20 miles away, and population density is 110 people per square mile.