Louisiana · Off-grid & homestead potential
St. John the Baptist County is a solid bolthole (57/100). Its strengths are low extraction and seizure exposure and abundant rainfall (64.7″/yr) with little drought. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 36 mi from the nearest metro.
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St. John the Baptist County is a solid bolthole (57/100). Its strengths: low extraction and seizure exposure and abundant rainfall (64.7″/yr) with little drought. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 36 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in St. John the Baptist County runs about $5,674 per acre, based on the latest county data.
St. John the Baptist County gets about 64.7" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 7.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 36 miles away, and population density is 184.6 people per square mile.