Maryland · Off-grid & homestead potential
Frederick County is a marginal bolthole (44/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (44.6″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: pricey real estate (typical home $507k) and 41 mi from the nearest metro.
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Frederick County is a marginal bolthole (44/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (44.6″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: pricey real estate (typical home $507k) and 41 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Frederick County runs about $11,000 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Frederick County gets about 44.6" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.9% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 41 miles away, and population density is 444.1 people per square mile.