Minnesota · Off-grid & homestead potential
Benton County is a solid bolthole (57/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and cheap to buy into (typical home $314k). The trade-offs: a short, cold growing season (43°F avg).
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Benton County is a solid bolthole (57/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and cheap to buy into (typical home $314k). Watch-outs: a short, cold growing season (43°F avg).
Land in Benton County runs about $5,147 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Benton County gets about 29.6" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 7.4% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 64 miles away, and population density is 101.9 people per square mile.