Minnesota · Off-grid & homestead potential
Olmsted County is a marginal bolthole (48/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (35.8″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and little isolation — a major metro is just 5 mi away.
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Olmsted County is a marginal bolthole (48/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (35.8″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and little isolation — a major metro is just 5 mi away.
Land in Olmsted County runs about $7,058 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Olmsted County gets about 35.8" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 4.6% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 5 miles away, and population density is 252.2 people per square mile.