Minnesota · Off-grid & homestead potential
Rice County is a solid bolthole (53/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (35″/yr). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Rice County is a solid bolthole (53/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (35″/yr). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Rice County runs about $8,330 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Rice County gets about 35" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 8.3% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 43 miles away, and population density is 137 people per square mile.