Mississippi · Off-grid & homestead potential
Rankin County is a solid bolthole (62/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (58.8″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and little isolation — a major metro is just 16 mi away.
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Rankin County is a solid bolthole (62/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (58.8″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and little isolation — a major metro is just 16 mi away.
Land in Rankin County runs about $4,054 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Rankin County gets about 58.8" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 5.9% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 16 miles away, and population density is 206.9 people per square mile.