New Jersey · Off-grid & homestead potential
Mercer County is a marginal bolthole (40/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (47.4″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 29 mi from the nearest metro.
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Mercer County is a marginal bolthole (40/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (47.4″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 29 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Mercer County runs about $26,811 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Mercer County gets about 47.4" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 29 miles away, and population density is 1,700.5 people per square mile.