Pennsylvania · Off-grid & homestead potential
Chester County is a marginal bolthole (40/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (48.5″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: pricey real estate (typical home $577k) and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Chester County is a marginal bolthole (40/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (48.5″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: pricey real estate (typical home $577k) and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Chester County runs about $13,004 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Chester County gets about 48.5" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.3% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 31 miles away, and population density is 732.5 people per square mile.