Pennsylvania · Off-grid & homestead potential
Delaware County is a marginal bolthole (44/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (47″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: little isolation — a major metro is just 16 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Delaware County is a marginal bolthole (44/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (47″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: little isolation — a major metro is just 16 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Delaware County runs about $29,314 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Delaware County gets about 47" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.3% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 16 miles away, and population density is 3,137.5 people per square mile.