Pennsylvania · Off-grid & homestead potential
Monroe County is a marginal bolthole (48/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (51.9″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 33 mi from the nearest metro.
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Monroe County is a marginal bolthole (48/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (51.9″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 33 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Monroe County runs about $10,086 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Monroe County gets about 51.9" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 33 miles away, and population density is 273 people per square mile.