South Carolina · Off-grid & homestead potential
Pickens County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (58.8″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Pickens County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (58.8″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Pickens County runs about $9,117 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Pickens County gets about 58.8" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 6.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 74 miles away, and population density is 272.7 people per square mile.