Tennessee · Off-grid & homestead potential
Knox County is a marginal bolthole (48/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (53.7″/yr) with little drought and strong economic & personal freedom (56% Republican). The trade-offs: little isolation — a major metro is just 2 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Knox County is a marginal bolthole (48/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (53.7″/yr) with little drought and strong economic & personal freedom (56% Republican). Watch-outs: little isolation — a major metro is just 2 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Knox County runs about $12,302 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Knox County gets about 53.7" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.4% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 2 miles away, and population density is 984.9 people per square mile.