West Virginia · Off-grid & homestead potential
Marion County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (46.2″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
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Marion County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (46.2″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Marion County runs about $3,858 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Marion County gets about 46.2" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.9% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 66 miles away, and population density is 180.7 people per square mile.