Iowa · Off-grid & homestead potential
Benton County is a solid bolthole (61/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (36.8″/yr). The trade-offs: pricey real estate (typical home $282k) and 21 mi from the nearest metro.
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Benton County is a solid bolthole (61/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (36.8″/yr). Watch-outs: pricey real estate (typical home $282k) and 21 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Benton County runs about $10,970 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Benton County gets about 36.8" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 10.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 21 miles away, and population density is 36 people per square mile.