Iowa · Off-grid & homestead potential
Cerro Gordo County is a solid bolthole (58/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (35.8″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Cerro Gordo County is a solid bolthole (58/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (35.8″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Cerro Gordo County runs about $9,033 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Cerro Gordo County gets about 35.8" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 13.3% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 77 miles away, and population density is 74.6 people per square mile.