Iowa · Off-grid & homestead potential
Clay County is a solid bolthole (62/100). Its strengths are real distance from any metro (86 mi) and almost no federal land or extraction.
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Clay County is a solid bolthole (62/100). Its strengths: real distance from any metro (86 mi) and almost no federal land or extraction.
Land in Clay County runs about $10,321 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Clay County gets about 31" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 20% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 86 miles away, and population density is 29.1 people per square mile.