Iowa · Off-grid & homestead potential
Fayette County is a solid bolthole (62/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (38″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction.
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Fayette County is a solid bolthole (62/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (38″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction.
Land in Fayette County runs about $9,138 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Fayette County gets about 38" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 9.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 57 miles away, and population density is 26.3 people per square mile.