Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Champaign County is a solid bolthole (56/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (39.4″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and tighter state governance (37% Republican).
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Champaign County is a solid bolthole (56/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (39.4″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and tighter state governance (37% Republican).
Land in Champaign County runs about $7,187 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Champaign County gets about 39.4" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.4% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 78 miles away, and population density is 206.4 people per square mile.