Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Douglas County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (39.9″/yr). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Douglas County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (39.9″/yr). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Douglas County runs about $11,812 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Douglas County gets about 39.9" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 76 miles away, and population density is 47.1 people per square mile.