Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Edgar County is a strong bolthole (68/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (42″/yr).
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Edgar County is a strong bolthole (68/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (42″/yr).
Land in Edgar County runs about $10,162 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Edgar County gets about 42" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.6% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 86 miles away, and population density is 26.2 people per square mile.