Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Hancock County is a strong bolthole (68/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (39.5″/yr).
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Hancock County is a strong bolthole (68/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (39.5″/yr).
Land in Hancock County runs about $9,460 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Hancock County gets about 39.5" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 5.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 83 miles away, and population density is 21.7 people per square mile.