Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Macon County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths are low extraction and seizure exposure and decent rainfall (39″/yr). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 36 mi from the nearest metro.
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Macon County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths: low extraction and seizure exposure and decent rainfall (39″/yr). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 36 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Macon County runs about $6,339 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Macon County gets about 39" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 5.2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 36 miles away, and population density is 173.3 people per square mile.