Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Madison County is a solid bolthole (53/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (42.3″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 25 mi from the nearest metro.
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Madison County is a solid bolthole (53/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (42.3″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 25 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Madison County runs about $6,940 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Madison County gets about 42.3" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.7% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 25 miles away, and population density is 367.2 people per square mile.