Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Mercer County is a strong bolthole (67/100). Its strengths are low natural-disaster risk and almost no federal land or extraction.
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Mercer County is a strong bolthole (67/100). Its strengths: low natural-disaster risk and almost no federal land or extraction.
Land in Mercer County runs about $9,250 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Mercer County gets about 37.8" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 4.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 26 miles away, and population density is 27.6 people per square mile.