Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Ogle County is a solid bolthole (54/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (38.4″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 20 mi from the nearest metro.
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Ogle County is a solid bolthole (54/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (38.4″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 20 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Ogle County runs about $9,818 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Ogle County gets about 38.4" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 4.6% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 20 miles away, and population density is 67.6 people per square mile.