Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Peoria County is a marginal bolthole (51/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (38.1″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and little isolation — a major metro is just 8 mi away.
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Peoria County is a marginal bolthole (51/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (38.1″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and little isolation — a major metro is just 8 mi away.
Land in Peoria County runs about $7,216 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Peoria County gets about 38.1" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 3.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 8 miles away, and population density is 286.9 people per square mile.