Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Perry County is a strong bolthole (65/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and abundant rainfall (45″/yr) with little drought. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Perry County is a strong bolthole (65/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and abundant rainfall (45″/yr) with little drought. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Perry County runs about $6,023 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Perry County gets about 45" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.4% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 61 miles away, and population density is 46.4 people per square mile.