Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Rock Island County is a marginal bolthole (51/100). Its strengths are low extraction and seizure exposure and decent rainfall (37.7″/yr). The trade-offs: little isolation — a major metro is just 15 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Rock Island County is a marginal bolthole (51/100). Its strengths: low extraction and seizure exposure and decent rainfall (37.7″/yr). Watch-outs: little isolation — a major metro is just 15 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Rock Island County runs about $9,125 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Rock Island County gets about 37.7" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 4% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 15 miles away, and population density is 330.4 people per square mile.