Kansas · Off-grid & homestead potential
Douglas County is a solid bolthole (57/100). Its strengths are low extraction and seizure exposure and decent rainfall (38.4″/yr). The trade-offs: 24 mi from the nearest metro and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Douglas County is a solid bolthole (57/100). Its strengths: low extraction and seizure exposure and decent rainfall (38.4″/yr). Watch-outs: 24 mi from the nearest metro and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Douglas County runs about $4,700 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Douglas County gets about 38.4" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 8.7% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 24 miles away, and population density is 264.5 people per square mile.