Kentucky · Off-grid & homestead potential
Barren County is a strong bolthole (67/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (52.7″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Barren County is a strong bolthole (67/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (52.7″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Barren County runs about $4,912 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Barren County gets about 52.7" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 73 miles away, and population density is 92.3 people per square mile.