Kentucky · Off-grid & homestead potential
Daviess County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and abundant rainfall (48.6″/yr) with little drought. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 30 mi from the nearest metro.
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Daviess County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and abundant rainfall (48.6″/yr) with little drought. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 30 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Daviess County runs about $4,683 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Daviess County gets about 48.6" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 4% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 30 miles away, and population density is 225.7 people per square mile.