Kentucky · Off-grid & homestead potential
Jefferson County is a marginal bolthole (47/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (50.1″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: little isolation — a major metro is just 3 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Jefferson County is a marginal bolthole (47/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (50.1″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: little isolation — a major metro is just 3 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Jefferson County runs about $13,280 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Jefferson County gets about 50.1" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 3 miles away, and population density is 2,027.7 people per square mile.