Kentucky · Off-grid & homestead potential
Metcalfe County is a strong bolthole (77/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and abundant rainfall (52″/yr) with little drought.
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Metcalfe County is a strong bolthole (77/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and abundant rainfall (52″/yr) with little drought.
Land in Metcalfe County runs about $3,990 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Metcalfe County gets about 52" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.9% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 82 miles away, and population density is 36.2 people per square mile.