Kentucky · Off-grid & homestead potential
Nicholas County is a strong bolthole (74/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (49.1″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction.
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Nicholas County is a strong bolthole (74/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (49.1″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction.
Land in Nicholas County runs about $4,706 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Nicholas County gets about 49.1" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 32 miles away, and population density is 39.4 people per square mile.