Kentucky · Off-grid & homestead potential
Shelby County is a solid bolthole (61/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and abundant rainfall (50.7″/yr) with little drought. The trade-offs: 24 mi from the nearest metro and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Shelby County is a solid bolthole (61/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and abundant rainfall (50.7″/yr) with little drought. Watch-outs: 24 mi from the nearest metro and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Shelby County runs about $7,994 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Shelby County gets about 50.7" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 24 miles away, and population density is 130.4 people per square mile.