Louisiana · Off-grid & homestead potential
Ascension County is a solid bolthole (54/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (64.3″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 22 mi from the nearest metro.
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Ascension County is a solid bolthole (54/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (64.3″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 22 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Ascension County runs about $5,985 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Ascension County gets about 64.3" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 7.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 22 miles away, and population density is 454 people per square mile.