Michigan · Off-grid & homestead potential
Kalamazoo County is a marginal bolthole (51/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (37″/yr) and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and real distance from any metro (50 mi).
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Kalamazoo County is a marginal bolthole (51/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (37″/yr) and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and real distance from any metro (50 mi).
Land in Kalamazoo County runs about $6,660 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Kalamazoo County gets about 37" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.8% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 50 miles away, and population density is 466.6 people per square mile.