Minnesota · Off-grid & homestead potential
Washington County is a marginal bolthole (40/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (33″/yr). The trade-offs: little isolation — a major metro is just 13 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Washington County is a marginal bolthole (40/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (33″/yr). Watch-outs: little isolation — a major metro is just 13 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Washington County runs about $11,320 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Washington County gets about 33" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 7.3% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 13 miles away, and population density is 725 people per square mile.