Missouri · Off-grid & homestead potential
Cape Girardeau County is a solid bolthole (62/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (48.1″/yr) with little drought and productive soil and a long growing season (57.1°F avg). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Cape Girardeau County is a solid bolthole (62/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (48.1″/yr) with little drought and productive soil and a long growing season (57.1°F avg). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Cape Girardeau County runs about $4,745 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Cape Girardeau County gets about 48.1" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 3.4% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 93 miles away, and population density is 143.4 people per square mile.