Missouri · Off-grid & homestead potential
Cole County is a solid bolthole (55/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (42.7″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 30 mi from the nearest metro.
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Cole County is a solid bolthole (55/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (42.7″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 30 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Cole County runs about $5,078 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Cole County gets about 42.7" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 8.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 30 miles away, and population density is 197.4 people per square mile.