Missouri · Off-grid & homestead potential
Laclede County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths are cheap to buy into (typical home $236k) and decent rainfall (44.5″/yr). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Laclede County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths: cheap to buy into (typical home $236k) and decent rainfall (44.5″/yr). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Laclede County runs about $3,518 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Laclede County gets about 44.5" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 51 miles away, and population density is 48 people per square mile.