Mississippi · Off-grid & homestead potential
Madison County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and abundant rainfall (57″/yr) with little drought. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 26 mi from the nearest metro.
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Madison County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and abundant rainfall (57″/yr) with little drought. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 26 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Madison County runs about $3,486 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Madison County gets about 57" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 7.3% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 26 miles away, and population density is 157.5 people per square mile.