New York · Off-grid & homestead potential
Erie County is a marginal bolthole (43/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (41.6″/yr) and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: little isolation — a major metro is just 13 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Erie County is a marginal bolthole (43/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (41.6″/yr) and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: little isolation — a major metro is just 13 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Erie County runs about $4,873 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Erie County gets about 41.6" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 13 miles away, and population density is 907.4 people per square mile.