Ohio · Off-grid & homestead potential
Richland County is a solid bolthole (60/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (40.7″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and real distance from any metro (58 mi).
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Richland County is a solid bolthole (60/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (40.7″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and real distance from any metro (58 mi).
Land in Richland County runs about $8,823 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Richland County gets about 40.7" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.6% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 58 miles away, and population density is 252.5 people per square mile.