Pennsylvania · Off-grid & homestead potential
Cumberland County is a marginal bolthole (48/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (44.3″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and real distance from any metro (68 mi).
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Cumberland County is a marginal bolthole (48/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (44.3″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and real distance from any metro (68 mi).
Land in Cumberland County runs about $10,509 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Cumberland County gets about 44.3" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 68 miles away, and population density is 496.3 people per square mile.