Pennsylvania · Off-grid & homestead potential
Franklin County is a solid bolthole (54/100). Its strengths are low extraction and seizure exposure and decent rainfall (42.8″/yr). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Franklin County is a solid bolthole (54/100). Its strengths: low extraction and seizure exposure and decent rainfall (42.8″/yr). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Franklin County runs about $8,855 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Franklin County gets about 42.8" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 77 miles away, and population density is 204.4 people per square mile.