Pennsylvania · Off-grid & homestead potential
Jefferson County is a strong bolthole (66/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (45.3″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $125k). The trade-offs: middling conditions for growing food and moderate natural-hazard risk.
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Jefferson County is a strong bolthole (66/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (45.3″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $125k). Watch-outs: middling conditions for growing food and moderate natural-hazard risk.
Land in Jefferson County runs about $4,424 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Jefferson County gets about 45.3" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 72 miles away, and population density is 66.8 people per square mile.