Pennsylvania · Off-grid & homestead potential
Luzerne County is a solid bolthole (52/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (45.8″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and real distance from any metro (47 mi).
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Luzerne County is a solid bolthole (52/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (45.8″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and real distance from any metro (47 mi).
Land in Luzerne County runs about $5,786 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Luzerne County gets about 45.8" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 47 miles away, and population density is 368 people per square mile.