Pennsylvania · Off-grid & homestead potential
Philadelphia County is a marginal bolthole (45/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (46.9″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: little isolation — a major metro is just 1 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Philadelphia County is a marginal bolthole (45/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (46.9″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: little isolation — a major metro is just 1 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Philadelphia County runs about $77,080 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Philadelphia County gets about 46.9" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.3% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 1 miles away, and population density is 11,540.5 people per square mile.