Pennsylvania · Off-grid & homestead potential
Schuylkill County is a solid bolthole (56/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (50.2″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
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Schuylkill County is a solid bolthole (56/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (50.2″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Schuylkill County runs about $8,075 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Schuylkill County gets about 50.2" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 36 miles away, and population density is 184.7 people per square mile.