Virginia · Off-grid & homestead potential
Chesterfield County is a marginal bolthole (51/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (46.6″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: little isolation — a major metro is just 12 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Chesterfield County is a marginal bolthole (51/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (46.6″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: little isolation — a major metro is just 12 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Chesterfield County runs about $8,136 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Chesterfield County gets about 46.6" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.3% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 12 miles away, and population density is 906.4 people per square mile.