West Virginia · Off-grid & homestead potential
Monongalia County is a solid bolthole (55/100). Its strengths are low extraction and seizure exposure and abundant rainfall (46.2″/yr) with little drought. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and real distance from any metro (62 mi).
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Monongalia County is a solid bolthole (55/100). Its strengths: low extraction and seizure exposure and abundant rainfall (46.2″/yr) with little drought. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and real distance from any metro (62 mi).
Land in Monongalia County runs about $5,944 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Monongalia County gets about 46.2" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.9% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 62 miles away, and population density is 299.1 people per square mile.