Iowa · Off-grid & homestead potential
Crawford County is a solid bolthole (60/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (33.6″/yr). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Crawford County is a solid bolthole (60/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (33.6″/yr). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Crawford County runs about $9,476 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Crawford County gets about 33.6" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 14.7% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 64 miles away, and population density is 22.4 people per square mile.