Iowa · Off-grid & homestead potential
Des Moines County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (38.2″/yr) and low extraction and seizure exposure.
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Des Moines County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (38.2″/yr) and low extraction and seizure exposure.
Land in Des Moines County runs about $7,802 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Des Moines County gets about 38.2" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 5.7% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 55 miles away, and population density is 91.9 people per square mile.