Iowa · Off-grid & homestead potential
Jackson County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (38″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction.
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Jackson County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (38″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction.
Land in Jackson County runs about $8,284 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Jackson County gets about 38" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 4.7% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 46 miles away, and population density is 30.4 people per square mile.