Iowa · Off-grid & homestead potential
Johnson County is a marginal bolthole (48/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (37.4″/yr) and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and little isolation — a major metro is just 17 mi away.
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Johnson County is a marginal bolthole (48/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (37.4″/yr) and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and little isolation — a major metro is just 17 mi away.
Land in Johnson County runs about $10,307 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Johnson County gets about 37.4" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 11.2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 17 miles away, and population density is 257 people per square mile.