Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Henry County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (38.2″/yr). The trade-offs: 26 mi from the nearest metro.
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Henry County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (38.2″/yr). Watch-outs: 26 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Henry County runs about $10,039 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Henry County gets about 38.2" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 3.7% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 26 miles away, and population density is 58.9 people per square mile.