Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Kankakee County is a solid bolthole (54/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (39.3″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 29 mi from the nearest metro.
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Kankakee County is a solid bolthole (54/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (39.3″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 29 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Kankakee County runs about $6,734 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Kankakee County gets about 39.3" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.9% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 29 miles away, and population density is 156.6 people per square mile.