Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Menard County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (38.2″/yr). The trade-offs: little isolation — a major metro is just 18 mi away.
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Menard County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (38.2″/yr). Watch-outs: little isolation — a major metro is just 18 mi away.
Land in Menard County runs about $9,257 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Menard County gets about 38.2" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 3.3% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 18 miles away, and population density is 38 people per square mile.