Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Sangamon County is a solid bolthole (54/100). Its strengths are low extraction and seizure exposure and decent rainfall (38.8″/yr). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and little isolation — a major metro is just 3 mi away.
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Sangamon County is a solid bolthole (54/100). Its strengths: low extraction and seizure exposure and decent rainfall (38.8″/yr). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and little isolation — a major metro is just 3 mi away.
Land in Sangamon County runs about $7,261 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Sangamon County gets about 38.8" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.8% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 3 miles away, and population density is 222.9 people per square mile.