Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
St. Clair County is a marginal bolthole (51/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (42.5″/yr) and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and little isolation — a major metro is just 19 mi away.
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St. Clair County is a marginal bolthole (51/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (42.5″/yr) and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and little isolation — a major metro is just 19 mi away.
Land in St. Clair County runs about $9,310 per acre, based on the latest county data.
St. Clair County gets about 42.5" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 19 miles away, and population density is 381.7 people per square mile.