Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Stephenson County is a solid bolthole (55/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (38.5″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Stephenson County is a solid bolthole (55/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (38.5″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Stephenson County runs about $9,230 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Stephenson County gets about 38.5" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 5.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 32 miles away, and population density is 76.4 people per square mile.