Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Tazewell County is a solid bolthole (52/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (38.5″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and little isolation — a major metro is just 16 mi away.
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Tazewell County is a solid bolthole (52/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (38.5″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and little isolation — a major metro is just 16 mi away.
Land in Tazewell County runs about $10,389 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Tazewell County gets about 38.5" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 3.9% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 16 miles away, and population density is 200.4 people per square mile.