Illinois · Off-grid & homestead potential
Woodford County is a solid bolthole (60/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (37.7″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: 20 mi from the nearest metro.
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Woodford County is a solid bolthole (60/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (37.7″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: 20 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Woodford County runs about $10,987 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Woodford County gets about 37.7" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.8% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 20 miles away, and population density is 72.6 people per square mile.