Indiana · Off-grid & homestead potential
Madison County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (43″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: little isolation — a major metro is just 18 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Madison County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (43″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: little isolation — a major metro is just 18 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Madison County runs about $7,322 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Madison County gets about 43" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.7% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 18 miles away, and population density is 293.2 people per square mile.