Michigan · Off-grid & homestead potential
Ionia County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (35.9″/yr). The trade-offs: 29 mi from the nearest metro.
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Ionia County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (35.9″/yr). Watch-outs: 29 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Ionia County runs about $6,594 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Ionia County gets about 35.9" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 29 miles away, and population density is 116 people per square mile.