Minnesota · Off-grid & homestead potential
Carver County is a marginal bolthole (51/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (31.9″/yr). The trade-offs: 26 mi from the nearest metro and pricey real estate (typical home $493k).
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Carver County is a marginal bolthole (51/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (31.9″/yr). Watch-outs: 26 mi from the nearest metro and pricey real estate (typical home $493k).
Land in Carver County runs about $8,140 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Carver County gets about 31.9" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 8.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 26 miles away, and population density is 313.7 people per square mile.