Minnesota · Off-grid & homestead potential
Pennington County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and cheap to buy into (typical home $195k). The trade-offs: a short, cold growing season (39.4°F avg).
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Pennington County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and cheap to buy into (typical home $195k). Watch-outs: a short, cold growing season (39.4°F avg).
Land in Pennington County runs about $3,241 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Pennington County gets about 22.5" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 7.7% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 93 miles away, and population density is 22.2 people per square mile.