Missouri · Off-grid & homestead potential
Barry County is a solid bolthole (60/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (46.7″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $243k). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Barry County is a solid bolthole (60/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (46.7″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $243k). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Barry County runs about $4,384 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Barry County gets about 46.7" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 8.2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 43 miles away, and population density is 45.3 people per square mile.