New York · Off-grid & homestead potential
Monroe County is a marginal bolthole (43/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (34.6″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: little isolation — a major metro is just 4 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Monroe County is a marginal bolthole (43/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (34.6″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: little isolation — a major metro is just 4 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Monroe County runs about $4,622 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Monroe County gets about 34.6" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.8% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 4 miles away, and population density is 1,139.3 people per square mile.