Pennsylvania · Off-grid & homestead potential
Bedford County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (40.8″/yr) and cheap to buy into (typical home $215k). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
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Bedford County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (40.8″/yr) and cheap to buy into (typical home $215k). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Bedford County runs about $5,010 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Bedford County gets about 40.8" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.6% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 85 miles away, and population density is 46.8 people per square mile.