Pennsylvania · Off-grid & homestead potential
McKean County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths are cheap to buy into (typical home $111k) and abundant rainfall (46″/yr) with little drought. The trade-offs: middling conditions for growing food.
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McKean County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths: cheap to buy into (typical home $111k) and abundant rainfall (46″/yr) with little drought. Watch-outs: middling conditions for growing food.
Land in McKean County runs about $4,268 per acre, based on the latest county data.
McKean County gets about 46" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.4% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 81 miles away, and population density is 40.3 people per square mile.