Pennsylvania · Off-grid & homestead potential
Mercer County is a solid bolthole (60/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (44.1″/yr) and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
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Mercer County is a solid bolthole (60/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (44.1″/yr) and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Mercer County runs about $4,627 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Mercer County gets about 44.1" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 60 miles away, and population density is 161.3 people per square mile.