Pennsylvania · Off-grid & homestead potential
Montgomery County is a marginal bolthole (40/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (47.9″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: little isolation — a major metro is just 16 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Montgomery County is a marginal bolthole (40/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (47.9″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: little isolation — a major metro is just 16 mi away and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Montgomery County runs about $21,260 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Montgomery County gets about 47.9" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 16 miles away, and population density is 1,798.7 people per square mile.