Pennsylvania · Off-grid & homestead potential
Northumberland County is a solid bolthole (58/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (43.9″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
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Northumberland County is a solid bolthole (58/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (43.9″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Northumberland County runs about $8,292 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Northumberland County gets about 43.9" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 67 miles away, and population density is 196.9 people per square mile.