Pennsylvania · Off-grid & homestead potential
York County is a marginal bolthole (49/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (45.2″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and real distance from any metro (48 mi).
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York County is a marginal bolthole (49/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (45.2″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and real distance from any metro (48 mi).
Land in York County runs about $9,224 per acre, based on the latest county data.
York County gets about 45.2" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 48 miles away, and population density is 513.8 people per square mile.