South Carolina · Off-grid & homestead potential
Sumter County is a solid bolthole (61/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (46.9″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 33 mi from the nearest metro.
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Sumter County is a solid bolthole (61/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (46.9″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 33 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Sumter County runs about $3,581 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Sumter County gets about 46.9" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.8% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 33 miles away, and population density is 156.6 people per square mile.