Tennessee · Off-grid & homestead potential
Madison County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (55.5″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $230k). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Madison County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (55.5″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $230k). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Madison County runs about $3,099 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Madison County gets about 55.5" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 5.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 72 miles away, and population density is 178 people per square mile.