Tennessee · Off-grid & homestead potential
Sumner County is a solid bolthole (56/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (52.9″/yr) with little drought and strong economic & personal freedom (68% Republican). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 25 mi from the nearest metro.
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Sumner County is a solid bolthole (56/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (52.9″/yr) with little drought and strong economic & personal freedom (68% Republican). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 25 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Sumner County runs about $6,936 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Sumner County gets about 52.9" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.8% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 25 miles away, and population density is 392.8 people per square mile.