Wisconsin · Off-grid & homestead potential
Wood County is a solid bolthole (61/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (33.2″/yr). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and a short, cold growing season (44°F avg).
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Wood County is a solid bolthole (61/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (33.2″/yr). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and a short, cold growing season (44°F avg).
Land in Wood County runs about $4,417 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Wood County gets about 33.2" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.7% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 100 miles away, and population density is 93.2 people per square mile.