West Virginia · Off-grid & homestead potential
Wood County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (45.1″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Wood County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (45.1″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Wood County runs about $4,290 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Wood County gets about 45.1" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 95 miles away, and population density is 226.6 people per square mile.