From 35,846 recorded vacant land sales, September 2024 to September 2026. Updated September 2026.
Pick a state and county to see what land actually sold for there.
| State | Sales | Per acre (1+ ac) | Per acre (20+ ac) | Lot under 1 ac | USDA farm value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 6,404 | $30,100 | $9,743 | $89,500 | $10,100 |
| Tennessee | 29,442 | $20,660 | $7,387 | $55,320 | $6,500 |
"USDA farm value" is the USDA's 2026 average for farm real estate, including buildings. Open-market land usually sells above it on small parcels and near it on big ones.
In every state here, price per acre drops as parcels get bigger. A one-acre homesite near a town is priced as a place to live; a 200-acre tract is priced as ground. That is why "average price per acre" figures quoted without a parcel size are close to useless — and why your own land's value depends first on its county, then on its size, then on access, utilities and flood risk.
Some states aren't listed yet: Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming. Several of them are non-disclosure states, where sale prices aren't public record, so the sales we can see are a biased sample. We'd rather publish nothing than a wrong number.
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Every vacant land sale (no home on the parcel) that recorded a sold price on Zillow or Redfin from September 2024 to September 2026, with sales under $1,000, parcels under 0.05 acres and cross-site duplicates removed. Figures are medians — the middle sale — so a handful of very large or very cheap sales can't distort them. Counties need at least 15 sales to be listed, and a size range needs 20. Medians describe land that sold; parcels without legal access, in a flood zone or with back taxes sell below them, and plenty of listed land never sells. Each state's large-tract median is checked against the USDA Land Values 2026 Summary before it's published. You're welcome to cite or link to this page.