Updated September 2026.
| Parcel size | Sales | Median sale price | Median per acre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 acre | 9,402 | $55,320 | priced per lot |
| 1 to 5 acres | 8,727 | $80,000 | $42,982 |
| 5 to 20 acres | 7,405 | $143,500 | $16,966 |
| 20 to 100 acres | 3,126 | $300,450 | $8,068 |
| 100+ acres | 782 | $819,500 | $4,410 |
The most common sale in Tennessee was under 1 acre (32% of sales). Parcels of 1 to 5 acres brought $42,982/acre against $4,410/acre for 100+ acres, about 10x apart. A lot under an acre went for $55,320, the median of 9,402 lot sales.
Tennessee's 20-acre-plus median of $7,387/acre sits within a few percent of the USDA's 2026 farm real estate figure for Tennessee ($6,500/acre).
Shelby County led Tennessee with 1,447 land sales at a median $35,000, mostly 0.34-acre lots. Next: Hamilton (1,275), Cumberland (1,104). Busiest subdivision: Cumberland Cove (Putnam County), 175 sales.
| County | Sales | Median price | Median size | Per acre (1+ ac) | Lot under 1 ac |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby | 1,447 | $35,000 | 0.34 ac | $21,731 | $12,375 |
| Hamilton | 1,275 | $112,000 | 1 ac | $52,483 | $67,500 |
| Cumberland | 1,104 | $31,000 | 1 ac | $17,251 | $10,000 |
| Sevier | 1,054 | $120,000 | 1 ac | $59,210 | $82,750 |
| Knox | 684 | $130,000 | 0.93 ac | $60,484 | $75,000 |
| Roane | 665 | $79,000 | 1.35 ac | $23,762 | $50,000 |
| Monroe | 612 | $100,000 | 3 ac | $19,450 | $65,000 |
| Putnam | 592 | $84,950 | 2 ac | $23,205 | $52,500 |
| Greene | 511 | $85,000 | 2.82 ac | $19,424 | $44,888 |
| DeKalb | 506 | $80,000 | 1.27 ac | $25,556 | $40,000 |
| Davidson | 495 | $325,000 | 1 ac | $76,023 | $263,750 |
| Blount | 490 | $135,000 | 2.04 ac | $39,752 | $99,700 |
| Bradley | 490 | $148,250 | 1.02 ac | $30,839 | $77,500 |
| Fentress | 489 | $118,733 | 4.51 ac | $13,276 | $174,900 |
| Hardin | 481 | $69,000 | 1.16 ac | $13,767 | $65,000 |
| Loudon | 480 | $120,000 | 0.65 ac | $45,320 | $94,450 |
| Cocke | 473 | $86,000 | 2.08 ac | $18,555 | $55,000 |
| Campbell | 471 | $62,500 | 1.01 ac | $25,084 | $40,000 |
| Williamson | 453 | $975,000 | 5.27 ac | $118,838 | $529,910 |
| Washington | 416 | $105,000 | 1.53 ac | $33,333 | $62,250 |
| White | 413 | $142,500 | 3.17 ac | $19,097 | $75,000 |
| Jefferson | 412 | $100,750 | 2.09 ac | $33,898 | $56,000 |
| Rhea | 399 | $82,500 | 1.49 ac | $17,619 | $57,750 |
| Wilson | 389 | $315,000 | 5.05 ac | $50,000 | $185,750 |
| Sequatchie | 386 | $99,000 | 3.98 ac | $17,032 | $39,950 |
Top 25 of 97 counties by sales; — = too few sales. Every county.
Per acre, on parcels of an acre or more, Williamson ($118,838), Davidson ($76,023), Knox ($60,484) topped Tennessee; Hardeman ($4,284), McNairy ($4,753), Hancock ($5,618) were cheapest — a 28-fold gap across 96 measurable counties.
Hancock County traded the largest parcels (median 24 acres, $130,000), followed by Houston (19 acres). Small lots ran from $4,200 in Hardeman to $529,910 in Williamson.
Tennessee splits between lots (32% of sales under an acre) and acreage, so price your land against same-size sales in its own county. The middle county for price per acre was Union, at $16,900.
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Source: 29,442 recorded vacant land sales in Tennessee on Zillow and Redfin, September 2024 to September 2026. Medians throughout. How we build and check these numbers.