Florida Land Prices per Acre, by County

Land Values in Florida: What to Know

Recent market data puts the median price of land in Florida at about $83,300 per acre. The median sale was $43,000, across 45,054 land sales in 12 months, more than any other state on this site. Land took an average of 107 days to sell.

Most Florida land sales are small lots in older planned subdivisions, which keeps the median sale low. Per acre prices are highest along the coasts and in the big metro areas. Martin County on the Atlantic coast is at about $739,400 per acre, Gulf County in the Panhandle at about $532,900, Palm Beach County at about $439,800, and Hillsborough County, home to Tampa, at about $388,000. Inland farm and timber counties in north Florida cost the least: Jackson County is about $8,100 per acre, and Lafayette and Madison counties are about $9,000.

Why small lots cost more per acre

Florida lots under 1 acre sold for about $112,800 per acre, with a median sale of $32,000. Parcels of 2 to 5 acres sold for about $36,200 per acre, 10 to 20 acres for $16,500, and tracts over 100 acres for about $4,100. Small lots are cheap in total but carry a high price for each acre, because the buyer gets a ready building site with a road. On a large tract, much of the land is pasture, timber or wetland, so each added acre is worth less.

How to estimate what your land is worth

The best guide is what similar parcels sold for close to yours in the last year or two. Compare land of about the same size first. Then check the things buyers ask about: a legal road or easement to the land, power and water nearby, and whether the flood map puts part of it in a flood zone. Each missing item lowers the price. In Florida, wetland and flood zone maps matter a great deal, since they can limit where you can build.

For a quick starting number, try our free land value estimator. You can also see county prices for Hillsborough County, Marion County and Jackson County.