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Cheapest States for Land

States ordered by average farm real-estate value per acre (USDA), lowest first. Cheap land stretches a homestead budget furthest, though it often trades off against rainfall, growing season, or distance to services — check the full state profile.

  1. #StateAvg. $/acreScore
  2. 1Wyoming$975/acre42
  3. 2Montana$1,230/acre39
  4. 3New Mexico$1,250/acre38
  5. 4Nevada$1,650/acre28
  6. 5North Dakota$1,750/acre49
  7. 6Alabama$1,850/acre76
  8. 7South Dakota$1,950/acre48
  9. 8Georgia$2,100/acre74
  10. 9Arizona$2,200/acre41
  11. 10Mississippi$2,400/acre81
  12. 11Nebraska$2,650/acre60
  13. 12Alaska$2,800/acre43
  14. 13Utah$2,800/acre32
  15. 14Colorado$2,850/acre35
  16. 15Oklahoma$2,880/acre66
  17. 16Kansas$2,970/acre52
  18. 17Texas$2,970/acre55
  19. 18South Carolina$3,100/acre73
  20. 19Maine$3,200/acre59
  21. 20West Virginia$3,200/acre73
  22. 21Delaware$3,400/acre45
  23. 22Arkansas$3,500/acre84
  24. 23Louisiana$3,700/acre70
  25. 24Wisconsin$3,800/acre48
  26. 25Idaho$4,180/acre46
  27. 26Florida$4,200/acre63
  28. 27Missouri$4,200/acre74
  29. 28Oregon$4,200/acre38
  30. 29North Carolina$4,400/acre61
  31. 30Tennessee$4,500/acre79
  32. 31Washington$4,700/acre33
  33. 32Kentucky$4,800/acre78
  34. 33New York$5,200/acre44
  35. 34California$5,800/acre31
  36. 35Ohio$5,800/acre60
  37. 36Connecticut$6,200/acre5
  38. 37Virginia$6,200/acre63
  39. 38Minnesota$6,300/acre48
  40. 39Michigan$6,700/acre59
  41. 40Pennsylvania$6,800/acre56
  42. 41Vermont$7,500/acre49
  43. 42Hawaii$8,500/acre37
  44. 43New Hampshire$8,500/acre37
  45. 44Indiana$8,800/acre76
  46. 45Maryland$9,200/acre47
  47. 46Illinois$9,600/acre51
  48. 47Iowa$10,400/acre60
  49. 48Massachusetts$13,500/acre37
  50. 49New Jersey$16,000/acre13
  51. 50Rhode Island$18,300/acre27

Rankings are computed automatically from public-dataset figures (U.S. Census, USDA, NOAA, FEMA, FCC, BLS) using the same homestead-scoring model as our state and county pages, so they update as the data does.

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Where does the land price come from?

Average farm real-estate value per acre from the USDA, applied at the state level. County land prices are not yet individually sourced, so we rank land cost at the state level only.

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