Ranked from the USDA 2022 Census of Agriculture across 3,072 counties. Average farm real estate value per acre, cheapest first. Free to read and cite.
Cheap land in America is rare and concentrated. Only 2 percent of counties average under $1,000 an acre, and the 12 states that contain one are all in the West or Great Plains: AK, AZ, CA, CO, MT, NM, NV, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY. By region the rural West is cheapest at a $2,880 median, less than half the Northeast at $6,536.
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Showing the 150 cheapest counties. The full 3,072 county dataset is searchable in the Price Per Acre by County index.
For the full ranked breakdown, see the 100 cheapest counties to buy land in America, built from USDA data.
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Only 2% of US counties average under $1,000 an acre, and all 12 states that hold one are in the West or Great Plains. The cheapest is Aleutian Islands County, AK, at $189 an acre. (FrontierAcre, USDA 2022 Census data.)
Suggested citation: FrontierAcre (2026). The Cheapest Counties to Buy Land in America. frontieracre.com/cheapest-land-in-america.html. Built on the USDA 2022 Census of Agriculture.
