The average value of farm and rural land per acre, by state, drawn from the United States Department of Agriculture's annual survey. Free to read, free to cite, refreshed every year.
Land value swings enormously by state. New Mexico averages $725 an acre, Rhode Island $22,500, and most of the country sits between $2,000 and $9,000. The table below is the 2025 farm real estate value per acre for every state, highest to lowest. Use it as the baseline, then size your own parcel with the Instant Land Value Estimator, which adjusts for land type, parcel size, access, utilities and zoning.
USDA average across land and buildings. The five highest states are shown in red. New Mexico to Rhode Island is a 31 to 1 spread.
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Value a common parcel size: 1 acre · 2 acres · 5 acres · 10 acres · 20 acres · 40 acres · 80 acres · 160 acres · 320 acres. Or value any parcel with the Instant Land Value Estimator.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Land Values 2025 Summary, released August 2025. Figures are the average value of farm real estate (land and buildings) per acre and are survey averages, not parcel level appraisals. Alaska and Hawaii are not published by USDA and are shown at the national average. Data licensed for reuse under CC BY 4.0 with attribution to FrontierAcre and USDA NASS.
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In 2025 the average acre of U.S. farm real estate was worth $4,350, with state averages running from $725 an acre in New Mexico to $22,500 in Rhode Island, a 31 to 1 spread. (FrontierAcre U.S. Land Price Per Acre Index, USDA NASS data.)
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Suggested citation: FrontierAcre (2026). U.S. Land Price Per Acre Index. frontieracre.com/price-per-acre-index. Refreshed each August on the USDA Land Values release.
Every number here is the United States Department of Agriculture's 2025 average value of farm real estate per acre for the state, from the NASS Land Values 2025 Summary released in August 2025. Farm real estate is the all in average of land plus the buildings on it across every farm and ranch in the state, which is why it sits above raw recreational ground and below prime irrigated cropland.
These are statewide survey averages, not parcel level appraisals. A single lot can trade well above or below its state line depending on size, access, water, zoning and distance to a town. Nationally the 2025 figure was $4,350 an acre, up 4.3 percent on 2024, with cropland at $5,830 and pastureland at $1,920. Alaska and Hawaii are not published separately by USDA and are not listed.
To turn a state baseline into a number for a real parcel, run it through the Instant Land Value Estimator, which adjusts for land type, parcel size, access, utilities, zoning, water, terrain and mineral activity.
