Cheap farmland with low flood risk
Cheap land, filtered by what it costs to live on and what can go wrong.
Counties where farmland averages $2,000 an acre or less and FEMA rates both inland and coastal flooding relatively low or lower. Start a search of your own.
246 counties match, showing the first 100. Narrow the search to see the rest.
| County | Farmland an acre | Median home | Property tax | Cable, fiber, DSL | Flood | Wildfire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalupe County New Mexico | $379 | $110,000 | 0.5% | 61% | Very low | Low |
| De Baca County New Mexico | $385 | $187,500 | 0.6% | 46% | Very low | Low |
| Sweetwater County Wyoming | $387 | $251,400 | 0.6% | 68% | Low | Low |
| Hidalgo County New Mexico | $414 | $111,000 | 0.5% | 56% | Very low | Low |
| Harding County New Mexico | $447 | $70,000 | 0.4% | 56% | Very low | Low |
| Catron County New Mexico | $620 | $167,000 | 0.4% | 32% | Low | Moderate |
| Converse County Wyoming | $709 | $292,700 | 0.6% | 59% | Low | Moderate |
| Curry County New Mexico | $763 | $171,200 | 0.6% | 70% | Low | Moderate |
| Quay County New Mexico | $783 | $87,200 | 0.6% | 58% | Low | Low |
| Torrance County New Mexico | $784 | $159,700 | 0.5% | 50% | Low | Moderate |
| Niobrara County Wyoming | $791 | $221,500 | 0.5% | 42% | Very low | Low |
| Luna County New Mexico | $796 | $128,000 | 0.5% | 47% | Low | Low |
| Hot Springs County Wyoming | $823 | $227,500 | 0.5% | 67% | Low | Low |
| Union County New Mexico | $852 | $122,700 | 0.7% | 59% | Very low | Low |
| Oglala Lakota County South Dakota | $871 | $52,900 | 0.4% | 65% | Very low | Moderate |
| Roberts County Texas | $950 | $161,500 | 1.1% | 52% | Very low | Low |
| Weston County Wyoming | $953 | $221,700 | 0.7% | 56% | Very low | Low |
| Campbell County Wyoming | $959 | $279,100 | 0.6% | 66% | Low | Moderate |
| Carbon County Wyoming | $971 | $222,700 | 0.6% | 66% | Low | Low |
| Colfax County New Mexico | $977 | $167,200 | 0.5% | 53% | Low | Moderate |
| Harding County South Dakota | $1,006 | $166,100 | 1.1% | 81% | Very low | Low |
| McPherson County Nebraska | $1,006 | $121,600 | 1.1% | 59% | Very low | Very low |
| Hooker County Nebraska | $1,028 | $93,800 | 1% | 54% | Very low | Very low |
| Platte County Wyoming | $1,028 | $297,900 | 0.5% | 52% | Very low | Low |
| Albany County Wyoming | $1,040 | $333,000 | 0.6% | 74% | Low | Low |
| Crockett County Texas | $1,050 | — | — | 65% | Very low | Low |
| Oldham County Texas | $1,053 | $162,800 | 1.1% | 74% | Very low | Low |
| Cottle County Texas | $1,059 | $59,300 | 1.1% | 62% | Very low | Very low |
| Thomas County Nebraska | $1,065 | $109,200 | 1.2% | 64% | Very low | Very low |
| Hudspeth County Texas | $1,068 | $64,000 | 1.3% | 47% | Very low | Very low |
| Presidio County Texas | $1,070 | $121,300 | 1.2% | 55% | Very low | Low |
| Fall River County South Dakota | $1,082 | $193,200 | 1% | 68% | Low | Moderate |
| Arthur County Nebraska | $1,091 | $185,900 | 0.9% | 78% | Very low | Very low |
| Beaver County Oklahoma | $1,100 | $130,100 | 0.8% | 74% | Very low | Low |
| Jeff Davis County Texas | $1,101 | $226,200 | 0.6% | 53% | Very low | Low |
| Dewey County South Dakota | $1,109 | $69,600 | 1.5% | 69% | Very low | Low |
| Motley County Texas | $1,118 | $88,000 | 1% | 62% | Very low | Low |
| Grant County Nebraska | $1,129 | $136,700 | 0.7% | 51% | Very low | Very low |
| King County Texas | $1,130 | $52,100 | 1.1% | 88% | Very low | Very low |
| Stanley County South Dakota | $1,135 | $203,500 | 1.3% | 76% | Very low | Very low |
| Borden County Texas | $1,141 | $108,900 | 0.4% | 53% | Very low | Low |
| Ziebach County South Dakota | $1,145 | $99,600 | 0.6% | 77% | Very low | Low |
| Briscoe County Texas | $1,146 | $90,300 | 1.1% | 61% | Very low | Very low |
| Harper County Oklahoma | $1,147 | $99,200 | 0.6% | 57% | Very low | Low |
| Jackson County South Dakota | $1,148 | $117,300 | 0.6% | 57% | Very low | Low |
| Johnson County Wyoming | $1,165 | $326,800 | 0.6% | 65% | Low | Low |
| Billings County North Dakota | $1,167 | $331,000 | 0.4% | 64% | Very low | Low |
| Todd County South Dakota | $1,168 | $53,900 | 1.8% | 64% | Very low | Moderate |
| Pecos County Texas | $1,178 | $165,700 | 1% | 66% | Very low | Low |
| Perkins County South Dakota | $1,179 | $114,600 | 1.3% | 77% | Very low | Low |
| Hemphill County Texas | $1,181 | $205,700 | 1.2% | 49% | Very low | Moderate |
| Cimarron County Oklahoma | $1,186 | $98,600 | 0.4% | 64% | Very low | Low |
| Floyd County Texas | $1,186 | $89,600 | 1.2% | 59% | Very low | Low |
| Sterling County Texas | $1,186 | $147,000 | 1.3% | 54% | Very low | Low |
| Culberson County Texas | $1,192 | $79,300 | 1% | 66% | Very low | Low |
| Ellis County Oklahoma | $1,200 | $119,100 | 0.7% | 65% | Very low | Low |
| Texas County Oklahoma | $1,212 | $163,500 | 0.7% | 71% | Very low | Low |
| Collingsworth County Texas | $1,213 | $104,000 | 1.3% | 54% | Very low | Low |
| Mellette County South Dakota | $1,213 | $84,100 | 1% | 61% | Very low | Low |
| Potter County Texas | $1,217 | $147,300 | 1.5% | 69% | Low | Moderate |
| Cherry County Nebraska | $1,224 | $152,200 | 1% | 62% | Very low | Low |
| Morton County Kansas | $1,234 | $96,100 | 2.1% | 71% | Very low | Low |
| Banner County Nebraska | $1,242 | $205,700 | 1.3% | 38% | Very low | Very low |
| Golden Valley County North Dakota | $1,242 | $123,900 | 0.9% | 69% | Very low | Very low |
| Garza County Texas | $1,244 | $77,800 | 1.6% | 61% | Very low | Low |
| Reagan County Texas | $1,249 | $171,500 | 0.9% | 56% | Very low | Very low |
| Garden County Nebraska | $1,256 | $110,400 | 1% | 44% | Very low | Very low |
| Terrell County Texas | $1,263 | $137,500 | 0.9% | 55% | Very low | Very low |
| Sutton County Texas | $1,268 | $155,700 | 1.2% | 67% | Very low | Low |
| Hall County Texas | $1,274 | $86,100 | 1.3% | 65% | Very low | Low |
| Hutchinson County Texas | $1,274 | $119,100 | 1.3% | 62% | Very low | Moderate |
| Mercer County North Dakota | $1,277 | $198,500 | 1.1% | 82% | Very low | Very low |
| Scurry County Texas | $1,279 | $113,800 | 1.3% | 61% | Very low | Low |
| Bowman County North Dakota | $1,283 | $164,900 | 0.7% | 72% | Very low | Very low |
| Sioux County Nebraska | $1,283 | $99,300 | 1.6% | 33% | Very low | Low |
| Clark County Kansas | $1,288 | $87,600 | 1.9% | 65% | Very low | Low |
| Lynn County Texas | $1,306 | $147,300 | 1.8% | 66% | Very low | Very low |
| Armstrong County Texas | $1,307 | $171,500 | 1.2% | 71% | Very low | Low |
| Reeves County Texas | $1,309 | $118,000 | 1.1% | 54% | Very low | Very low |
| Haakon County South Dakota | $1,313 | $164,200 | 0.9% | 75% | Very low | Low |
| Blaine County Nebraska | $1,317 | $116,900 | 1.1% | 52% | Very low | Very low |
| Upton County Texas | $1,323 | $109,000 | 1.1% | 64% | Very low | Very low |
| Uinta County Wyoming | $1,330 | $290,000 | 0.5% | 66% | Very low | Low |
| Corson County South Dakota | $1,338 | $69,800 | 1.4% | 75% | Very low | Low |
| Irion County Texas | $1,345 | $204,400 | 0.7% | 57% | Very low | Low |
| Harmon County Oklahoma | $1,346 | $79,700 | 0.7% | 54% | Very low | Very low |
| Bennett County South Dakota | $1,347 | $156,400 | 1% | 55% | Very low | Low |
| Lipscomb County Texas | $1,349 | $124,300 | 1.4% | 60% | Very low | Low |
| Donley County Texas | $1,351 | $96,400 | 1.2% | 59% | Very low | Low |
| McKenzie County North Dakota | $1,352 | $349,600 | 0.4% | 75% | Very low | Low |
| Logan County Nebraska | $1,355 | $175,000 | 1% | 59% | Very low | Very low |
| Crosby County Texas | $1,357 | $80,900 | 1.8% | 68% | Very low | Very low |
| Butte County South Dakota | $1,359 | $244,600 | 0.9% | 72% | Very low | Low |
| Dawson County Texas | $1,359 | $103,400 | 1.6% | 58% | Very low | Very low |
| Mora County New Mexico | $1,359 | $122,600 | 0.7% | 44% | Low | Moderate |
| Sioux County North Dakota | $1,367 | $85,400 | 0.5% | 70% | Very low | Low |
| Wheeler County Texas | $1,373 | $106,100 | 1.4% | 52% | Very low | Moderate |
| Roger Mills County Oklahoma | $1,374 | $157,800 | 0.5% | 56% | Very low | Moderate |
| Brewster County Texas | $1,376 | $227,000 | 1.1% | 64% | Very low | Low |
| Divide County North Dakota | $1,378 | $167,600 | 0.6% | 81% | Very low | Very low |
Farmland is the USDA's 2022 average for land and buildings, a way to compare counties and never the price of a parcel. Property tax is the median homeowners paid as a share of the median home value; land taxed as a farm pays far less. Internet is the share of households paying for cable, fiber or DSL, not what reaches a given road. Flood is the worse of FEMA's inland and coastal flooding ratings and wildfire is FEMA's wildfire rating, with FEMA's “relatively” dropped to fit. A county FEMA could not rate is left out of any search on that hazard. A dash means the figure was not published.
Source: USDA, 2022 Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Chapter 2, Table 8; Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024, tables B25077, B25103 and B28002; FEMA, National Risk Index, December 2025
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