Cheap farmland where most homes have wired internet
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 at least 60% of households pay for cable, fiber or DSL. Start a search of your own.
183 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 |
| Sweetwater County Wyoming | $387 | $251,400 | 0.6% | 68% | Low | Low |
| Sandoval County New Mexico | $704 | $313,800 | 0.7% | 73% | Moderate | Moderate |
| Otero County New Mexico | $754 | $162,700 | 0.6% | 71% | Moderate | High |
| Curry County New Mexico | $763 | $171,200 | 0.6% | 70% | Low | Moderate |
| Hot Springs County Wyoming | $823 | $227,500 | 0.5% | 67% | Low | Low |
| Natrona County Wyoming | $825 | $273,000 | 0.6% | 75% | Moderate | Moderate |
| Oglala Lakota County South Dakota | $871 | $52,900 | 0.4% | 65% | Very low | Moderate |
| Chaves County New Mexico | $887 | $156,400 | 0.6% | 61% | Moderate | Moderate |
| Eddy County New Mexico | $907 | $212,600 | 0.5% | 62% | Moderate | Low |
| Lincoln County New Mexico | $915 | $233,200 | 0.5% | 62% | Moderate | High |
| Campbell County Wyoming | $959 | $279,100 | 0.6% | 66% | Low | Moderate |
| Carbon County Wyoming | $971 | $222,700 | 0.6% | 66% | Low | Low |
| Lea County New Mexico | $979 | $184,000 | 0.5% | 68% | Moderate | High |
| Val Verde County Texas | $1,000 | $164,600 | 1.4% | 69% | Moderate | Low |
| Harding County South Dakota | $1,006 | $166,100 | 1.1% | 81% | Very low | Low |
| Roosevelt County New Mexico | $1,039 | $135,800 | 0.5% | 65% | Moderate | High |
| 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 |
| Valencia County New Mexico | $1,055 | $223,000 | 0.6% | 60% | Moderate | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Cimarron County Oklahoma | $1,186 | $98,600 | 0.4% | 64% | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Santa Fe County New Mexico | $1,245 | $446,300 | 0.5% | 71% | Moderate | High |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Haakon County South Dakota | $1,313 | $164,200 | 0.9% | 75% | Very low | 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 |
| Lipscomb County Texas | $1,349 | $124,300 | 1.4% | 60% | Very low | Low |
| McKenzie County North Dakota | $1,352 | $349,600 | 0.4% | 75% | Very low | 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 |
| Sioux County North Dakota | $1,367 | $85,400 | 0.5% | 70% | Very low | Low |
| 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 |
| Grant County North Dakota | $1,382 | $93,200 | 0.9% | 68% | Very low | Low |
| Williams County North Dakota | $1,383 | $284,800 | 0.7% | 80% | Low | Low |
| Meade County South Dakota | $1,388 | $310,900 | 1% | 73% | Low | Moderate |
| Graham County Kansas | $1,393 | $89,900 | 1.8% | 70% | Very low | Very low |
| Kleberg County Texas | $1,396 | $161,300 | 1.5% | 63% | Low | Low |
| Dawes County Nebraska | $1,397 | $150,900 | 1.4% | 65% | Very low | Low |
| Ness County Kansas | $1,424 | $89,700 | 2% | 77% | Very low | Very low |
| Howard County Texas | $1,426 | $155,600 | 1% | 63% | Low | Moderate |
| Burke County North Dakota | $1,445 | $158,100 | 0.5% | 78% | Very low | Very low |
| Mountrail County North Dakota | $1,445 | $232,700 | 0.5% | 68% | Very low | Low |
| Stanton County Kansas | $1,446 | $67,800 | 2.5% | 83% | Very low | Very low |
| Stonewall County Texas | $1,450 | $48,600 | 1.8% | 64% | Very low | Low |
| Cheyenne County Nebraska | $1,455 | $139,700 | 1.6% | 63% | Very low | Very low |
| Edwards County Texas | $1,467 | — | — | 63% | Very low | Low |
| Hamilton County Kansas | $1,478 | $115,800 | 1.5% | 76% | Very low | Very low |
| Woodward County Oklahoma | $1,481 | $169,000 | 0.6% | 61% | Low | Moderate |
| Hodgeman County Kansas | $1,488 | $101,600 | 1.7% | 63% | Very low | Very low |
| Lamb County Texas | $1,505 | $82,400 | 1.1% | 70% | Very low | Low |
| Pennington County South Dakota | $1,513 | $302,200 | 1.1% | 78% | Moderate | Moderate |
| Benson County North Dakota | $1,514 | $90,000 | 0.9% | 71% | Very low | Low |
| Dunn County North Dakota | $1,516 | $275,000 | 0.6% | 82% | Very low | Low |
| Rooks County Kansas | $1,521 | $89,000 | 1.9% | 68% | Very low | Very low |
| Duval County Texas | $1,532 | $89,400 | 1.3% | 62% | Very low | Very low |
| McHenry County North Dakota | $1,533 | $151,000 | 0.7% | 73% | Very low | Low |
| Comanche County Kansas | $1,550 | $69,600 | 2.2% | 64% | Very low | Moderate |
| Adams County North Dakota | $1,552 | $113,200 | 1% | 73% | Very low | Very low |
| Carson County Texas | $1,561 | $143,000 | 1.2% | 69% | Very low | Low |
| Loup County Nebraska | $1,567 | $182,300 | 0.7% | 71% | Very low | Very low |
| Zapata County Texas | $1,569 | $97,100 | 0.9% | 65% | Very low | Low |
| Hale County Texas | $1,573 | $116,500 | 1.3% | 65% | Low | Low |
| Gray County Texas | $1,579 | $102,900 | 1.4% | 67% | Very low | Moderate |
| Nolan County Texas | $1,581 | $96,300 | 1.5% | 61% | Very low | 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
The county research checklist
One email. The twelve things to check on a rural parcel before you make an offer, in the order that costs least to find out — and the four that should stop a purchase outright. Then we leave you alone until there is something genuinely worth sending.
No charge, no account. Unsubscribe with one click, and we never pass your address to an agent, a lender or anybody else — there is nobody we would pass it to.