Stoop & Kin

Choctaw County, Alabama

What farmland and houses are worth here, from the public figures, and where to look next.

Farmland and its buildings in Choctaw County averaged $2,456 an acre in the 2022 Census of Agriculture: the 10th cheapest of the 67 counties in Alabama, 33% below the Alabama average in the same census ($3,659).

In the 2017 census it was $2,050 an acre, so the average has risen 20% in five years.

Choctaw County in figures
Farmland and buildings, an acre, 2022 $2,456
The same, 2017 $2,050 +20%
Farms counted, 2022 205 (188 in 2017)
Average farm 317 acres
Share of the county that is farmland 11.1%
Median value of an owner-occupied home $123,400 ± $19,100

The farm figure is land and buildings together, averaged over every farm in the county, from the largest ranch to the smallest holding. It is for comparing one county with another, not a price for any parcel: a few acres with road frontage usually costs more an acre than the average, not less.

Source: USDA, 2022 Census of Agriculture, Alabama county data, Table 8; Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024, table B25077

Next door

The counties that share a border with Choctaw County, cheapest farmland first.

Neighbouring counties
countyFarmland an acre Median home
Marengo County $2,247 $107,400
Sumter County $2,387 $82,600
Clarke County $2,688 $121,700
Washington County $2,714 $159,700

Buying land here: the Alabama rules

The owner has three years to redeem, and the state says itself that its tax deed is not clear title.

Each links to the Alabama guide, where every fact cites the statute or agency page it came from.

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