Stoop & Kin

Knox County, Texas

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

Farmland and its buildings in Knox County averaged $1,983 an acre in the 2022 Census of Agriculture: the 94th cheapest of the 254 counties in Texas, 21% below the Texas average in the same census ($2,499).

In the 2017 census it was $1,114 an acre, so the average has risen 78% in five years.

Knox County in figures
Farmland and buildings, an acre, 2022 $1,983
The same, 2017 $1,114 +78%
Farms counted, 2022 259 (216 in 2017)
Average farm 2,101 acres
Share of the county that is farmland 100%
Median value of an owner-occupied home $77,300 ± $9,511

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, Texas county data, Table 8; Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024, table B25077

Next door

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

Neighbouring counties
countyFarmland an acre Median home
King County $1,130 $52,100
Stonewall County $1,450 $48,600
Foard County $1,694 $70,700
Haskell County $1,928 $98,700
Baylor County $2,007 $103,100
Throckmorton County $2,232 $89,500

Buying land here: the Texas rules

Ten acres can skip the septic permit, and land sold for taxes can be taken back for two years.

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

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