Stoop & Kin

Nacogdoches County, Texas

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

Farmland and its buildings in Nacogdoches County averaged $4,382 an acre in the 2022 Census of Agriculture: the 194th cheapest of the 254 counties in Texas, 75% above the Texas average in the same census ($2,499).

In the 2017 census it was $2,895 an acre, so the average has risen 51% in five years.

Nacogdoches County in figures
Farmland and buildings, an acre, 2022 $4,382
The same, 2017 $2,895 +51%
Farms counted, 2022 1,014 (1,123 in 2017)
Average farm 207 acres
Share of the county that is farmland 34.6%
Median value of an owner-occupied home $169,200 ± $9,483

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 Nacogdoches County, cheapest farmland first.

Neighbouring counties
countyFarmland an acre Median home
Shelby County $3,584 $101,500
Rusk County $3,819 $171,300
Cherokee County $4,007 $169,300
San Augustine County $4,336 $99,900
Angelina County $4,498 $163,500

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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