Stoop & Kin

Randall County, Texas

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

Farmland and its buildings in Randall County averaged $1,838 an acre in the 2022 Census of Agriculture: the 83rd cheapest of the 254 counties in Texas, 26% below the Texas average in the same census ($2,499).

In the 2017 census it was $1,582 an acre, so the average has risen 16% in five years.

Randall County in figures
Farmland and buildings, an acre, 2022 $1,838
The same, 2017 $1,582 +16%
Farms counted, 2022 843 (781 in 2017)
Average farm 693 acres
Share of the county that is farmland 100%
Median value of an owner-occupied home $238,800 ± $4,639

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 Randall County, cheapest farmland first.

Neighbouring counties
countyFarmland an acre Median home
Oldham County $1,053 $162,800
Potter County $1,217 $147,300
Armstrong County $1,307 $171,500
Swisher County $1,428 $86,300
Carson County $1,561 $143,000
Deaf Smith County $1,838 $121,300
Castro County $2,130 $95,000

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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