Sell Land in Alabama
We buy land across Alabama for cash — no agents, no commissions, no waiting on a buyer's financing. AcreageTrust is the end buyer, not a wholesaler. We've worked extensively in the Wiregrass counties of southeast Alabama and we buy statewide. Alabama land values range from around $2,500 an acre in parts of the Black Belt to over $8,000 near Birmingham and Huntsville, so what your parcel is worth depends heavily on where it sits. To sell land in Alabama, tell us about your land and you'll have a written cash offer within one business day, no obligation.
Tell us about your Alabama land
Why Alabama landowners work with us
An out-of-state buyer is exactly what a rural Alabama landowner is right to be wary of. So when we buy land in Alabama, the closing is local.
- We close through a local Alabama title company or real estate attorney — and we pay those fees
- Over 200 land transactions closed by our team and partners
- A reply within one business day
- No obligation, no cost, nothing tying up your land
What land is worth in Alabama
Alabama's statewide average is roughly $4,150 per acre (USDA agricultural land including buildings, scaled to current values). Almost no individual parcel is worth the average. The spread between counties is about 3.6 to 1 — highest around the metros and the coast, lowest through the Black Belt.
Highest
Jefferson ($8,119), Madison ($7,613), Baldwin ($7,252), Morgan ($7,168), Calhoun ($6,847)
Lowest
Lamar ($2,233), Wilcox ($2,529), Marengo ($2,628), Bullock ($2,640), Lowndes ($2,740)
Want a number for your own parcel? Try the land value calculator.
All 67 Alabama counties
USDA county-level agricultural land values, scaled to current dollars. Agricultural figures include farm buildings, so bare land in the same county often trades below these numbers.
| Autauga | $3,082 | −26% |
|---|---|---|
| Baldwin | $7,252 | +75% |
| Barbour | $3,060 | −26% |
| Bibb | $3,053 | −26% |
| Blount | $5,854 | +41% |
| Bullock | $2,640 | −36% |
| Butler | $3,644 | −12% |
| Calhoun | $6,847 | +65% |
| Chambers | $4,030 | −3% |
| Cherokee | $4,263 | +3% |
| Chilton | $4,051 | −2% |
| Choctaw | $2,872 | −31% |
| Clarke | $3,143 | −24% |
| Clay | $4,654 | +12% |
| Cleburne | $4,865 | +17% |
| Coffee | $4,513 | +9% |
| Colbert | $4,125 | −1% |
| Conecuh | $2,874 | −31% |
| Coosa | $3,450 | −17% |
| Covington | $3,976 | −4% |
| Crenshaw | $3,510 | −15% |
| Cullman | $6,263 | +51% |
| Dale | $4,575 | +10% |
| Dallas | $2,809 | −32% |
| De Kalb | $5,884 | +42% |
| Elmore | $4,489 | +8% |
| Escambia | $3,231 | −22% |
| Etowah | $6,602 | +59% |
| Fayette | $2,971 | −28% |
| Franklin | $4,123 | −1% |
| Geneva | $3,902 | −6% |
| Greene | $3,009 | −27% |
| Hale | $2,974 | −28% |
| Henry | $3,892 | −6% |
| Houston | $4,309 | +4% |
| Jackson | $4,106 | −1% |
| Jefferson | $8,119 | +96% |
| Lamar | $2,233 | −46% |
| Lauderdale | $6,061 | +46% |
| Lawrence | $5,689 | +37% |
| Lee | $5,868 | +41% |
| Limestone | $5,476 | +32% |
| Lowndes | $2,740 | −34% |
| Macon | $3,142 | −24% |
| Madison | $7,613 | +83% |
| Marengo | $2,628 | −37% |
| Marion | $3,726 | −10% |
| Marshall | $6,718 | +62% |
| Mobile | $5,575 | +34% |
| Monroe | $2,805 | −32% |
| Montgomery | $3,679 | −11% |
| Morgan | $7,168 | +73% |
| Perry | $2,753 | −34% |
| Pickens | $3,079 | −26% |
| Pike | $3,954 | −5% |
| Randolph | $4,683 | +13% |
| Russell | $3,298 | −21% |
| Saint Clair | $6,053 | +46% |
| Shelby | $5,985 | +44% |
| Sumter | $2,791 | −33% |
| Talladega | $4,577 | +10% |
| Tallapoosa | $3,581 | −14% |
| Tuscaloosa | $4,376 | +5% |
| Walker | $4,107 | −1% |
| Washington | $3,174 | −24% |
| Wilcox | $2,529 | −39% |
| Winston | $3,514 | −15% |
Alabama's land regions
The Wiregrass (southeast Alabama)
Nine counties in the southeast corner: Barbour, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston and Pike. The region is named for a native grass of the longleaf pine ecosystem.
This is where we've done most of our Alabama work, including Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry and Houston counties.
- Barbour
- $3,060
- Coffee
- $4,513
- Covington
- $3,976
- Crenshaw
- $3,510
- Dale
- $4,575
- Geneva
- $3,902
- Henry
- $3,892
- Houston
- $4,309
- Pike
- $3,954
USDA agricultural value per acre, including buildings.
Consistency
Statewide the spread between counties is about 3.6 to 1. Inside the Wiregrass it's about 1.5 to 1, with the regional average roughly 4% below the state average. Land here is priced by what it actually is rather than which side of a county line it falls on. Barbour is the exception, pricing closer to the Black Belt it borders.
Fort Novosel
Fort Novosel, in Dale County, is the US Army's aviation training center. Dale and neighboring Coffee County (Enterprise) carry the region's highest land values. A permanent installation that size is a demand floor farm country doesn't otherwise have.
Dothan
Dothan, in Houston County, is the commercial and medical hub for the southeast corner. Land within commuting distance of Dothan prices differently from land an hour out.
Agriculture
The rest is agriculture, mostly peanuts. Houston, Geneva, Henry, Coffee, Dale and Covington are all among Alabama's top peanut-producing counties. Row-crop ground here is working land and priced as working land.
What we've learned buying here
Deals in the Wiregrass move at their own pace, and that's the most useful thing to know going in. Records requests, probate matters, surveys and county offices all take a little longer than in a metro market. We stopped treating that as a problem some time ago. It means we don't quote the fastest possible closing date and then miss it — we'd rather say two to three weeks and have that hold, or tell you up front when something looks like it'll take longer.
It also means we don't push. If you want a week to think it over or talk it through with family, that's reasonable, and you won't get a follow-up call every day in the meantime.
We close through a local title company in the region — one we've used for many transactions — and we pay those fees. Not a company in Connecticut, not one we have an interest in.
One practical detail that catches out-of-state buyers and sellers alike: much of the rural Wiregrass is served by Wiregrass Electric Cooperative rather than a large investor-owned utility. Getting power extended to a parcel means working with the co-op, and the process and cost structure differ from what you'd expect elsewhere.
Nearby counties we also work: Escambia sits west of the Wiregrass along the coastal plain, and we've bought there too.
North Alabama and the Tennessee Valley
Madison ($7,613), Morgan ($7,168), Limestone, Marshall and Cullman. Huntsville's growth has pulled values up, and this is where a parcel is most likely to be worth more to a homebuilder than as raw acreage.
If your land is here with road frontage and utilities nearby, the development route deserves a look before selling as raw land. See selling to a developer.
Birmingham metro
Jefferson ($8,119) is the state's highest-value county, with Shelby and St. Clair nearby. Small acreage close to the metro can price like residential lots. County averages understate value badly here, because a county number mixes urban and rural parcels and describes neither.
The Gulf Coast
Baldwin ($7,252) and Mobile. Coastal land follows its own rules: tourism, retirement demand, flood zone designation. Flood mapping matters more here than anywhere in the state and can move value dramatically over a short distance.
The Black Belt
Named for its dark, fertile soil, the Black Belt runs across the state's midsection: Wilcox, Marengo, Perry, Sumter, Lowndes, Bullock, Greene, Hale, Dallas and their neighbors. It has Alabama's lowest per-acre values, mostly $2,500 to $3,000. Large tracts, good soil, low population, significant timber. Prices are low because demand is thin, not because the land is poor. The region also has a specific ownership complication, covered further down the page.
West and central Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Pickens, Fayette, Lamar and Walker. Mixed timber and pasture. Lamar has the state's lowest recorded value at $2,233. Timber is often a larger share of a tract's worth here than the land itself.
What moves land value in Alabama
Timber
Alabama is one of the most heavily forested states, and on many tracts standing timber is worth more than the bare land. Merchantable pine or hardwood is a separate asset with its own market.
A timber cruise from a consulting forester tells you what's standing — a different number from land value, and knowing it before you sell can change what a fair price looks like. If your land was last cut ten or fifteen years ago, it's worth finding out.
Septic feasibility
On any parcel someone might build on, this is close to decisive. Without public sewer a house needs a septic system, and the soil has to pass a percolation test. Coastal plain soils across south Alabama vary widely, and a tract that looks fine can fail.
A parcel with a passed perc test on file is worth meaningfully more than an identical one without, because the buyer isn't carrying that risk.
Legal road access
The largest single swing factor on rural land. Frontage on a county-maintained road is the baseline. A recorded easement is worth less. No legal access can cut value to a fraction, because it's hard to finance, insure or sell to anyone but an adjoining owner.
An informal arrangement with a neighbor is not access. If it isn't recorded, a buyer's attorney treats it as though it doesn't exist.
Current use valuation and rollback
Alabama lets qualifying farm and forest land be assessed at its current use value rather than market value, which keeps property taxes low. If the land is converted to a use that doesn't qualify, the county recaptures the tax difference for the three years preceding the conversion. This is called rollback.
Importantly, it also applies when property is sold and then converted to a non-qualifying use within two years of that sale. The additional tax is charged to whoever is the owner of record on the October 1 following the conversion, which may not be the person who caused it.
If you're selling to someone who intends to develop, ask your county revenue office what that looks like before agreeing to terms.
Heirs property in Alabama
If you inherited land and the deed is still in the name of a grandparent or great-grandparent, you may have heirs property, and it changes what you're able to do.
Heirs property arises when someone dies without a will and the land passes to descendants as tenants in common. Each heir owns a fractional, undivided share — nobody owns a specific piece. With each generation the number of owners multiplies, and after two or three generations a single tract can have dozens of legal owners across several states. It is common in Alabama, and the Black Belt is one of the regions of the country most affected.
What it means practically
- Major decisions — selling, harvesting timber, mortgaging — generally require agreement from all co-owners.
- Title is clouded, so most title companies will not insure it and most lenders will not finance it.
- Any co-owner, including someone who bought a fractional share from a distant relative, could historically force a sale of the whole property through a partition action.
Alabama passed the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act in 2014. It gives co-owners meaningful protections in a partition action — the right to buy out the party seeking the sale, a requirement for appraisal, and a preference for dividing the property over selling it outright. If someone has approached you about buying a relative's share, this law matters and is worth understanding before you respond.
What to do
Talk to a local real estate attorney about clearing title. The USDA operates an Heirs' Property Relending Program, and organizations including the Federation of Southern Cooperatives work in this area. Clearing title usually has to come before anything else, including any sale.
We're not able to buy heirs property until title is cleared, because we close through a title company and they won't insure it. We're including this because it's the question behind a lot of "can I sell my land" searches in Alabama, and the honest answer is hard to find.
How selling to us works
Here is how it goes when we buy land in Alabama.
- 1
Tell us about the land
County, rough acreage, and whatever you know about access and condition. A parcel number helps if you have it.
- 2
We look it up
Aerials, county records, zoning, flood maps, comparable sales.
- 3
You get a written offer within one business day
No obligation.
- 4
If you accept, we open with a local Alabama title company or real estate attorney
We pay those fees.
- 5
Close in two to three weeks
Longer if title needs work. You get paid at closing.
We handle back taxes, unpaid liens and unrecorded issues regularly. None of those disqualify a property.
Your options
| Option | Best when | Typical timeline |
|---|---|---|
| List with a land agent | Highest price, and you can wait | 6 to 12 months |
| Sell to us for cash | Speed and certainty | 2 to 3 weeks |
| Sell to a developer | Growth corridor, utilities nearby | 12 to 24 months |
| Sell part of it | Keeping your house or frontage | Varies |
If your land is in North Alabama near Huntsville, or anywhere with utilities and frontage in a growing area, the development route may be worth more than a cash sale. Read about selling to a developer or selling part of your land. If you want the full picture of how a cash sale works, see selling land for cash and what to know about cash land buyers.
If listing with an agent is the right answer for your situation, we'll tell you that.
Common questions
Tell us about your Alabama land.
A call or an email costs you nothing, and you are not committed to anything. If selling to us is not your best option, we will say so.