Land Price Converter: per Acre, per Square Foot, per Square Metre
Enter a land price the way it was quoted to you (per acre, per square foot, per square metre, per hectare, or a total for the parcel) and see it in every other unit at once. Add the parcel size to get the total.
State land values: USDA NASS Land Values 2026 Summary, checked October 2026
Convert a land price
Start from a USDA 2026 US average (per acre):
| Per acre(your input) | $6,020 |
|---|---|
| Per square foot | $0.1382 |
| Per square metre | $1.49 |
| Per hectare | $14,876 |
| Total for the parcel | add a parcel size |
Prefilled with the USDA 2026 US average for cropland. Type your own price over it.
Works in any currency: the symbol is a label only, no exchange rate is applied.
Quoted per square foot, want per acre
Multiply by 43,560.
Quoted per acre, want per square foot
Divide by 43,560.
Total price and acreage, want per acre
Divide the price by the number of acres.
Factors: 1 acre = 43,560 sq ft and 1 sq ft = 0.09290304 m², both exact (NIST SP 811), so 1 acre = 4,046.8564224 m², and 1 hectare = 10,000 m² = 2.4710538 acres.
Comparing prices quoted in different units
Rural land and farmland in the US is usually sold by the acre. Building lots and commercial sites are often priced by the square foot, and most land outside the US by the square metre or hectare. To set a rural parcel against a town lot, or one listing against another quoted differently, put both in the same unit before comparing.
A per-acre price for a large tract and a per-square-foot price for a small lot describe different products. Small parcels with road frontage, utilities and residential zoning cost far more per unit of area than open acreage, so a lower per-acre figure is not automatically the better buy. Use the per-unit figure to compare parcels of similar size, zoning and access.
A total price divided by the acreage is an average across the whole parcel. If part of the land cannot be used (wetland, steep ground, easements), the price per usable acre is higher than the headline figure: enter the usable area as the parcel size to see it.
Average land value per acre and per square foot by state (2026)
USDA's 2026 land values survey puts US farm real estate at an average of $4,500 an acre, cropland at $6,020 and pasture at $2,000. By state, farm real estate runs from $735 an acre in New Mexico to $23,600 in Rhode Island. These are averages for agricultural land, not prices for residential building lots.
Farm real estate: All land and buildings on farms. 2026 average value per acre, with the same figure per square foot and per square metre.
| State | Per acre | Per sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| United States (48 states) | $4,500 | $0.103 |
| Rhode Island | $23,600 | $0.542 |
| New Jersey | $17,000 | $0.390 |
| Massachusetts | $15,200 | $0.349 |
| Connecticut | $14,600 | $0.335 |
| California | $14,100 | $0.324 |
| Iowa | $10,100 | $0.232 |
| Maryland | $9,950 | $0.228 |
| Delaware | $9,700 | $0.223 |
| Ohio | $9,650 | $0.222 |
| Illinois | $9,250 | $0.212 |
| Florida | $9,150 | $0.210 |
| Indiana | $9,150 | $0.210 |
| Pennsylvania | $8,700 | $0.200 |
| Michigan | $7,000 | $0.161 |
| Minnesota | $6,950 | $0.160 |
| Wisconsin | $6,700 | $0.154 |
| New Hampshire | $6,670 | $0.153 |
| Tennessee | $6,500 | $0.149 |
| Virginia | $6,300 | $0.145 |
| North Carolina | $5,750 | $0.132 |
| Kentucky | $5,600 | $0.129 |
| Missouri | $5,200 | $0.119 |
| Georgia | $4,950 | $0.114 |
| South Carolina | $4,900 | $0.112 |
| Idaho | $4,750 | $0.109 |
| New York | $4,500 | $0.103 |
| Vermont | $4,490 | $0.103 |
| Nebraska | $4,400 | $0.101 |
| Arkansas | $4,350 | $0.100 |
| Arizona | $4,300 | $0.099 |
| Alabama | $4,250 | $0.098 |
| Louisiana | $3,950 | $0.091 |
| Oregon | $3,880 | $0.089 |
| Washington | $3,800 | $0.087 |
| Mississippi | $3,650 | $0.084 |
| Utah | $3,650 | $0.084 |
| West Virginia | $3,640 | $0.084 |
| Maine | $3,400 | $0.078 |
| Kansas | $3,200 | $0.073 |
| South Dakota | $3,100 | $0.071 |
| Texas | $3,100 | $0.071 |
| Oklahoma | $2,620 | $0.060 |
| North Dakota | $2,450 | $0.056 |
| Colorado | $2,360 | $0.054 |
| Montana | $1,260 | $0.029 |
| Nevada | $1,230 | $0.028 |
| Wyoming | $1,030 | $0.024 |
| New Mexico | $735 | $0.017 |
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Land Values 2026 Summary (released 31 July 2026), 2026 averages per acre. The per square foot and per square metre columns are the same figures divided by 43,560 and by 4,046.8564224. USDA does not publish Alaska or Hawaii; the Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah figures exclude American Indian Reservation land. A statewide average hides large differences by county, soil, water and access, so treat it as a starting point, not a valuation.
Typical farm sizes by state: parcel sizes by state.
Land price questions
How do I convert a price per acre to a price per square foot?
Divide the price per acre by 43,560, the number of square feet in an acre. Going the other way, multiply a price per square foot by 43,560 to get the price per acre. For square metres, divide the price per acre by 4,046.8564224, or divide a price per square foot by 0.09290304. The converter on this page does all of these at once and accepts any currency.
How do I work out the price per acre from a total price?
Divide the total price by the number of acres. If the size is given in square feet, divide it by 43,560 first to get acres, or choose square feet as the size unit in the converter and it will do the step for you. The result is the average price across the whole parcel, including any part you cannot build on or farm.
What is the average price of an acre of land in the US?
USDA's Land Values 2026 Summary puts the 2026 US average at $4,500 an acre for farm real estate (land and buildings), $6,020 for cropland and $2,000 for pasture. Those are agricultural averages across the 48 contiguous states. Residential building lots, land near cities and commercial sites sell for far more per acre, and USDA does not measure them. The state table on this page shows the USDA figures for every state.
Why does a building lot cost so much more per square foot than farmland?
A building lot comes with things open acreage usually lacks: residential zoning, road access, and often water, sewer and power at the boundary. Demand is also concentrated where people want to live. Converting both to the same unit, per square foot or per acre, shows the gap clearly, but the two are different products, so compare lots with lots and farmland with farmland.
Does the converter work for rupees, pounds or euros?
Yes. The currency symbol is only a label, so the arithmetic is the same in any currency and no exchange rate is applied. A price quoted per acre in rupees converts to rupees per square foot exactly as dollars do. The USDA state values in the table are in US dollars.