8,202 buildable parcels covering about 242,043 acres, every one with slope, flood, soil, access, ownership and a scored verdict on file. These are the county-wide numbers.
| Parcel size | Parcels | Median appraised land value per acre |
|---|---|---|
| Under 5 acres | 3,641 | $9,278 |
| 5 to 20 acres | 908 | $4,032 |
| 20 to 50 acres | 591 | $2,758 |
| 50 to 100 acres | 215 | $2,599 |
| 100 acres and up | 176 | $2,650 |
By deal type: 3,693 rural homesite (151 strong buy), 2,712 timber/recreation tract (52 strong buy), 1,613 infill lot (200 strong buy), 128 development assembly (11 strong buy).
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9,040 parcels carry no improvement value on the Franklin County tax roll as of 2026-11-01. After removing rights-of-way, slivers, utility strips and parcels that already have a structure by the federal building footprints, 8,202 are buildable land totalling about 242,043 acres.
7% of buildable parcels touch a FEMA special flood hazard area (zones A, AE or similar). 93% are entirely in Zone X, the minimal-risk designation. Mapped wetlands appear on 4%.
Septic needs a county health department permit and a soil evaluation on the actual site. As a screen, 93% of buildable parcels sit on soils the USDA survey classes as well drained or better. 7% sit in soil map units that are mostly hydric, which usually fail.
Alabama records sale prices with the deed, but there is no searchable database of them. The county's appraised land value per acre, which is what LandScout shows, has a median of $4,032 for 5 to 20 acre tracts and $2,650 for tracts over 100 acres. Market prices run higher; appraisal is a floor and a comparison tool, not an asking price.
85% individual, 10% llc, 3% corporation, 2% trust. 18% of owners have a mailing address outside the county.
Parcel boundaries, owners of record and appraised values are from the Franklin County assessor's GIS. Flood zones are FEMA, slope is derived from USGS elevation, soils are the USDA soil survey, wetlands the National Wetlands Inventory, timber the Forest Service FIA, structures the FEMA USA Structures dataset, and roads, power lines, ponds and developed land OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Verdicts come from fixed rules applied to those fields, the same rules in every county, and the best-scoring parcels are also checked against a USDA aerial photo by an AI model. Data as of 2026-11-01.
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