15,515 buildable parcels covering about 223,625 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 | 9,768 | $14,294 |
| 5 to 20 acres | 2,532 | $4,741 |
| 20 to 50 acres | 1,930 | $2,719 |
| 50 to 100 acres | 759 | $2,079 |
| 100 acres and up | 395 | $1,703 |
By deal type: 6,146 rural homesite (886 strong buy), 5,807 infill lot (1,182 strong buy), 2,652 timber/recreation tract (139 strong buy), 756 development assembly (351 strong buy).
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19,265 parcels carry no improvement value on the Houston 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, 15,515 are buildable land totalling about 223,625 acres.
9% of buildable parcels touch a FEMA special flood hazard area (zones A, AE or similar). 92% are entirely in Zone X, the minimal-risk designation. Mapped wetlands appear on 7%.
Septic needs a county health department permit and a soil evaluation on the actual site. As a screen, 84% of buildable parcels sit on soils the USDA survey classes as well drained or better. 15% 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 $4,741 for 5 to 20 acre tracts and $1,703 for tracts over 100 acres. Market prices run higher; appraisal is a floor and a comparison tool, not an asking price.
82% individual, 11% llc, 4% corporation, 2% trust. 16% of owners have a mailing address outside the county.
Parcel boundaries, owners of record and appraised values are from the Houston 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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