Arizona recorded 19,577 vacant-land sales in the 12 months to August 2026. The typical parcel of 1 to 10 acres sold for $77,500, a median of $33,879 an acre, and the typical sale that the MLS reported took 99 days. Like-for-like, October through June sales ran 7.5 percent below the same nine months a year earlier.
This is a county report from recorded sales, not asking prices, with every parcel that has a house or manufactured home removed. It covers sales dated through August 31, 2026, and we will refresh it in place each quarter. It makes no forecast.
The three numbers
Sales: 19,577 recorded sales from September 2025 through August 2026. July and August 2026 hold only 1,187 and 773, well under any earlier month, which looks like records still arriving, so the 12-month total is probably a little low.
Price: for parcels of 1 to 10 acres, 7,223 sales, the median was $77,500 a parcel and $33,879 an acre. That statewide number is pulled upward by Phoenix-area lots, so use the county table.
Time: the median days on market was 89 days across all sizes and 99 for the 1-to-10 acre band. The MLS reports days on market for only about one sale in twelve, so treat these as a rough guide rather than a measurement.
Sales and prices by county, last 12 months
Parcels of 1 to 10 acres, counties with at least 50 sales in the band. Days on market is shown only where the MLS reported it for 50 or more sales.
| County |
All vacant sales |
1-10 acre sales |
Median $/acre |
Median parcel |
Median days (MLS) |
| Maricopa |
6,271 |
1,553 |
$128,571 |
$245,000 |
104 |
| Mohave |
2,761 |
1,312 |
$7,450 |
$15,000 |
92 |
| Pinal |
1,891 |
707 |
$46,218 |
$99,900 |
114 |
| Yavapai |
1,756 |
765 |
$44,963 |
$125,000 |
90 |
| Pima |
1,436 |
544 |
$69,362 |
$165,000 |
114 |
| Apache |
1,338 |
598 |
$10,365 |
$22,000 |
n/a |
| Navajo |
1,091 |
360 |
$31,091 |
$71,750 |
n/a |
| Coconino |
976 |
576 |
$29,298 |
$75,000 |
89 |
| Cochise |
533 |
223 |
$6,336 |
$32,000 |
82 |
| Gila |
532 |
209 |
$122,500 |
$202,000 |
n/a |
| Santa Cruz |
375 |
129 |
$8,403 |
$15,000 |
n/a |
| Yuma |
267 |
105 |
$46,786 |
$100,000 |
n/a |
| La Paz |
197 |
77 |
$24,974 |
$50,000 |
n/a |
| Graham |
121 |
50 |
$31,987 |
$80,000 |
n/a |
For the full price table by size band, including parcels over 10 acres, see Arizona land prices per acre. The cheapest of these counties are broken out in cheapest land in Arizona by county.
What changed from a year ago
To compare like with like we used two equal windows, October 7 through June 30 of 2024-25 and 2025-26. Statewide, 16,915 vacant sales became 15,653, down 7.5 percent. Maricopa fell 8 percent, Pima 28 percent, Pinal 28 percent, Yavapai 32 percent, Mohave 21 percent and Yuma 23 percent. Apache, Navajo, Coconino, Cochise, Gila, Santa Cruz, La Paz and Graham recorded more sales than a year before.
Price change is harder to read, because a county's median can swing when its mix of towns shifts. We report it only for counties where both windows have 50 or more sales of 1 to 10 acres and at least 80 percent of the sales were in the same towns both years.
| County |
Median parcel, year earlier |
Median parcel, latest |
Change |
Per-acre change |
| Maricopa |
$221,000 |
$257,000 |
+16% |
+11% |
| Navajo |
$60,000 |
$63,000 |
+5% |
+1% |
| Coconino |
$46,000 |
$46,000 |
0% |
-13% |
| Pima |
$175,000 |
$169,000 |
-3% |
+7% |
| Mohave |
$17,000 |
$15,000 |
-12% |
-9% |
| Yavapai |
$160,000 |
$126,060 |
-21% |
-23% |
| Gila |
$179,000 |
$225,000 |
+26% |
+76% |
| Pinal |
$145,000 |
$100,000 |
-31% |
-19% |
Apache, Cochise, La Paz, Santa Cruz and Yuma fail the test, so we do not publish a price change for them. In Apache, 303 of 540 recent sales of 1 to 10 acres were in Concho, against 56 of 218 a year earlier, and that alone moves the median. Santa Cruz is dominated by Rio Rico lots in the latest window.
A median parcel price falling does not mean the same lot is worth less. Pinal's town mix moved even inside our 80 percent test: Marana was third with 102 sales in the first window and is not in the top three in the second, where San Tan Valley is. The like-for-like read is what a lot like yours sold for recently, and the land value lookup finds that for a specific parcel.
ZIP codes where lots are selling fastest
Our listing database tracks sell-through by ZIP code: sold divided by sold plus currently active, over a window. These are the Arizona ZIPs with at least 5 sales in the last three months and a three-month sell-through of 40 percent or more, as of October 6, 2026.
| ZIP |
Place |
Sold, 3 mo |
Active now |
Sell-through, 3 mo |
Sell-through, 12 mo |
| 85387 |
Surprise |
110 |
159 |
40.9% |
74.5% |
| 85142 |
Queen Creek |
88 |
74 |
54.3% |
86.1% |
| 85383 |
Peoria |
68 |
47 |
59.1% |
89.2% |
| 85338 |
Goodyear |
66 |
92 |
41.8% |
77.5% |
| 85212 |
Mesa |
47 |
6 |
88.7% |
97.7% |
| 85340 |
Litchfield Park |
43 |
24 |
64.2% |
87.8% |
| 85388 |
Surprise |
34 |
10 |
77.3% |
95.0% |
| 85255 |
Scottsdale |
23 |
32 |
41.8% |
78.2% |
| 85747 |
Tucson |
20 |
25 |
44.4% |
80.2% |
| 85298 |
Gilbert |
18 |
17 |
51.4% |
90.2% |
| 85305 |
Glendale |
12 |
1 |
92.3% |
98.1% |
| 85392 |
Avondale |
12 |
14 |
46.2% |
86.0% |
| 85145 |
Red Rock |
11 |
2 |
84.6% |
90.0% |
| 85037 |
Phoenix |
10 |
8 |
55.6% |
91.7% |
| 85395 |
Goodyear |
10 |
13 |
43.5% |
83.3% |
| 85297 |
Gilbert |
9 |
12 |
42.9% |
74.5% |
| 85379 |
Surprise |
7 |
2 |
77.8% |
94.6% |
| 85306 |
Glendale |
6 |
4 |
60.0% |
91.1% |
| 85226 |
Chandler |
5 |
2 |
71.4% |
75.0% |
Seventeen of the 19 ZIPs are in Maricopa County, one is in Pima and one in Pinal. There are no rural ZIPs on this list. Rural acreage sells, as the county table shows, but it does not clear at 40 percent of listings in a quarter. In all 19, the three-month sell-through is lower than the 12-month figure, which partly reflects sale dates arriving late; we do not read it as a cooling signal.
What it means if you are selling this quarter
If your parcel is a small lot in the Phoenix valley, buyers are active and the sales table above is your guide. If it is rural acreage, the county numbers say you are selling to a thin pool: Mohave's median parcel is $15,000 and Cochise's $32,000, and a rural parcel that sells through the MLS can sit for months before it does. Our listing database holds 15,410 live Arizona lot listings against 19,577 sales in the past year, which is about nine and a half months of inventory at the recent pace, a rough figure from two different databases.
Cash through a title company closes in 7 to 21 days, about 14 on average. A listing with an agent runs 6 to 18 months to sell, if it sells. How those compare is covered in how long it takes to sell vacant land in Arizona. For county-specific pages, start with Maricopa County or Mohave County, the biggest and the cheapest of the group.