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Lower Rio Grande Valley (LMA 32)
Rural Land Prices

Counties: Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy

Year Median
Tract Size
(acres)
Nominal Real
Median*
Price
Per Acre
Percentage
Change
Annual
Compound
Growth
Rate
From 1966
Median*
Price
per Acre
Percentage
Change
Annual
Compound
Growth
Rate
From 1966
1966 27 425 - - 425 - -
1967 30 430 1 1 417 -2 -2
1968 34 425 -1 0 395 -5 -4
1969 29 416 -2 -1 369 -7 -5
1970 24 500 20 4 421 14 0
1971 40 500 0 3 401 -5 -1
1972 50 462 -8 1 355 -11 -3
1973 40 700 51 7 509 43 3
1974 40 832 19 9 555 9 3
1975 41 900 8 9 549 -1 3
1976 32 1055 17 10 608 11 4
1977 26 1117 6 9 606 0 3
1978 30 1468 31 11 744 23 5
1979 36 1908 30 12 893 20 6
1980 40 1845 -3 11 791 -11 5
1981 40 2750 49 13 1078 36 6
1982 37 2234 -19 11 825 -23 4
1983 40 2000 -10 10 711 -14 3
1984 44 1590 -20 8 545 -23 1
1985 76 1506 -5 7 501 -8 1
1986 40 1300 -14 6 423 -16 0
1987 38 1224 -6 5 388 -8 0
1988 60 1207 -1 5 369 -5 -1
1989 41 1250 4 5 369 0 -1
1990 39 1329 6 5 377 2 0
1991 55 1200 -10 4 329 -13 -1
1992 46 1091 -9 4 293 -11 -1
1993 40 1029 -6 3 270 -8 -2
1994 40 1377 34 4 354 31 -1
1995 40 1242 -10 4 312 -12 -1
1996 40 1408 13 4 348 11 -1
1997 57 1373 -2 4 334 -4 -1
1998 31 2000 46 5 480 44 0
1999 29 1750 -12 4 414 -14 0
2000 31 1456 -17 4 337 -19 -1
2001 28 2000 37 5 453 34 0
2002 40 2662 33 5 593 31 1
2003 21 2900 9 5 632 7 1
2004 40 3112 7 5 659 4 1
2005 27 3482 12 6 716 9 1
2006 25 5715 64 7 1141 59 3

Source: Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University.
Note: Real values are in 1966 dollars.
* State medians are an average of the land market area medians weighted by the percentage of land in each area.

 
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