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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
5-Year
Growth
Rate
Median*
Price
per Acre
Percentage
Change
Annual
Compound
5-Year
Growth
Rate
1966 27 425 - - 425 - -
1967 30 430 1 - 417 -2 -
1968 34 425 -1 - 395 -5 -
1969 29 416 -2 - 369 -7 -
1970 24 500 20 - 421 14 -
1971 40 500 0 3 401 -5 -1
1972 50 462 -8 1 355 -11 -3
1973 40 700 51 10 509 43 5
1974 40 832 19 15 555 9 9
1975 41 900 8 12 549 -1 5
1976 32 1055 17 16 608 11 9
1977 26 1117 6 19 606 0 11
1978 30 1468 31 16 744 23 8
1979 36 1908 30 18 893 20 10
1980 40 1845 -3 15 791 -11 8
1981 40 2750 49 21 1078 36 12
1982 37 2234 -19 15 825 -23 6
1983 40 2000 -10 6 711 -14 -1
1984 44 1590 -20 -4 545 -23 -9
1985 76 1506 -5 -4 501 -8 -9
1986 40 1300 -14 -14 423 -16 -17
1987 38 1224 -6 -11 388 -8 -14
1988 60 1202 -2 -10 368 -5 -12
1989 41 1250 4 -5 369 0 -8
1990 39 1250 0 -4 355 -4 -7
1991 55 1200 -4 -2 329 -7 -5
1992 47 1100 -8 -2 295 -10 -5
1993 40 1029 -6 -3 270 -9 -6
1994 40 1377 34 2 354 31 -1
1995 40 1242 -10 0 312 -12 -3
1996 40 1408 13 3 348 11 1
1997 54 1400 -1 5 340 -2 3
1998 31 2000 43 14 480 41 12
1999 29 1750 -12 5 414 -14 3
2000 31 1456 -17 3 337 -19 2
2001 28 2000 37 7 453 34 5
2002 40 2750 38 14 612 35 12
2003 21 2900 5 8 632 3 6
2004 40 3112 7 12 659 4 10
2005 27 3482 12 19 716 9 16
2006 27 5607 61 23 1114 56 20
2007 34 4700 -16 11 909 -18 8
2008 26 4646 -1 10 879 -3 7

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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