What Is Your Land Worth in Daviess County, Kentucky?

Your Daviess County land’s value depends on its location, entrance, ground and what comes with the sale. Start with similar land that has sold. Then ask a local land agent or appraiser to help choose a price range. A county average or tax value can’t answer that alone.

Start With the Right Land Record

Find a tax bill, deed and any survey you already have. Keep the property number, nearest road and acres if known in one folder. Add clear photos and a map pin if the land has no street address.

The county’s office directory lists the Property Valuation Administrator, often called the PVA. This is the office to ask about property details and the value used for taxes. Call 270-685-8474 with the owner name, land location and property number if you know it.

If you can’t find a record online, ask the office for help. Compare the acres, buildings and lots with the papers you have. Keep any difference on your question list. The owner’s mailing address can be different from where the land sits.

A tax value isn’t a buyer’s offer. Keep its year beside the value and check whether buildings are included. A value for a property with a house doesn’t answer the value of bare ground alone. An online map also doesn’t settle an unclear boundary. Share any survey you have and ask what needs checking.

Choose Sales That Offer Buyers Something Similar

Ask a local land agent for completed sales that fit your land’s setting and likely use. A small lot near town services may be a poor match for a larger pasture or wooded tract. A sale that includes a home is different from a sale of bare ground.

Check what each buyer actually got. Compare these details:

• Location and entrance: Note the road, entrance and any shared drive. Keep written access papers with the record.
• Ground: Compare open land, woods, slopes and wet areas. The same number of acres doesn’t mean the same amount of usable space.
• Buildings: List a house, barn or other structure in the deal. Don’t treat the whole price as the value of empty land.
• Services: Separate a working water or power connection from a line nearby. Share any well or septic papers you already have.
• Current use: Note a farm lease, tenant or neighborhood agreement. Explain which crops, buildings or equipment go with the sale.
• Size and date: Keep the closing date beside the acres and price. A small lot’s price per acre may not fit a larger tract.

A buyer’s future plan still needs checking. Don’t call land ready to build on just because nearby land has a house. Share existing permits or test results without promising that a new plan will work.

You’re putting together useful facts, not planning the buyer’s whole project. Ask the agent or appraiser which differences matter most to the price.

Use Recorded Papers to Check What a Sale Included

Ask a local land agent for completed sales that fit your land. For each example, ask for the property number, closing date, price and a source you can check. An asking price or an old listing marked off-market doesn’t prove a completed sale.

The County Clerk’s Land Records page links to its records search. Keep the deed book and page or document number with the property number. Ask the agent which recorded paper supports the reported price and land included.

Count the deal once. If several lots sold together, check all of them. Don’t attach the whole price to each lot and call each one a separate sale. A deed with several pieces of land needs the full deal beside the price.

A sale with a house, barn or equipment may be a poor match for empty land. A small lot with connected services may be different from a larger field. Ask the agent which examples are closest to what a buyer would get from your land.

If the deed and tax record seem to describe different land, keep both and ask what needs checking. Don’t fill a missing fact with a guess just to calculate a price per acre.

Get Help With a Missing Deed Copy

Look for a deed copy with your purchase or family papers. A deed is the paper used to transfer land ownership. Keep any book and page or document number shown on it.

The Clerk’s FAQ says you can call for a document’s book and page. Call the County Clerk at 270-685-8434 and explain what paper you’re trying to find. Have the owner name and any old recording details ready.

Copy help is different from a full ownership search. The Land Records page says the office can help with a specific document, but doesn’t do title searches or research for customers. Ask your closing team who will check ownership, loans and other recorded claims.

The page describes in-person and mailed copy requests. Ask what kind of copy you need, what it costs and how to receive it before ordering. A certified copy is a copy the office certifies as its record. Ask the closing team whether that kind is needed.

The FAQ also says the Clerk doesn’t prepare documents or provide blank forms. Ask the closing team who will prepare the sale papers. If you’re handling family land after a loss, start with the papers you have and ask who needs to sign. You don’t have to solve every question on your own.

Make a Short Comparison Sheet

Use paper or a simple spreadsheet. Keep the checked facts beside unanswered questions rather than filling a gap with a guess.

For example, a made-up five-acre land sale at $60,000 works out to $12,000 per acre. A made-up two-acre property with a house at $250,000 works out to $125,000 per acre if you divide the whole price by its acres. That second calculation doesn’t tell you the value of empty land because the deal included a house.

These are math examples, not Daviess County sales or a price estimate. Keep the full price and included property beside the result. Only divide a checked land-only price by checked acres when the calculation is useful.

Turn the Good Matches Into a Price Range

Put the closest completed sales together and explain how your land differs. A local agent or appraiser can help you decide which examples deserve the most weight. Avoid adding a guessed dollar amount for each feature.

Keep active asking prices in a separate group. They show what sellers hope to receive. A completed sale shows what a buyer paid for that particular deal.

Check the year and included property on a tax record. A value that includes a house is a different starting point from the value of an empty lot. Use it as background, not as a promise of an offer.

If there are no close matches, say so. Ask what evidence would narrow the range. A farm lease, well or septic record, or existing survey may answer a specific question without needing new work.

For a written value opinion, ask a land appraiser what they would inspect, which sales they would use and what it costs. Tell them if you’re choosing an asking price, handling family land or comparing an offer.

The old March 2026 snapshot on this page wasn’t a checked set of land sales. It has been replaced with this guide. The land value guide explains the wider basics.

Keep Taxes Separate From Your Asking Price

Unpaid taxes may reduce the money you receive at closing. They don’t answer what the land itself is worth. Keep the price discussion and current balance as separate questions.

For a current county tax bill, start with the Sheriff’s Tax Collection page. It lists the tax office at 270-685-6133. Have the property number, tax year, latest bill and any payment receipt ready.

If you have two bills for the same land and year, the Sheriff says a change or exemption may explain it. Ask which bill is current before assuming the amounts should be added together. If your mailing address changed, tell the office which properties need the new address.

For delinquent bills, ask the County Clerk at 270-685-8434 which office now holds the bill and what is owed. Ask which years the balance covers. An old bill alone may not show today’s amount.

Ask your closing team how balances will be checked and paid, and what that leaves you from the sale. Keep loan, lease and special land-tax-program papers with your notes too. If a notice has a deadline, ask the office to explain it without waiting for a buyer.

When You Have an Offer, Check the Money You Keep

An offer is a buyer’s proposed deal. It may differ from an asking price or a written appraisal. Read what the buyer wants to check and when they can cancel.

Ask who pays the agent fee and closing costs. Check what loan, tax, or other balance may come out of your payment. Compare the money you keep, the conditions, and the target date, not just the price at the top.

You can list with an agent, sell the land yourself, or compare a direct offer. If you’d like one more option, tell Reelvest about your land. We’ll review the details and let you know if we can make an offer. You decide whether it fits.

For the broader selling process, see the Daviess County seller guide.

Questions About Daviess County Land Value

Local source links reviewed October 4, 2026.