Clay County, Florida
Sell your land in Middleburg for cash
Parcel Buyers buys vacant lots and acreage in Middleburg for cash, including unincorporated parcels where CCUA connections, well and septic, Black Creek flood risk and road access shape value. You get a written, no-obligation cash offer within 24 hours, and closings run through an independent title company, typically in about 10 days, with no fees or commissions.
By Parcel Buyers · · Lot figures from the 2026 Florida property tax roll · How we made this page
Quick answers
- Who buys land for cash in Middleburg?
- Parcel Buyers is a direct land buyer that makes written, no-obligation cash offers on vacant lots and acreage in Middleburg, Clay County, usually within 24 hours. Sales close through an independent title company, typically in about 10 days, with no fees or commissions to the seller.
- What did vacant lots in Middleburg sell for in 2025?
- In 2025, vacant lots in Middleburg sold for a median of $65,000 across 73 arm's-length sales; the middle half sold for $49,000 to $90,000.
- How many vacant lots are in Middleburg?
- The 2026 Florida property tax roll lists 3,154 vacant residential lots in Middleburg; 18% are sliver / remnants, and the median lot is 0.48 acre.
- How is a cash offer for land in Middleburg set?
- We start from recent sales of similar lots nearby, like the 2025 prices on this page, then adjust for water and sewer, road access, flood zone, lot size and any title issues, and for the time and cost of reselling. You get one written number, not a range.
- How do I know a land buyer in Middleburg is legitimate?
- A real buyer closes through an independent, licensed title company and never asks you to pay anything up front. We never charge sellers a fee, deposit or closing-cost advance, and the title company pays you by check or wire at closing.
- Who is buying lots in Middleburg?
- In 2025, companies bought 27% of the vacant lots that sold in Middleburg, including 14% bought by homebuilders. Individuals bought the rest.
- What was the median recorded 2025 sale price by lot size in Middleburg?
- The median recorded 2025 sale price for a acre-plus in Middleburg was $55,000 across 15 sales.
- Are vacant lots in Middleburg in a FEMA high-risk flood zone?
- About 14.5% of vacant lots in Middleburg have their center point in a FEMA high-risk flood zone (effective maps dated June 3, 2013 to December 7, 2018). This is map screening, not a determination; check FEMA's Map Service Center for your parcel.
- How many vacant lots in Middleburg got a home on the tax roll in 2025?
- 382 vacant lots in Middleburg changed from vacant-residential use to a home with new-construction evidence on the 2026 preliminary tax roll.
Local data
Middleburg land at a glance
Tax-roll figures cover parcels whose property address city is Middleburg in Clay County. Local rules and services are sourced below.
| Vacant residential lots | 3,154 parcels classified vacant residential on the 2026 tax roll [1] |
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| Most common lot size | Sliver / remnant (0–2,000 sq ft): 18% of vacant lots; next, micro lot at 18%. Median lot: 0.48 acre (20,920 sq ft). [1] |
| Typical assessed value | $48,000 median just (market) value for a vacant lot; the middle half fall between $30,000 and $65,000 [1] |
| Recent lot sale prices | $65,000 median across 73 arm's-length sales of vacant lots in Middleburg (Jan 2025–Dec 2025); the middle half sold for $49,000–$90,000 [1] |
| Who bought lots in 2025 | Companies made 27% of those purchases, including 14% by homebuilders; individuals made the rest [1] |
| Owners who live elsewhere | 39% of vacant lots have an owner mailing address outside Florida (most often AZ, TX, MD) [1] |
| Unincorporated county land | The Census Bureau lists Middleburg as a census-designated place, not an incorporated municipality. Clay County Planning and Zoning and the county permit portal are the local review contacts. [2],[3],[4],[5] |
| County permit clock | Clay County says a building permit becomes void if work does not begin within 180 days or if work stops for 180 days after it begins. [5] |
| Middleburg utility policy | CCUA's schedule effective October 1, 2026 lists Middleburg infrastructure charges per acre of $5,867 for water and $11,272 for wastewater, with a 3.61% carrying charge. [6] |
| Separate connection charges | The same CCUA schedule lists $492.67 per water ERC, a $103.22 Black Creek project charge per ERC and $4,488.74 per wastewater connection. [6] |
| Septic permits stay local | Florida DEP says Clay County septic permits remain with the local health department. The county building portal separately excludes septic and well permits. [8],[9],[5] |
| Black Creek flood exposure | The county highlights low areas along the North and South Forks of Black Creek. FEMA A and AE zones represent a 1% annual-chance flood area. [10] |
| Expressway project status | Florida's Turnpike says the First Coast Expressway segment from Blanding Boulevard to I-10 opened in fiscal 2020, while adjacent segments from SR 16 to CR 209 are under construction. [11] |
| First Coast Expressway | Clay County says the segment from Blanding Boulevard in Middleburg to U.S. 17 opened on August 9, 2025. The county projected that it would divert about 5,000 to 8,000 daily trips from roads including CR 218. [12] |
| 2025 sale price by lot size | The median recorded 2025 sale price for a acre-plus in Middleburg was $55,000 across 15 sales. [1] |
| Vacant lots that got a home on the tax roll in 2025 | 382 recorded with new-construction evidence. [1] |
| Years of lot supply at the 2025 building pace | 8.3 years; simple ratio, not a forecast. [1] |
| Owner-type shares | Individuals 46.8%; companies 46.5%; trusts 1.4%; estates/heirs 4.5%; government/associations 0.8%. [1] |
| 2026 so far (Jan-May) | 21 recorded vacant-lot sales; median $55,000. [1] |
| FEMA high-risk flood-zone screen | About 14.5% of vacant lots in Middleburg have their center point in a FEMA high-risk flood zone (effective maps dated June 3, 2013 to December 7, 2018). This is map screening, not a determination; check FEMA's Map Service Center for your parcel. |
| Springs BMAP small-lot screen | About 0% of located vacant lots in Middleburg are 1 acre or less and have their center point in an adopted Florida springs BMAP. |
Pricing
What is a lot in Middleburg worth?
In 2025, vacant lots in Middleburg sold for a median of $65,000 across 73 arm's-length sales; the middle half sold for $49,000 to $90,000. [1]
These are open-market sale prices. A direct cash offer is usually lower, because a cash buyer closes in days and takes on the time and cost of reselling the lot.
Recorded 2025 sale prices by lot size in Middleburg
| Lot-size class | 2025 sales | 2025 median lot sale | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acre-plus46,000–51,999 sq ft | 15 | $55,000 | $45,500–$63,800 |
| One-acre homesite40,000–45,999 sq ft | 13 | $75,000 | $57,000–$80,000 |
| 1.25-acre homesite52,000–57,999 sq ft | 10 | $62,500 | $34,000–$88,500 |
These are open-market sale prices. A direct cash offer is usually lower, because a cash buyer closes in days and takes on the time and cost of reselling the lot.
See what similar lots sold for
What moves the price in Middleburg
Water and wastewater charges can be substantial
CCUA connection status can materially change a builder's budget. The utility's schedule effective October 1, 2026 lists $492.67 per water equivalent residential connection, a $103.22 Black Creek project charge per ERC and $4,488.74 per wastewater connection. Its Middleburg policy lists per-acre infrastructure charges of $5,867 for water and $11,272 for wastewater, plus a 3.61% carrying charge. Those charges do not apply identically to every vacant parcel, but they show why a nearby utility line is not the same as a paid, ready connection. [6],[7]
Well and septic remain a separate path
A lot outside practical utility reach may need a private well and septic system. Clay County's building-permit portal says it does not issue septic or well permits, while Florida DEP says local health officials still handle septic permits in this county. The health department reviews new systems and conducts inspections. Soil, wet-season water level, setbacks, house size and available area can determine whether the design fits. We buy vacant land with no water or sewer work, but those future costs still influence the cash offer. [5],[8],[9]
Black Creek changes the site review
Flood and drainage review is especially important around the Black Creek system. Clay County identifies low areas along the North and South Forks and defines FEMA A and AE zones as land with a 1% annual chance of flooding. It also warns that flooding can occur outside mapped high-risk areas. A wooded parcel may therefore need elevation, wetland and access review before gross acreage becomes usable acreage. A flood designation does not prevent a sale, but fill, drainage, insurance and building-pad needs can separate two otherwise similar homesites. [10]
Road access and lot shape are separate
The First Coast Expressway changes regional routes, but it does not make an individual parcel buildable. Florida's Turnpike says the Blanding Boulevard-to-I-10 segment opened in fiscal 2020 and segments from SR 16 to CR 209 are under construction. Clay County says the Blanding Boulevard-to-U.S. 17 segment opened in August 2025. At the parcel level, legal frontage, driveway approval and shape still control use. That is important here because sliver / remnants are the largest named size bucket, and a remnant can lack enough width or independent use for a house. [11],[12],[1],[4]
Recent sales favor usable homesites
Recent sales give a baseline after unusable remnants are separated from real homesites. The 2025 set contains 73 qualifying single-parcel vacant sales at a median of $65,000; the middle half ran from $49,000–$90,000. The median vacant residential parcel in the full address-city scope is 0.48 acres, but that population also includes very small remnants. One-acre and acre-plus tracts form meaningful groups and can sell differently from micro lots. Utility path, floodplain, access, shape and clearing needs explain much of the spread. [1]
Common situations
Selling land in Middleburg in these situations
Your deed describes a tiny remnant
You can ask for an offer on a tiny or irregular parcel, but independent use must be verified. Sliver or remnant parcels are 18% of the vacant residential tax-roll group, making them the largest named size bucket. Some may be useful only with adjoining land, while others may have frontage or assemblage value. Clay County zoning, the recorded plat and access record matter more than the mailing address. We inspect the land and title before offering; if the inspection fails, it costs the seller nothing. [1],[4]
The lot has no public utilities
Yes. We buy vacant land without public water or sewer. A future owner may pursue CCUA service or a private well and septic system, depending on location and approvals. The published utility fees show that even available service can have capacity, project, connection and infrastructure charges. If septic is proposed, the local health department handles its permit rather than the county building portal. The seller does not need to install utilities before requesting an offer. [6],[7],[8],[9]
You own from outside Florida
Yes. You can complete the sale remotely. 39% of vacant-lot owners in this address-city scope have a mailing address in another U.S. state. Electronic signing and a mail-away closing through an independent, licensed title company can handle the transfer, with payment by check or wire. Closing is typically about 10 days after the purchase agreement is signed, depending on title. Liens or back taxes may be paid from proceeds with the seller's consent. [1]
Step by step
How do I sell my land in Middleburg?
From your first message to money in hand, with nothing left out. Requesting an offer costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
See every detail of the process-
Tell us about your land
Fill out the short form (about 60 seconds) or email us. A land specialist reaches out to confirm the details, usually the same business day.
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Get your cash offer within 24 hours
We review the property and send a written, no-obligation cash offer within 24 hours. It is a real number, not a range. Take it or leave it, with no pressure either way.
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Sign electronically
If you accept, everyone signs the purchase agreement electronically. There is nothing to print or mail at this stage.
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We inspect, the title company verifies
Our team inspects the land and an independent title company runs a title search for liens or taxes owed. If the land does not pass inspection, you are never charged anything.
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Close and get paid
The title company prepares the closing documents for notarization and issues your funds by standard check, overnight check, or wire transfer. A typical sale closes in 10 days.
Questions
Selling land in Middleburg: common questions
Is Middleburg an incorporated city?
No. It is a census-designated place rather than a municipality. Clay County Planning and Zoning handles land-use questions, and the county building division handles its permit process. Septic and well approvals remain separate from that building portal.
Can I sell my Middleburg lot without water or sewer?
Yes. We buy vacant lots with no public water or sewer work. The buyer must determine whether CCUA service can reach the property or whether a private well and septic system are feasible. Connection and infrastructure charges are part of that build budget.
Who issues a septic permit here?
The local health department does. Florida DEP's current permitting FAQ says Clay County remains under local health-department septic permitting, and the county building portal expressly excludes septic and well permits from its own system.
Can a Black Creek flood-zone lot still be sold?
Yes. Flood risk affects use and price, not whether an owner may request an as-is sale. Clay County identifies A and AE as 1% annual-chance zones and warns that flooding also occurs outside mapped high-risk areas. We review access, elevation, drainage and usable land during inspection.
Do I have to clear old liens before accepting an offer?
No. The title company first identifies what is recorded. Liens or back taxes can be paid from sale proceeds at closing with the seller's consent, when the payoffs and sale amount permit it. The title company explains what must be resolved before the deed transfers.
Owner resources
Guides for your situation
- Can You Build on a Vacant Lot?
Maybe. A vacant lot is buildable only if the proposed use fits the rules that apply to that parcel and the site can satisfy access, utility, environmental, and permit requirements. Start with the local planning or zoning office, confirm that the parcel is a legal lot, and get a written parcel-specific answer. A zoning label or tax parcel number alone is not approval to build.[1][2]
- How Cash Land Buyers Price Offers
A cash-land offer may start with verified sales of land with similar use, then adjust those sales for meaningful differences.[1] Buyers may also account for access, utilities, legal use, size, shape, flood and soil questions, title issues, demand, and costs and risk they will carry. No universal assessed-value percentage applies. Compare each written offer by expected net proceeds, contingencies, seller work, and timing—not one asking price or headline number.
- Can You Sell Land With a Lien?
Yes. Land with a lien can often be sold, but signing a deed does not by itself erase a valid claim. The lien may need to be paid, released, discharged, or otherwise resolved under the law that applies. With the seller's consent, an approved payoff can come from sale proceeds at closing. If the balance or lien is wrong, dispute it before closing and require proof of the cure.
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Your written offer
Get your cash offer
Four short steps, about 60 seconds. We review your property and send a written, no-obligation cash offer within 24 hours. You can take it or leave it.
What happens after you send this
- A land specialist reaches out, usually the same business day, to confirm the details.
- You get a written cash offer within 24 hours: a real number, not a range.
- You decide. Requesting an offer costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
You will never be asked to pay us anything. No deposit, no processing fee, no closing-cost advance.
Nearby areas we buy
- Green Cove Springs
4,692 vacant lots · 2025 median lot sale $88,800
- Orange Park
733 vacant lots · 2025 median lot sale $86,300
- Clay County
12,984 vacant lots countywide
How we made this page
Parcel Buyers is a land-buying company based in Florida. We buy vacant land directly from owners and publish these local pages so owners can see what land in their area is doing before they sell, to us or anyone else. We count the tax-roll figures ourselves from state data, take local rules and fees from the official sources listed below, and use AI tools to help research and draft the text. Every number links to its source, and we update the page when the data changes.
Method and sources
Tax-roll figures cover parcels whose property address city is Middleburg. Source [1] is our own count of the Florida Department of Revenue's 2026 preliminary property tax roll: "vacant residential" means land-use code 000; lot sizes use the land square footage on the roll; values are the county property appraiser's just (market) value as of January 1, 2026; sale prices count only arm's-length sales of a single lot that was vacant when it sold and was still vacant on January 1, 2026 (bulk and multi-parcel deeds removed). Page updated October 3, 2026. Lot-size sale rows use the same qualified 2025 sale cohort and canonical square-foot classes; classes with fewer than 10 sales are omitted. Exact cross-roll matching found that 26.0% of current vacant lots lacked a unique prior-roll match; parcel splits, combinations, renumbering, and missing IDs are not guessed. The reviewed 2026 recorded-sale window runs from January through May 2026; unreviewed recent sales are excluded. Flood and springs-BMAP figures screen tax-roll parcel center points, not parcel boundaries. They are aggregate map screens, not flood-zone, insurance, buildability, elevation, septic, or permitting determinations.
- [1] Florida Department of Revenue (data); Parcel Buyers (analysis), Parcel Buyers analysis of the 2026 preliminary Name-Address-Legal (NAL) property tax roll (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [2] U.S. Census Bureau, Census Designated Places (CDPs) (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [3] U.S. Census Bureau, State of Florida Census Designated Places - BAS26 (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [4] Clay County, Planning and Zoning (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [5] Clay County, Clay County permit search (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [6] Clay County Utility Authority, Service charges and miscellaneous fees (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [7] Clay County, 2025-2035 Water Supply Facilities Work Plan (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [8] Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Onsite sewage permitting FAQ (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [9] Florida Department of Health in Clay County, Onsite sewage treatment and disposal (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [10] Clay County, Flood and FEMA information (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [11] Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, First Coast Expressway (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [12] Clay County, Clay County road projects (accessed 2026-10-03)