Taylor County, Florida
Sell your land in Steinhatchee for cash
Parcel Buyers buys vacant lots in Steinhatchee for cash, including river-mouth and gulf lots that can sit in a VE flood zone and lots with no public sewer. 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 Steinhatchee?
- Parcel Buyers is a direct land buyer that makes written, no-obligation cash offers on vacant lots and acreage in Steinhatchee, Taylor 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 Steinhatchee sell for in 2025?
- In 2025, vacant lots in Steinhatchee sold for a median of $127,800 across 22 arm's-length sales; the middle half sold for $81,900 to $176,800.
- How many vacant lots are in Steinhatchee?
- The 2026 Florida property tax roll lists 497 vacant residential lots in Steinhatchee; 15% are quarter-acre lots, and the median lot is 0.34 acre.
- How is a cash offer for land in Steinhatchee 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 Steinhatchee 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 Steinhatchee?
- In 2025, companies bought 14% of the vacant lots that sold in Steinhatchee. Individuals bought the rest.
- Are vacant lot prices in Steinhatchee going up or down?
- Vacant lot prices in Steinhatchee went up 57.4%: the median moved from $81,200 across 24 recorded sales in 2024 to $127,800 across 22 recorded sales in 2025. These are recorded sales, not list prices. From January to June 2026, 43 vacant lots in Taylor County sold at a recorded median of $62,000. This is county-level data used for Steinhatchee.
- How much are estimated annual ad valorem taxes on a typical vacant lot in Steinhatchee?
- A typical vacant lot in Steinhatchee has estimated 2025 ad valorem taxes about $669 a year; most lots here also pay non-ad valorem charges (listed below).
- Are vacant lots in Steinhatchee in a FEMA high-risk flood zone?
- About 84.8% of vacant lots in Steinhatchee have their center point in a FEMA high-risk flood zone (effective maps dated May 4, 2009 to April 23, 2025). This is map screening, not a determination; check FEMA's Map Service Center for your parcel.
- How many vacant lots in Steinhatchee got a home on the tax roll in 2025?
- 14 vacant lots in Steinhatchee changed from vacant-residential use to a home with new-construction evidence on the 2026 preliminary tax roll.
Local data
Steinhatchee land at a glance
Tax-roll figures cover parcels whose property address city is Steinhatchee in Taylor County. Local rules and services are sourced below.
| Vacant residential lots | 497 parcels classified vacant residential on the 2026 tax roll [1] |
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| Most common lot size | Quarter-acre lot (9,000–13,000 sq ft): 15% of vacant lots; next, half-acre lot at 14%. Median lot: 0.34 acre (14,810 sq ft). [1] |
| Typical assessed value | $60,400 median just (market) value for a vacant lot; the middle half fall between $37,300 and $90,900 [1] |
| Recent lot sale prices | $127,800 median across 22 arm's-length sales of vacant lots in Steinhatchee (Feb 2025–Nov 2025); the middle half sold for $81,900–$176,800 [1] |
| Who bought lots in 2025 | Companies made 14% of those purchases; individuals made the rest [1] |
| Owners who live elsewhere | 16% of vacant lots have an owner mailing address outside Florida (most often GA, TN, NC) [1] |
| Not an incorporated city | This is a census-designated place on the Gulf in southern Taylor County, about 38 miles south of Perry, not an incorporated city. Zoning and building permits come from the county building office. [2],[4] |
| Post office ZIP 32359 | The U.S. Postal Service lists the Steinhatchee post office at 104 15th Street SE in ZIP 32359. [3] |
| River bank setback | FWC says the Steinhatchee River runs 28 miles from Mallory Swamp in Lafayette County to the Gulf. The county conservation element requires a setback of at least 75 feet from its natural bank for homes, shops, and industry. [5],[6] |
| VE and AE flood rules | County sheets call VE the coastal wave zone and say AE is not subject to coastal wave action. In VE the lowest horizontal structural member must sit at least 1 foot above the base flood elevation, and the height above ground can exceed 20 feet. [7],[8] |
| Water, sewer, or a well | Big Bend Water Authority's Sept. 4, 2025 notice lists residential base rates of $31.75 for water and $42.57 for wastewater, up to 3,000 gallons. The building packet still allows a private well where no public line exists. [10],[9] |
| Road fee on one plat | The Steinhatchee Acres road assessment under Ordinance 2003-5 is $207.81 per lot or parcel for FY 2024-2025, for repair and upkeep of the public road right-of-way. The same hearing adopted separate assessments for several named subdivisions. [15] |
| Boat ramp and scallop dates | The county park list includes a public boat ramp plus a community center and pier. FWC opens scallop harvest in this zone from June 15 through Labor Day, with a 1-gallon whole-scallop limit per person from June 15-30. [16],[17] |
| No state CCCL | Florida DEP says Taylor County has no established Coastal Construction Control Line. Wave rules for gulf lots come from the county VE flood sheet instead of that state beach line. [18],[7] |
| Steinhatchee River | The Steinhatchee River flows past the community and into the Gulf of Mexico. A Florida DEP coastal flooding assessment says the shallow Gulf gives Taylor County potential storm surge over 30 feet, so riverfront and low-lying lots need coastal-flood review. [20] |
| Lot sales, 2025 vs 2024 | 2025: 22 recorded sales, $127,800 median; 2024: 24 recorded sales, $81,200 median. Median +57.4%; count -8.3%. [1] |
| Vacant lots that got a home on the tax roll in 2025 | 14 recorded with new-construction evidence. [1] |
| Typical annual ad valorem taxes | A typical vacant lot in Steinhatchee has estimated 2025 ad valorem taxes about $669 a year; most lots here also pay non-ad valorem charges (listed below). |
| 2026 so far (Jan-Jun) | County-level for Taylor County: 43 recorded vacant-lot sales; median $62,000. [1] |
| FEMA high-risk flood-zone screen | About 84.8% of vacant lots in Steinhatchee have their center point in a FEMA high-risk flood zone (effective maps dated May 4, 2009 to April 23, 2025). 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 Steinhatchee are 1 acre or less and have their center point in an adopted Florida springs BMAP. |
Pricing
What is a lot in Steinhatchee worth?
In 2025, vacant lots in Steinhatchee sold for a median of $127,800 across 22 arm's-length sales; the middle half sold for $81,900 to $176,800. [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.
See what similar lots sold for
What moves the price in Steinhatchee
River frontage, gulf waves, and the cost to elevate
River frontage and gulf exposure raise the build cost where waves can reach a house. The county VE sheet says that zone is "located along the Taylor County coast where wave action from the gulf may affect homes." The lowest horizontal structural member must be at least 1 foot above the base flood elevation, the lift off the ground can exceed 20 feet, and breakaway walls must give way at 10 to 20 pounds per square foot. AE lots need the finished floor at least 1 foot above their base flood elevation. Houses, shops, and industry must also sit at least 75 feet off the Steinhatchee River's natural bank, inside a corridor about 150 feet from that bank. On April 21, 2026, the county opened bids of $2,157,229.33 and $2,213,902.79 for a USACE floodplain mitigation drainage project on 13th Street East and Central Avenue. [7],[8],[6],[19]
A utility tap versus a well and septic tank
A utility tap and a well-and-septic lot are different purchases. Big Bend Water Authority's 2022 report says the supply is two Floridan Aquifer wells, system 2621102, with the plant in this community. Its September 4, 2025 notice lists residential base rates of $31.75 for water and $42.57 for wastewater for the first 3,000 gallons. The building packet allows a private well where no public utility exists, and a septic permit from the Taylor County Health Department, which still permits septic systems. A new well needs a Suwannee River Water Management District permit. Where the category is mixed-use urban, the guide allows 2 homes per acre on a well and septic, and 12 per acre in the Steinhatchee area with both public water and sewer on a collector or arterial road. The most common size bucket is a quarter-acre lot, only 15% of vacant lots, with a median of 0.34. [11],[10],[9],[12],[13],[14],[1]
Yearly tax plus a plat road fee, not one town bill
The September 23, 2024 budget hearing adopted separate road assessments for named subdivisions. The Steinhatchee Acres assessment, created by Ordinance 2003-5 in September 2003, is $207.81 per lot or parcel for fiscal year 2024-2025, for repair and upkeep of the public road right of way in that plat. Solid waste is separate: for the fiscal year that began October 1, 2024, the county set $178 per dwelling unit on residential property in the unincorporated area, and $228 per dwelling unit is the most it may charge in later years without new notice. Its allocation method uses parcel classification and the number of dwelling units. Read the tax bill for the lines that actually attach to the parcel. [15]
2025 vacant-lot sales are a starting range
Recent vacant-lot sales are a starting range, not a cash offer for one parcel. The 2025 roll shows 22 single sales of lots that were vacant when sold and still vacant at the start of 2026. The median was $127,800. Prices in the middle of that group were $81,900–$176,800. The median just value is $60,400, and that figure is for taxes, not a sale. A river lot, a gulf lot, a mapped VE zone, a missing sewer line, or a $207.81 road assessment can move a parcel well away from the median. We check utilities, access, and title on every parcel before offering. [1],[15]
Common situations
Selling land in Steinhatchee in these situations
The lot has no water line and no sewer
Yes. You can sell a lot that has no water line and no sewer. We buy vacant lots with no water, sewer, or road work. The county building packet treats a private well as the water source when no public utility is available, and it asks for a septic permit, or a letter on an existing tank, from the Taylor County Health Department unless a utility sewer receipt is attached. A future well still needs a Suwannee River Water Management District construction permit. Big Bend Water Authority publishes water and wastewater rates from an office in this community, but a published rate is not a tap at the lot line. Our inspection is the only contingency, and a failed inspection costs the seller nothing. [9],[12],[13],[10]
The lot faces the river or the gulf
A future builder in the VE zone must put the lowest horizontal structural member at least 1 foot above the base flood elevation and use breakaway walls rated at 10 to 20 pounds per square foot. Along the river, the conservation element keeps houses at least 75 feet off the natural bank. The county lists a public boat ramp here, plus a community center and pier. FWC's Fenholloway-through-Suwannee zone, which includes this area and Keaton Beach, is open to scallop harvest from June 15 through Labor Day. [7],[6],[16],[17]
You live out of state, often in Georgia
16% of vacant-lot owners in this address scope have a mailing address outside Florida, and Georgia is the largest of those groups. The title company can handle a closing for an owner who has never stood on the lot. [1]
A plat road assessment is still on the bill
Yes. You can sell a lot that still carries a subdivision road assessment. In Steinhatchee Acres the fiscal year 2024-2025 rate is $207.81 per lot or parcel, adopted for upkeep of the public road right of way under Ordinance 2003-5. That charge is not a town-wide fee, so a lot outside that plat may not have it. If the assessment or other liens are unpaid, they can be paid from the sale proceeds at closing, with the seller's consent. Ask the tax collector for the current payoff so the title company can use the right number. [15]
Step by step
How do I sell my land in Steinhatchee?
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 Steinhatchee: common questions
Can I sell my Steinhatchee lot if it has no water or sewer?
Yes. A missing water or sewer hookup does not block a cash sale of vacant land. The county packet allows a well where no public utility is available, and septic permits still run through the Taylor County Health Department. Big Bend Water Authority lists residential base rates of $31.75 for water and $42.57 for wastewater, but only where it actually serves the customer.
What does Taylor County require before building in VE or AE?
In VE, the lowest horizontal structural member must be at least 1 foot above the base flood elevation, and breakaway walls must resist at least 10 but no more than 20 pounds per square foot. In AE, the finished floor must be at least 1 foot above the base flood elevation. Both county sheets require a benchmark survey before the building permit and an elevation certificate before final inspection.
What does an empty Steinhatchee lot cost to hold each year?
It depends on the plat and the tax bill. Steinhatchee Acres lots carry a road assessment of $207.81 per lot or parcel for fiscal year 2024-2025, and the same hearing adopted separate road assessments for other named subdivisions. Solid waste for the year that began October 1, 2024 is $178 per dwelling unit, charged to residential property based on its classification and number of dwelling units.
When does the county require a flood-zone survey?
For construction in an AE or VE zone, the county requires a benchmark survey from a Florida surveyor before it issues the building permit and an elevation certificate before final inspection.
Can I sell from Georgia or another state?
Yes. You can sell from Georgia or another state. 16% of vacant-lot owners here have a mailing address outside Florida, and Georgia is the largest out-of-state group. You can sign electronically, close by mail through an independent title company, and be paid by check or wire.
Is there a state coastal setback on gulf lots?
No state Coastal Construction Control Line is established in Taylor County. Gulf-wave construction follows the county VE sheet instead. River lots still have a local rule: at least 75 feet from the natural bank, inside a corridor of about 150 feet from that bank. The building packet also treats the wind-borne debris area as within 1 mile of the coastline.
Owner resources
Guides for your situation
- How to Sell Land During a Divorce
Florida land can be sold during a divorce when the people with authority to convey title sign and the sale follows every applicable agreement and court order. Divorce law may treat land as marital even when only one spouse appears on the deed.[1][2] If ownership, signing authority, or the division of proceeds is unsettled, have a Florida attorney and the closing title company resolve those issues before closing.
- 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.
- Cape Coral North 1 East UEP Assessment for Lot Owners
North 1 East's first amortized UEP installment is scheduled for the November 2026 tax bill. For the City's sample 10,000-square-foot parcel receiving all three utilities, maximum annual installments total $3,385 over 30 years, $3,616 over 25 years, or $3,961 over 20 years. The sample's three initial-prepayment amounts totaled $32,288, but each parcel's mailed notice controls.[1][2][3][4]
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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 Steinhatchee. 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 7, 2026. Holding-cost estimates use 2025 taxable values and 2025 millage for FDOR vacant-residential code 000 parcels. They cover ad valorem taxes only, not a parcel-specific bill or non-ad valorem assessments. The reviewed 2026 recorded-sale window runs from January through June 2026; unreviewed recent sales are excluded. County-level figures are used on this place page. 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] Wikipedia, Steinhatchee, Florida (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [3] U.S. Postal Service, Northern Florida post office update, September 1, 2023 (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [4] Taylor County, Building and Planning (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [5] Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Steinhatchee Springs Wildlife Management Area (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [6] Taylor County, Taylor County Comprehensive Plan Conservation Element (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [7] Taylor County Building and Planning, Flood Zone VE requirements (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [8] Taylor County Building and Planning, Flood Zone AE requirements (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [9] Taylor County Building and Planning, New residential building permit packet (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [10] Big Bend Water Authority, Big Bend Water Authority fiscal year 2025-2026 budget notice (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [11] Big Bend Water Authority, 2022 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [12] Florida Department of Health in Taylor County, Onsite Sewage Disposal (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [13] Suwannee River Water Management District, Water Well Construction Permits (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [14] Taylor County, Subdivision application guide (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [15] Taylor County Board of County Commissioners, September 23, 2024 final budget and assessment hearing (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [16] Taylor County, Your Parks (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [17] Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Bay scallop seasons and bag limits (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [18] Florida Department of Environmental Protection, CCCL field inspector contacts (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [19] Taylor County, USACE Floodplain Mitigation Drainage Project, Steinhatchee Community (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [20] Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Preliminary Vulnerability Assessment of Coastal Flooding Threats - Steinhatchee (accessed 2026-10-07)