Acreage
3 Acres in Jasper for Under $90K — $86,500
6
out of 10
HousesUnder150K Score
Property Merit 50% · Condition 25% · Price/Sq Ft 15% · Market 10%
| Category | Wt. | Score | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property Merit | 50% | 7 | 3-acre lot is the story; 2005 build, covered porch, 988 sqft modest but livable |
| Condition | 25% | 6 | 2005 construction, no system update dates named; cosmetic unknowns, no distress language |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 7 | $88 listing vs $110 zip median; ~20% below median, 6 comps — directional signal |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 9 | $86,500 vs $344,351 zip median — 75% below, but zip likely skewed by larger rural parcels |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 7 | 101-day DOM, 31% price drops — clear buyer's market favoring negotiation |
Three acres in Jasper, Alabama for $86,500. That's the thing to sit with before anything else. The house is modest, 988 square feet, two bedrooms, one bath, built in 2005. But the land is what you're buying, and you're buying a lot of it at a price that's roughly 20% below what similar properties in this zip code are running per square foot.
The house itself is a simple one-level build. Covered front porch, which matters if you're going to live somewhere with three acres and want a reason to be outside without being in the sun. The interior is tight, livable, functional for one person or a couple who spend more time outdoors than in. The agent listing mentions a large open-air storage area, which reads as a covered structure without walls, useful for equipment or a workshop if you put walls on it yourself. No specifics on what the systems are doing or when anything was last updated, which is the honest answer when the listing data doesn't say.
A 2005 build means the bones aren't old, but twenty years is old enough that you'd want to know the condition of the roof, the HVAC, and the water heater before closing. None of that information is in the listing, so put it on your due diligence list.
The market in this zip code is clearly slow. The listing has been sitting for 101 days and the area has seen 31% of listings take price drops. That's a buyer's market, and it means you have room to negotiate. The $86,500 ask is already low. There's probably more room.
What this actually gives you is privacy, acreage, and a house you can live in while you figure out what you want to do with the land. Garden, animals, a bigger structure eventually. The lot is large enough to give you options most properties at this price don't.
At $88 a square foot with three acres attached, this is a hard combination to find anywhere near Jasper.
