How Much Does It Cost To Clear Land for construction?

As the Texan home construction market booms, there is more and more demand to clear and prepare land, not only close to major cities but in rural areas as well. But what would be a rough estimate or reference for Texas? See below or start using our proven Job Price Calculator to find out. 

 

Cost of Clearing a Forested or Wooded Lot

A cost statistic from May 2022* indicates finishing a heavily forested lot costs up to $5,600 per acre. These prices don’t reflect total project costs.

Lightly Forested

1/5 Acre      $100 – $499

1/2 Acre      $250 – $1,000

1 Acre         $500 – $2,000

Heavily Forested

1/5 Acre      $600 – $1,120

1/2 Acre     $1,500 – $2,800

1 Acre        $3,000 – $5,600

 

Costs variation

Costs vary depending on how heavily the land is wooded. On the left are average cost breakdowns.

* excluding structure demolition, topsoil stripping, excavation, hauling dirt to a landfill, grading, and other tasks necessary to create a finished lot.

To remove trees or shrubs, you can expect to pay an average of $700, and an average of $345 

While population growth in the entire country was 7.4% over the census decade, it was twice that, 15.9%, in Texas as a whole. It was 20% in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. And it was even more, 33%, in Austin. But it was a stunning 40% in Hays County.

But a growing number of Texans state, that the population boom has been a bad thing for the state and are worried the economy is getting worse. The survey suggests a disconnect between the politicians who frequently tout the hordes of people moving to the state as evidence of successful policies and the residents who feel the effects of more congested roads, higher property prices and overcrowded schools. Texas’ population grew more than any other U.S. state in the decade through 2020, and the boom has continued since then as companies like Tesla Inc. and Oracle Corp. have moved their headquarters to the Lone Star State.

Whatever it feels like in Austin, Dallas, Houston or San Antonio, growth isn’t universal in Texas. We have 254 counties, and a whopping 187 of them grew more slowly than the nation as a whole. A majority of our counties, 143, were static or actually lost population. Schleicher County has the dubious honor of being our fastest-depopulating county, having lost 29.2% of its population.

There is only one requirement to be a shrinking county in Texas: Don’t be near a major city.

Most requests towards land clearing in Texas at Google are mainly from:
Austin, Texas | Waco-Temple, Texas | Houston, Texas | San Antonio, Texas and Dallas, Texas

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