Malheur County, Oregon Land Market Insights and Pricing

Tucked away in the southeastern corner of Oregon, over 90 percent of Malheur County is rangeland, with the Bureau of Land Management controlling almost three-quarters of this land. With an economy that is dependent on agriculture, and tourism to a lesser degree, the most intensive farming occurs in the northeastern part of the county in what is known regionally as ?Treasure Valley? (a nickname given to the fertile area fed by the Snake River and its various tributaries, including the Owyhee River and irrigation through the Owyhee River dam). Malheur County is also known for its distinctive volcanic buttes and the striking high-desert canyons carved by the passage of ancient rivers across the landscape. There was a total of nearly $86 million of ranches, farms, hunting land and other rural land and acreage for sale in Oregon's Malheur County recently on Land.com. The total acreage of all Malheur County ranches, farms, hunting land and other rural land and acreage for sale was nearly 100,000 acres. Malheur County ranks 25th out of 36 counties in the Union State for the combined amount of land currently advertised for sale. Ontario had the most land for sale. Government and state-level services are the main economic drivers in Malheur County. Malheur County is one of the ten largest counties in Oregon (9,929 square miles). It's located in the Eastern Oregon region of Oregon.