The West Texas region is a sprawling area that can loosely be classified as comprising the counties around the main metro areas of El Paso, Lubbock, Abilene, Midland/Odessa and San Angelo. A total of approximately 100,000 acres were listed for sale in Runnels County recently, representing a total value of approximately $71 million in Runnels County ranches, farms, hunting land and other rural land and acreage for sale. Runnels County ranks 175th out of 254 counties in the Lone Star State for the total number of acres of land currently advertised for sale. There were seven properties listed as sold in Runnels County through the Land Network Comparable Sales Program. This represented a total value of $11,387,080. Of all land and rural real estate for sale in Runnels County, Ballinger featured the most land for sale. Its economy is defined as agricultural, with 925 farms recorded in the county during the most recent U.S. Census. Farming activities in Runnels County generate annual revenues of $9 million, most of which is from crops. Runnels County is the 70th largest county (1,057 square miles) in Texas. It's located in the Rolling Plains Central Texas region of the state.