Square Feet to Acres

By Katie Barton

| Published on Jan 28, 2023

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Determine square feet to acres with this conversion calculator. Place your square feet value in the empty field, and the number of acres will calculate. For manual calculations, use the square feet to acres formula below.

Convert Square feet(ft²) to Acres(ac)

Type a value in the Square feet(ft²) field to convert the value to Acres(ac):

Square feet(ft²)Acres(ac):

There are 43,560 square feet in one acre. To calculate square feet to acres, divide the area value by 43560.

Acres = square feet ÷ 43560

Here’s a table with standard square feet to acres calculations.

Square Feet (ft²)	Acres (ac)
0.1 ft²	0.0002 ac
0.5 ft²	0.0001 ac
1 ft²	0.0002 ac
1.5 ft²	0.0003 ac
2 ft²	0.0004 ac
3 ft²	0.0007 ac
3.5 ft²	0.0008 ac
4 ft²	0.0009 ac
5 ft²	0.0001 ac
10 ft²	0.0002 ac
15 ft²	0.0003 ac
25 ft²	0.0006 ac
50 ft²	0.0011 ac
100 ft²	0.0023 ac
150 ft²	0.0034 ac
4,356 ft²	0.1000 ac
4,500 ft²	0.1033 ac
5,000 ft²	0.1148 ac
6,000 ft²	0.1377 ac
6,969 ft²	0.1600 ac
6,970 ft²	0.1600 ac
7,205 ft²	0.1654 ac
7,405 ft²	0.1699 ac
7,500 ft²	0.1719 ac
8,200 ft²	0.1882 ac
8,276 ft²	0.1900 ac
8,700 ft²	0.1997 ac
10,000 ft²	0.2296 ac
11,000 ft²	0.2520 ac
13,000 ft²	0.2979 ac
14,000 ft²	0.3215 ac
18,000 ft²	0.4123 ac
21,000 ft²	0.4824 ac
22,000 ft²	0.5049 ac
24,000 ft²	0.5490 ac
33,000 ft²	0.7566 ac
45,000 ft²	1.0311 ac
60,000 ft²	1.3764 ac
72,000 ft²	1.6517 ac
80,000 ft²	1.8370 ac
90,000 ft²	2.0667 ac
96,000 ft²	2.2026 ac
100,000 ft²	2.2957 ac

How to Convert Square Feet to Other Common Units

Here’s how to convert square feet to other units of measurement.

One square foot equals 0.092903 square meters. To figure square feet to square meters, divide your sq ft value by 10.764.

Square meters = square feet ÷ 10.764

A single square foot equals 144 square inches. Therefore, to formulate square feet to square inches, multiply the sq. ft. value by 144.

Square inches = square feet x 144

To convert square feet to linear feet for a flooring or construction project, you’ll need to know the width of your boards. You can then use this square feet to linear feet formula:

Linear feet = (square footage x 12) ÷ width of board in inches

One square foot is the equivalent of 0.111111 square yards. To calculate square feet to square yards, divide your square footage value by 9.

Square yards = square feet ÷ 9

What are Square Feet?

The square foot is a measurement of area in the US Customary Units and Imperial systems. One square foot is a square with equal one-foot (12 inches) sides. There are many abbreviations for the square foot, including sq. ft., sq ft, and ft².

Square footage is a standard measurement in real estate, often used to describe the size of a home and the area of each room.

To calculate the square footage of an area, measure the length and width in feet and then multiply those numbers. For example, if you have a rectangular room that’s 10 feet wide and 12 feet long, multiply 10 x 12 to determine the area is 120 square feet.

Square Feet to Acres Tips

Some reasons for converting square feet to acres or acres to square feet include figuring land area on real estate listings and measuring for construction projects

Converting from one to the other is easy. To convert your square feet to acres, divide the square feet by 43,650. To convert acres to square feet, multiply the value by 43,650.

Remember, an acre can be any length or width as long as the area adds up to 43,650 square feet.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)FAQ

Is 200 ft by 200 ft equal to one acre?

A piece of land that measures 200 ft by 200 ft is the equivalent of 40,000 square feet. One acre contains 43,650 square feet, making the 200 x 200 ft land equal to .92 acres.

What is the width and length of an acre?

An acre is a land area measurement – it can be any length or width as long as it adds up to 43,650 square feet. A perfect square acre will be 209 ft by 209 ft. However, an acre doesn’t have to be a square piece of land.

What are the dimensions of a quarter-acre lot?

A quarter-acre lot equals 10,913 square feet. There are no set dimensions for a quarter acre. The land can take on any shape if the width multiplied by length equals 10,913 square feet.

Can you fit two houses on one acre?

Since one acre is 43,650 square feet and the average home in the United States is 1,620 square feet, you could fit two average size houses comfortably on a one-acre lot.