Jay County

Parcel & Property Data

16,340Total Parcels

—Avg. Market Value

244,801Total Acres

About This Data

LandBrief holds 16,340 parcel records for Jay County, sourced from county records. Each includes the parcel boundary, and — where the county publishes them — owner, situs address, acreage, assessed values and legal description.

Data from the Jay County assessor roll dated May 2022, loaded August 2026. See data sources for every county’s vintage.

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Jay County by the Numbers

Median parcel size: 1.3 acres
measured from mapped boundaries
90th-percentile parcel: 54.6 acres
County land area: 245,699 acres
U.S. Census measurement
Communities: 17
0.4% of parcels outside any incorporated place

Who Owns Jay County?

Share of the county’s 16,340 parcels by the kind of owner on record. Classified from owner names, so the boundaries are approximate; an entity the rules cannot place counts as an individual.

Owner type	Share of parcels
Individuals	77.1%
Companies & organizations	12.1%
Trusts & estates	6.4%
Government	2.8%
Other / unclassified	1.5%

The largest owner on record is STATE OF INDIANA with 132 parcels — see the full landowner leaderboard.

Parcel Records (~16,340 total)

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Parcel ID	Owner	Address	City	Acreage
38-10-09-900-001.000-024	JAY COUNTY LANDFILL INC	—	Portland	474.54
38-11-11-700-005.000-029	COY DONALD SCOTT	—	Portland	247.76
38-05-10-500-004.000-025	HOMAN GEORGE A & PATRICIA	—	Pennville	245.74
38-06-12-700-009.000-022	ANDERSON EDWIN B	—	Portland	239.27
38-11-27-800-002.000-029	LYONS ROBERT C & JOYCE A REV LIVING TRUST ELIZABETH A LYONS SUCC TTEE	—	Portland	219.98
38-10-10-500-002.000-024	GRIESHOP FAMILY FARMS LLC	—	Portland	219.26
38-07-31-900-004.001-033	DAUBERT LYNNE & THOMAS	—	Portland	209.46
38-06-20-900-001.002-022	DIRKSEN DAN L & TINA M CO-TRUSTEES OF THE DAN L & TINA M DIRKSEN REV TRUST	—	Portland	207.44
38-10-01-600-002.000-024	NIXON RICHARD D TTEE RICHARD D NIXON REV LIVING TRUST W/LIFE ESTATE	—	Portland	205.63
38-02-31-700-008.000-023	HOWELL FLOYD & AGNES	—	Pennville	202.82

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many parcels are in Jay County?

The Jay County assessor roll on file records 16,340 parcels across 17 communities, with 0.4% lying outside any incorporated place.

Who owns the most land in Jay County?

STATE OF INDIANA holds 132 parcels, the most of any owner on record — the largest-landowners leaderboard ranks the top 25.

What is the typical parcel size in Jay County?

Measured from mapped boundaries, the median parcel is 1.3 acres, and nine parcels in ten are under 54.6 acres. Boundary-measured area closely tracks deeded acreage but is not the deed.

How much of Jay County is government-owned?

Government entities — federal, state, and local — hold 2.8% of the county’s parcels, classified from owner names on the roll.

How current is this data?

It comes from the Jay County assessor roll dated May 2022. Counties deliver on their own schedules; the methodology page explains how records are processed and the data sources page tracks every county’s vintage.

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16,340 parcels across 17 communities in Jay County.