Lawn Mowing Cost Calculator
Enter a customer's lawn size and see what a mow sells for, plus aeration, fertilization and sod for the same lawn.
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Lawn price calculator: mowing, aeration, fertilization and sod by lawn size
Lawn area
Enter the turf only, from a satellite trace or a plot plan, with the house, drive and beds already taken out. One acre is 43,560 sq ft.
The job
Enter the lawn's area above, in square feet or acres, to see what a visit sells for.
The parcel is not the lawn: the house, drive and beds come out of it. Trace just the turf on satellite imagery and quote the grass you will actually cut.
US national prices, checked 24 October 2026. They are the market's range, not your rate.
Mowing Prices by Lawn Size
Per visit, as the sources publish them. A lawn prices at the first row at least its size, the way the calculator reads it.
| Lawn size | Price, per visit |
|---|---|
| Up to ¼ acre | $41–$61 |
| ¼ acre to ½ acre | $49–$69 |
| ½ acre to 1 acre | $59–$114 |
| 1 acre to 2 acres | $99–$264 |
| Over 2 acres | $278–$449 |
| Lawn size | Price, per visit |
|---|---|
| Up to 500 sq ft | $35–$63 |
| 500 sq ft to 1,000 sq ft | $53–$175 |
| 1,000 sq ft to ⅛ acre | $75–$118 |
| ⅛ acre to ¼ acre | $116–$191 |
| ¼ acre to ½ acre | $162–$250 |
| ½ acre to 1 acre | $392–$550 |
Fertilization runs $0.02 to $0.08 a sq ft per application, and sod installed $0.85 to $1.75 a sq ft. Both scale with the area, so the calculator multiplies; it shows no range under the cheapest typical visit, $64.
How Much to Charge to Mow a Lawn
The published range tells you what customers pay. Your price comes from four things only you know; put them in the calculator above to see it.
Time on site
Unload, mow, trim, edge, blow off the hard surfaces, load up. Time a few of your own lawns of each size; the table's bands are wide because crews differ.
Drive time
A lawn on a route you already run is worth more to you than one across town at the same price. Add the minutes between stops.
Your hourly cost
Labor, fuel, equipment wear, insurance and overhead, per crew hour. Multiply by time on site plus drive time.
Margin, then the market
Add the margin you need, then read the result against the range above. Below it, you are leaving money on the lawn; well above it, expect to explain why.
The Size Sets the Price, So Measure the Turf
A county record gives the lot, and the lot includes the house, the drive, the patio and the beds. Quote from it and a ½-acre parcel can price as the wrong row of the table.
In SurfaceMeasure's Lawn mode you search the address, trace the lawn in sections, cut out the house, drive and beds, and the result card shows this same market range for mowing, fertilization, aeration or sod before you price the job. Or work it by hand with the lawn square footage calculator.
Lawn Mowing Price Questions
Per visit, per acre, and where your number comes from.
The published national range is $49 to $69 a visit for a lawn of ¼ to ½ acre, and $59 to $114 for ½ to 1 acre. Where you sit in a band comes from your own costs: minutes on site, drive time between stops, fuel, labor and the margin you need. Use the range to check your number against the market, not to replace it.
Mowing is sold by the visit, and the cost of a visit does not scale with the area: a small lawn still pays for the trailer, the unload and the drive. The same sources that print per-square-foot mowing figures disagree with their own size tables by several times, so this calculator prices from the size tables.
Measure the turf, not the parcel. A lot's square footage includes the house, driveway, patio and beds, none of which you mow. Trace the lawn on satellite imagery in sections and take those areas out, or use the lawn square footage calculator with length and width.
The mowing table's last row is open-ended: $278 to $449 a visit. On big properties most companies switch to a production rate, acres an hour for the mower they run, times their hourly rate. The aeration table stops at one acre.
Sources
Checked 24 October 2026. US national figures; your region and your costs move them.
- LawnStarter: How Much Does Lawn Mowing CostAverage overall cost by project size, per visit. Updated October 2026.
- LawnStarter: How Much Does Lawn Aeration CostAverage overall cost of core aeration by yard size. Updated October 2026.
- LawnStarter: How Much Does Lawn Fertilization CostPer square foot, per application.
- Fixr: Sod Installation CostPer square foot with sod and installation combined. Updated January 2025.
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