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How much does 300 feet of privacy fence cost?

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Example rates behind this estimate

Rough ballpark numbers for wood privacy fence. Real prices depend on your market, access, and site conditions. Contractors: your own rates replace these in PriceDesk.

Item Example rate
Wood privacy fence, 4 ft $28 / linear ft
Wood privacy fence, 6 ft $38 / linear ft
Wood privacy fence, 8 ft $52 / linear ft
Chain link fence, 4 ft $16 / linear ft
Chain link fence, 5 ft $19 / linear ft
Chain link fence, 6 ft $23 / linear ft
Vinyl fence, 4 ft $32 / linear ft
Vinyl fence, 6 ft $42 / linear ft
Aluminum fence, 4 ft $48 / linear ft
Aluminum fence, 5 ft $56 / linear ft
Wrought iron / steel, 4 ft $68 / linear ft
Wrought iron / steel, 6 ft $85 / linear ft
Split rail, 2-rail $18 / linear ft
Split rail, 3-rail $22 / linear ft
Horizontal wood fence $48 / linear ft
Picket fence $26 / linear ft
Walk gate $350 each
Drive gate (double) $750 each
Fence removal $5 / linear ft
Fence repair (labor) $75 / hour
Tear out old fence (add-on) +$4 / linear ft
Hard digging, rocky soil (add-on) +$3 / linear ft
Haul away debris (add-on) +$150 flat

Three hundred feet of privacy fence is a large-lot job: a wide rural-edge parcel, a corner lot with two street sides, or a long back line plus deep sides. At this footage the fence is one of the bigger line items a homeowner buys, so the math deserves to be shown, not mumbled.

The example math

HeightExample rateMathTotal
4 ft wood privacy$28 / linear ft300 x $28$8,400
6 ft wood privacy$38 / linear ft300 x $38$11,400
8 ft wood privacy$52 / linear ft300 x $52$15,600

Example rates from the calculator above, not market data. The spread between heights is the point: on 300 feet, the jump from 6 ft to 8 ft is $4,200 at these example numbers. Height decisions that feel small on a 60 ft run get expensive at scale.

What 300 feet does to the job itself

This is where fencing turns into logistics, and two things separate it from a backyard job:

Material staging. Three hundred feet of 6 ft privacy fence is a serious pile: dozens of posts, bags or yards of concrete, and hundreds of boards. It arrives on a big delivery, needs somewhere flat to sit, and gets moved down the line as the crew works. If the truck cannot reach the far runs, every stick gets carried, and that is labor in the price.

Multi-day labor. Posts go in and cure before anything hangs on them, so the job is naturally split across visits. More days means more mobilization, more weather exposure, and more reason the quote should be itemized so both sides know what was agreed.

The add-ons at this scale

Per-foot add-ons that look minor on small jobs get real here, at the example rates: tear-out of an old fence at +$4 per linear foot is $1,200 on 300 feet, and rocky digging at +$3 per linear foot is $900. Gates stay priced each, $350 walk and $750 double drive in the example rates, as their own lines.

Run your exact footage on the wood privacy fence calculator, see how the per-foot rate gets built in how to price a fence job, or jump to fencing a quarter acre if you think in lot sizes.

Quoting jobs this size from memory is how footage gets missed. PriceDesk runs the whole thing with your own rates from the truck, free for 14 days.

Common questions

How many days does 300 feet of privacy fence take?

Plan on multiple days. Posts get set in concrete first and need to cure before panels and boards go on, so even a fast crew splits the job across visits. Digging conditions and weather set the real schedule.

Should a big fence job be paid in stages?

Many contractors take a deposit for materials and the balance on completion, and staged payments are reasonable on a multi-day job. Whatever the split, get it in the written quote up front.

Is the per-foot price lower on a 300 ft job than a 60 ft job?

Sometimes contractors sharpen the rate on volume because setup and mobilization spread across more feet. But posts, concrete, and boards scale with every foot, so do not expect a big-job discount to change the picture much.

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