Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Details)				1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended									12 Months Ended
	Feb. 10, 2017 USD ($) a $ / shares $ / a	Jan. 27, 2017 USD ($) a ft²	Jan. 24, 2017 USD ($) a item $ / item	Jan. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) ft² $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2016 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2016 $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2016 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2015 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2015 $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2015 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) ft² $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares	Feb. 16, 2017 a
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Total acquisition cost of property														$ 86,700,000	$ 76,500,000	$ 42,200,000
Cost basis of land						$ 103,037,008								103,037,008
Accrued Rent						$ 2,226,527				$ 2,602,638				$ 2,226,527	$ 2,602,638
Basic Net Income Attributable to Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. | $ / shares						$ 0.91	$ 1.44	$ 0.28	$ 0.25	$ 0.99	$ 0.36	$ 0.04	$ 0.06	$ 2.86	$ 1.44	$ 1.11
Income Properties
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Area of a real estate property | ft²						1,700,000								1,700,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Area of a real estate property | a	2,210
Subsequent Event [Member] | Sarasota, Florida
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Total acquisition cost of property		$ 4,100,000
Area of a real estate property | a		1.2
Area of Building | ft²		18,120
Occupancy Percentage		100.00%
Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term		5 years
Golf Course [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Accrued Rent						$ 2,200,000								$ 2,200,000
Golf Course [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Total acquisition cost of property			$ 1,500,000
Number of Land Parcels | item			3
Area of a real estate property | a			14.3
Cost basis of land			$ 0
Payment of community development bonds			$ 100,000
Annual surcharge, per round of golf played | $ / item			1
Minimum annual per round surcharge			$ 70,000
Maximum aggregate amount of per round surcharge			$ 700,000
Greens renovation agreement term			1 year	1 year
Term of payment obligation			6 years
Payment obligation as a percent of the difference in sales price			10.00%
Payment obligation fixed amount			$ 4,000,000
Accrued Rent			$ 0
Minto Communities | Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Area of a real estate property | a	1,581
Percentage area of real estate property	16.00%
Sales price	$ 27,200,000
Sales price per acre | $ / a	17,200
Gain (loss) on disposal	$ 20,000,000
Gain (loss) on sale of building per share after tax | $ / shares	$ 2.19
Minto Communities | 2017 Disposals | Sold | Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Area of a real estate property | a																	1,581
Minto Communities | 2017 Disposals | Under contract to be sold | Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Area of a real estate property | a																	1,686
Forecast | Golf Course [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Basic Net Income Attributable to Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. | $ / shares					$ 0.40