Highest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Sioux County$336
- 2Grundy County$322
- 3O'Brien County$310
- 4Carroll County$305
- 5Clinton County$304
Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Decatur County$167
- 2Clarke County$167
- 3Appanoose County$173
- 4Monroe County$174
- 5Lucas County$176
Biggest increases, 2025→2026
- 1Floyd County+12.7% (+$33)
- 2Union County+12.2% (+$29)
- 3Clarke County+9.2% (+$14)
- 4Muscatine County+9.1% (+$24)
- 5Clinton County+9.0% (+$25)
Biggest drops, 2025→2026
- 1Davis County−14.2% (−$30)
- 2Emmet County−9.8% (−$26)
- 3Cerro Gordo County−9.7% (−$28)
- 4Ida County−9.6% (−$31)
- 5Montgomery County−9.5% (−$26)
All 99 counties
Iowa cash rent table, 2026
$ per acre · tap a column to sort · — = not published
| Adair County | Southwest | $237 | — | $81 | +8.2% |
| Adams County | Southwest | $232 | — | $80 | +5.5% |
| Allamakee County | Northeast | $252 | — | $46.50 | +2.0% |
| Appanoose County | South Central | $173 | — | $65.50 | +7.5% |
| Audubon County | West Central | $302 | — | $89 | +2.4% |
| Benton County | East Central | $303 | — | $75 | +4.5% |
| Black Hawk County | Northeast | $257 | — | — | −8.9% |
| Boone County | Central | $263 | — | $48 | −6.7% |
| Bremer County | Northeast | $291 | — | $69.50 | −6.1% |
| Buchanan County | Northeast | $293 | — | $79 | +2.1% |
| Buena Vista County | Northwest | $260 | — | $55.50 | −3.7% |
| Butler County | North Central | $301 | — | $56 | −6.5% |
| Calhoun County | West Central | $267 | — | $53.50 | −6.6% |
| Carroll County | West Central | $305 | — | $63 | +8.9% |
| Cass County | Southwest | $259 | — | $87.50 | +7.5% |
| Cedar County | East Central | $297 | — | $72 | +2.4% |
| Cerro Gordo County | North Central | $260 | — | $52.50 | −9.7% |
| Cherokee County | Northwest | $301 | — | $59.50 | +1.7% |
| Chickasaw County | Northeast | $284 | — | — | +0.7% |
| Clarke County | South Central | $167 | — | $67.50 | +9.2% |
| Clay County | Northwest | $248 | — | $63 | −8.1% |
| Clayton County | Northeast | $266 | — | $65 | −8.6% |
| Clinton County | East Central | $304 | — | $67 | +9.0% |
| Crawford County | West Central | $281 | — | $73.50 | −7.6% |
| Dallas County | Central | $241 | — | $55.50 | −7.3% |
| Davis County | Southeast | $182 | — | $67.50 | −14.2% |
| Decatur County | South Central | $167 | — | $62 | −5.6% |
| Delaware County | Northeast | $298 | — | — | +0.3% |
| Des Moines County | Southeast | $253 | — | $79 | +5.4% |
| Dickinson County | Northwest | $247 | — | $52 | −7.8% |
| Dubuque County | Northeast | $303 | — | $70 | +0.7% |
| Emmet County | Northwest | $239 | — | $62 | −9.8% |
| Fayette County | Northeast | $270 | — | $72.50 | +0.4% |
| Floyd County | North Central | $293 | — | $53 | +12.7% |
| Franklin County | North Central | $271 | — | $62 | −5.2% |
| Fremont County | Southwest | $215 | — | — | −0.5% |
| Greene County | West Central | $268 | — | $60 | −2.9% |
| Grundy County | Central | $322 | — | $72.50 | +3.5% |
| Guthrie County | West Central | $248 | — | $61.50 | +2.9% |
| Hamilton County | Central | $301 | — | $41 | +5.2% |
| Hancock County | North Central | $265 | $292 | $63.50 | −7.0% |
| Hardin County | Central | $280 | — | $54.50 | −0.7% |
| Harrison County | West Central | $255 | $273 | $58.50 | +2.4% |
| Henry County | Southeast | $253 | — | $56.50 | −2.7% |
| Howard County | Northeast | $283 | — | — | +7.2% |
| Humboldt County | North Central | $262 | — | — | −3.7% |
| Ida County | West Central | $291 | — | $74 | −9.6% |
| Iowa County | East Central | $269 | — | $73 | −3.2% |
| Jackson County | East Central | $275 | — | $72.50 | +7.4% |
| Jasper County | Central | $264 | — | $47.50 | −1.1% |
| Jefferson County | Southeast | $244 | — | $71 | −4.7% |
| Johnson County | East Central | $277 | $297 | $89 | +6.9% |
| Jones County | East Central | $279 | — | $64.50 | −3.8% |
| Keokuk County | Southeast | $236 | — | $49.50 | −4.1% |
| Kossuth County | North Central | $282 | — | — | +5.6% |
| Lee County | Southeast | $242 | — | $67 | +4.3% |
| Linn County | East Central | $258 | — | $58 | −4.4% |
| Louisa County | Southeast | $242 | $263 | $64 | +4.3% |
| Lucas County | South Central | $176 | — | $65 | 0% |
| Lyon County | Northwest | $284 | — | $60.50 | +2.9% |
| Madison County | South Central | $221 | — | $66 | +0.5% |
| Mahaska County | Southeast | $244 | — | $68 | +0.8% |
| Marion County | South Central | $230 | — | $49.50 | +7.5% |
| Marshall County | Central | $286 | — | $57.50 | −4.0% |
| Mills County | Southwest | $258 | — | — | −5.1% |
| Mitchell County | North Central | $277 | — | $71.50 | +2.6% |
| Monona County | West Central | $272 | $296 | $75.50 | +4.6% |
| Monroe County | South Central | $174 | — | $68 | −4.9% |
| Montgomery County | Southwest | $248 | — | $74.50 | −9.5% |
| Muscatine County | East Central | $288 | $272 | $75.50 | +9.1% |
| O'Brien County | Northwest | $310 | — | $60 | +0.3% |
| Osceola County | Northwest | $283 | — | — | +0.4% |
| Page County | Southwest | $236 | — | $76.50 | −2.9% |
| Palo Alto County | Northwest | $282 | $279 | $59 | +8.5% |
| Plymouth County | Northwest | $288 | — | $90.50 | −0.7% |
| Pocahontas County | Northwest | $269 | — | $51 | −8.8% |
| Polk County | Central | $258 | — | $58.50 | −3.4% |
| Pottawattamie County | Southwest | $255 | — | $91 | −9.3% |
| Poweshiek County | Central | $278 | — | $59 | +6.9% |
| Ringgold County | South Central | $201 | — | $77.50 | +4.1% |
| Sac County | West Central | $290 | — | $73.50 | −5.2% |
| Scott County | East Central | $284 | — | $71.50 | −0.7% |
| Shelby County | West Central | $270 | — | — | 0% |
| Sioux County | Northwest | $336 | $355 | $86 | +6.7% |
| Story County | Central | $290 | — | $63.50 | +4.3% |
| Tama County | Central | $257 | — | $82 | −4.8% |
| Taylor County | Southwest | $228 | — | $76 | −5.0% |
| Union County | South Central | $266 | — | $83 | +12.2% |
| Van Buren County | Southeast | $197 | — | $49.50 | 0% |
| Wapello County | Southeast | $247 | — | $53.50 | +2.1% |
| Warren County | South Central | $218 | — | $68 | +2.3% |
| Washington County | Southeast | $286 | — | $71 | +8.3% |
| Wayne County | South Central | $199 | — | $66 | −0.5% |
| Webster County | Central | $275 | — | $50 | −1.8% |
| Winnebago County | North Central | $262 | — | — | −5.4% |
| Winneshiek County | Northeast | $274 | — | $59.50 | +2.2% |
| Woodbury County | West Central | $288 | $248 | $83.50 | +3.6% |
| Worth County | North Central | $241 | — | $60 | −5.5% |
| Wright County | North Central | $267 | — | $59 | −7.3% |
Counties NASS published only in 2025 show a dash for 2026; their pages carry the 2025 figure.
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Sources & method
Where these numbers come from
- Every rent on these pages is a published estimate from the USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey: the average cash rent paid per acre for non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland and pasture. We pull the 2024–2026 county and state series straight from Quick Stats.
- NASS skips counties with too few survey reports, or withholds them to protect respondents, and lumps them into an "other counties" total. Those counties get no page here, and missing years show as a dash. We do not estimate, average or interpolate around the gaps.
- The coefficient of variation (CV) is NASS's measure of sampling precision. Lower is tighter; the higher the CV, the wider the real range around the county figure.
- "Bordering counties" are the ones that share a boundary under the Census Bureau county adjacency file, including across state lines.
- An average rent is a benchmark, not a fair price for a specific field. Soil, drainage, fertility, improvements and lease terms all move the number.
Data last refreshed October 8, 2026.