Highest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Horry County$74.50
- 2Marion County$64
- 3Dillon County$60.50
- 4Marlboro County$60
- 5Calhoun County$54
Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Union County$15
- 2Greenwood County$15
- 3Laurens County$20
- 4Abbeville County$20.50
- 5Chester County$22
Biggest increases, 2025→2026
- 1Abbeville County+32.3% (+$5)
- 2Lexington County+29.4% (+$7.50)
- 3Laurens County+25.0% (+$4)
- 4Greenville County+24.4% (+$5.50)
- 5Cherokee County+18.8% (+$4.50)
Biggest drops, 2025→2026
- 1Spartanburg County−18.5% (−$6)
- 2Pickens County−10.8% (−$3.50)
- 3Dorchester County−8.2% (−$4)
- 4Lee County−4.6% (−$2.50)
- 5Horry County−4.5% (−$3.50)
All 43 counties
South Carolina cash rent table, 2026
$ per acre · tap a column to sort · — = not published
| Abbeville County | West Central | $20.50 | — | $17.50 | +32.3% |
| Aiken County | West Central | $40.50 | $111 | — | +15.7% |
| Allendale County | Southern | $37.50 | — | — | +15.4% |
| Anderson County | Northwest | $24 | — | $20 | +11.6% |
| Bamberg County | Southern | $38.50 | $147 | $25.50 | −3.7% |
| Barnwell County | Southern | $44 | $72 | $33.50 | +7.3% |
| Berkeley County | Southern | $26.50 | — | — | +10.4% |
| Calhoun County | Central | $54 | $105 | — | +3.8% |
| Cherokee County | Northwest | $28.50 | — | $22.50 | +18.8% |
| Chester County | North Central | $22 | — | $16 | +7.3% |
| Chesterfield County | Eastern | $47.50 | — | $34 | +17.3% |
| Clarendon County | Central | $53.50 | — | — | −0.9% |
| Colleton County | Southern | $42.50 | — | — | −1.2% |
| Darlington County | Eastern | $47 | — | — | −3.1% |
| Dillon County | Eastern | $60.50 | — | — | +6.1% |
| Dorchester County | Southern | $45 | — | — | −8.2% |
| Edgefield County | West Central | — | — | — | — |
| Fairfield County | North Central | — | — | $17.50 | — |
| Florence County | Eastern | $47 | — | — | −3.1% |
| Georgetown County | Eastern | $39 | — | — | −2.5% |
| Greenville County | Northwest | $28 | — | $27.50 | +24.4% |
| Greenwood County | West Central | $15 | — | $12 | +3.4% |
| Hampton County | Southern | $48.50 | $105 | — | +7.8% |
| Horry County | Eastern | $74.50 | — | — | −4.5% |
| Kershaw County | North Central | — | — | $18 | — |
| Lancaster County | North Central | $33.50 | — | $26 | — |
| Laurens County | Northwest | $20 | — | $26 | +25.0% |
| Lee County | Central | $52 | — | — | −4.6% |
| Lexington County | Central | $33 | $120 | $21 | +29.4% |
| Marion County | Eastern | $64 | — | — | +5.8% |
| Marlboro County | Eastern | $60 | — | — | −0.8% |
| McCormick County | West Central | — | — | $20.50 | — |
| Newberry County | West Central | — | — | $30 | — |
| Oconee County | Northwest | $32.50 | — | $26.50 | — |
| Orangeburg County | Central | $49.50 | $115 | — | +5.3% |
| Pickens County | Northwest | $29 | — | $28 | −10.8% |
| Richland County | Central | $42 | — | — | — |
| Saluda County | West Central | $33 | — | $27 | +3.1% |
| Spartanburg County | Northwest | $26.50 | — | $20.50 | −18.5% |
| Sumter County | Central | $49.50 | — | — | −2.0% |
| Union County | Northwest | $15 | — | — | — |
| Williamsburg County | Eastern | $40 | — | $33.50 | −3.6% |
| York County | North Central | $33.50 | — | $18.50 | −1.5% |
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.