Highest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Lake County$196
- 2Robertson County$187
- 3Sumner County$180
- 4Obion County$178
- 5Franklin County$173
Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Scott County$20
- 2Hancock County$23
- 3Union County$25
- 4Meigs County$25
- 5Hawkins County$25.50
Biggest increases, 2025→2026
- 1Houston County+134.5% (+$37)
- 2Lincoln County+60.6% (+$58.50)
- 3Putnam County+56.3% (+$27)
- 4Bradley County+52.0% (+$13)
- 5Knox County+51.1% (+$12)
Biggest drops, 2025→2026
- 1Meigs County−58.0% (−$34.50)
- 2Johnson County−38.1% (−$18.50)
- 3Jackson County−25.9% (−$14)
- 4Stewart County−25.0% (−$21.50)
- 5Grainger County−25.0% (−$9)
All 93 counties
Tennessee cash rent table, 2026
$ per acre · tap a column to sort · — = not published
| Anderson County | East Tennessee | $26.50 | — | $25.50 | −3.6% |
| Bedford County | Central Basin | $81.50 | — | $20 | −2.4% |
| Benton County | West Tennessee | $73 | — | — | −21.9% |
| Bledsoe County | Cumberland Plateau | $79.50 | — | $41 | +37.1% |
| Blount County | East Tennessee | $56 | — | $28 | +0.9% |
| Bradley County | East Tennessee | $38 | — | $24 | +52.0% |
| Campbell County | East Tennessee | — | — | — | — |
| Cannon County | Central Basin | $93.50 | — | $32 | −4.6% |
| Carroll County | West Tennessee | $127 | — | $43.50 | −5.9% |
| Carter County | East Tennessee | $35 | — | $21 | +1.4% |
| Chester County | West Tennessee | $92 | — | — | — |
| Claiborne County | East Tennessee | $29 | — | $12 | +38.1% |
| Clay County | Central Basin | $40 | — | $21.50 | −7.0% |
| Cocke County | East Tennessee | $75 | — | $25.50 | +26.1% |
| Coffee County | Cumberland Plateau | $131 | — | $46.50 | +15.9% |
| Crockett County | West Tennessee | $143 | — | $28.50 | −8.3% |
| Cumberland County | Cumberland Plateau | $94 | — | $40.50 | +45.7% |
| Decatur County | West Tennessee | $75 | — | $38 | −13.3% |
| DeKalb County | Central Basin | $106 | — | $43 | +23.3% |
| Dickson County | Western Rim | $61 | — | $18 | +32.6% |
| Dyer County | Delta | $161 | — | $42 | +14.2% |
| Fayette County | West Tennessee | $105 | $125 | $24.50 | −3.7% |
| Fentress County | Cumberland Plateau | $39.50 | — | $32.50 | −6.0% |
| Franklin County | Cumberland Plateau | $173 | — | $49.50 | +44.2% |
| Gibson County | West Tennessee | $153 | — | $55.50 | 0% |
| Giles County | Central Basin | $64.50 | — | $31 | −18.4% |
| Grainger County | East Tennessee | $27 | — | $26 | −25.0% |
| Greene County | East Tennessee | $57 | — | $36.50 | +21.3% |
| Grundy County | Cumberland Plateau | $53.50 | — | $33.50 | — |
| Hamblen County | East Tennessee | $48.50 | — | $22 | −20.5% |
| Hamilton County | East Tennessee | $28.50 | — | $26.50 | −24.0% |
| Hancock County | East Tennessee | $23 | — | $20 | +4.5% |
| Hardeman County | West Tennessee | $110 | — | $30 | +15.8% |
| Hardin County | West Tennessee | $91.50 | — | $18 | +47.6% |
| Hawkins County | East Tennessee | $25.50 | — | $23 | +2.0% |
| Haywood County | West Tennessee | $152 | $205 | — | −0.7% |
| Henderson County | West Tennessee | $92.50 | — | $42.50 | — |
| Henry County | West Tennessee | $141 | — | $35.50 | — |
| Hickman County | Western Rim | $40 | — | $30 | −14.0% |
| Houston County | Western Rim | $64.50 | — | $21.50 | +134.5% |
| Humphreys County | Western Rim | $61.50 | — | $17 | −19.1% |
| Jackson County | Central Basin | $40 | — | $35.50 | −25.9% |
| Jefferson County | East Tennessee | $57.50 | — | $22.50 | +26.4% |
| Johnson County | East Tennessee | $30 | — | $17.50 | −38.1% |
| Knox County | East Tennessee | $35.50 | — | $19.50 | +51.1% |
| Lake County | Delta | $196 | $223 | — | +14.6% |
| Lauderdale County | Delta | $135 | — | $52 | −2.2% |
| Lawrence County | Western Rim | $131 | — | $26.50 | +26.0% |
| Lewis County | Western Rim | $31 | — | $17 | +3.3% |
| Lincoln County | Central Basin | $155 | — | $29 | +60.6% |
| Loudon County | East Tennessee | $70 | — | $39.50 | +28.4% |
| Macon County | Central Basin | $135 | — | $33.50 | −8.2% |
| Madison County | West Tennessee | $142 | — | — | +10.1% |
| Marion County | Cumberland Plateau | $59 | — | $24.50 | +1.7% |
| Marshall County | Central Basin | $70 | — | $19 | — |
| Maury County | Central Basin | $86.50 | — | $22.50 | −3.4% |
| McMinn County | East Tennessee | $70 | — | $40.50 | +7.7% |
| McNairy County | West Tennessee | $65 | — | $24.50 | −12.8% |
| Meigs County | East Tennessee | $25 | — | $21.50 | −58.0% |
| Monroe County | East Tennessee | $52.50 | — | $33.50 | +11.7% |
| Montgomery County | Western Rim | $132 | — | $33.50 | −15.4% |
| Moore County | Central Basin | $55 | — | $16.50 | −15.4% |
| Morgan County | Cumberland Plateau | $52.50 | — | $16 | +5.0% |
| Obion County | Delta | $178 | — | $47 | +7.2% |
| Overton County | Cumberland Plateau | $68.50 | — | $28 | +29.2% |
| Perry County | Western Rim | $94 | — | $25.50 | +26.2% |
| Pickett County | Cumberland Plateau | $40 | — | $33.50 | −17.5% |
| Polk County | East Tennessee | — | — | $27 | — |
| Putnam County | Cumberland Plateau | $75 | — | $40 | +56.3% |
| Rhea County | East Tennessee | $26 | — | $22 | −8.8% |
| Roane County | East Tennessee | $38 | — | $37 | +31.0% |
| Robertson County | Western Rim | $187 | — | $47 | −6.0% |
| Rutherford County | Central Basin | $65 | — | $22 | −15.0% |
| Scott County | Cumberland Plateau | $20 | — | $13 | — |
| Sequatchie County | Cumberland Plateau | — | — | — | — |
| Sevier County | East Tennessee | $35 | — | $19.50 | −13.6% |
| Shelby County | Delta | — | — | $36.50 | — |
| Smith County | Central Basin | $130 | — | $19.50 | +9.2% |
| Stewart County | Western Rim | $64.50 | — | — | −25.0% |
| Sullivan County | East Tennessee | $34.50 | — | $33.50 | −10.4% |
| Sumner County | Central Basin | $180 | — | $33.50 | +21.6% |
| Tipton County | Delta | $156 | $172 | $55 | +1.3% |
| Trousdale County | Central Basin | $41 | — | $33.50 | −2.4% |
| Unicoi County | East Tennessee | $58.50 | — | — | — |
| Union County | East Tennessee | $25 | — | $12 | −5.7% |
| Van Buren County | Cumberland Plateau | — | — | $22.50 | — |
| Warren County | Cumberland Plateau | $115 | — | $55.50 | +6.5% |
| Washington County | East Tennessee | $63.50 | — | $31 | 0% |
| Wayne County | Western Rim | $73 | — | $29 | +24.8% |
| Weakley County | West Tennessee | $145 | — | $49 | −6.5% |
| White County | Cumberland Plateau | $56.50 | — | $27 | −8.1% |
| Williamson County | Central Basin | $53 | — | $23 | −3.6% |
| Wilson County | Central Basin | $55.50 | — | $29.50 | +15.6% |
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.