Highest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Accomack County$112
- 2Rockingham County$111
- 3Westmoreland County$109
- 4Augusta County$105
- 5Isle of Wight County$105
Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Roanoke County$20
- 2Fluvanna County$21
- 3Lee County$24.50
- 4Amherst County$26
- 5Wise County$27.50
Biggest increases, 2025→2026
- 1Wise County+57.1% (+$10)
- 2Rappahannock County+47.6% (+$10)
- 3Warren County+38.5% (+$10)
- 4Scott County+37.8% (+$8.50)
- 5Halifax County+35.7% (+$10)
Biggest drops, 2025→2026
- 1Roanoke County−21.6% (−$5.50)
- 2Frederick County−20.2% (−$8.50)
- 3Pittsylvania County−18.0% (−$9)
- 4Buckingham County−13.2% (−$4.50)
- 5Virginia Beach city−12.0% (−$8.50)
All 91 counties
Virginia cash rent table, 2026
$ per acre · tap a column to sort · — = not published
| Accomack County | Eastern | $112 | — | — | +9.8% |
| Albemarle County | Central | $33 | — | $26.50 | +1.5% |
| Alleghany County | Western | $33 | — | $16 | +6.5% |
| Amelia County | Central | $43.50 | — | $29 | −6.5% |
| Amherst County | Central | $26 | — | $16 | +8.3% |
| Appomattox County | Central | $32.50 | — | $22 | +8.3% |
| Augusta County | Western | $105 | — | $43.50 | −1.9% |
| Bath County | Western | $45 | — | $35 | +18.4% |
| Bedford County | Central | $28 | — | $18 | +12.0% |
| Bland County | Southwestern | $46.50 | — | $28 | +27.4% |
| Botetourt County | Western | $29.50 | — | $25 | — |
| Brunswick County | Southeastern | — | — | — | — |
| Buckingham County | Central | $29.50 | — | $15 | −13.2% |
| Campbell County | Central | $32 | — | $23 | −1.5% |
| Caroline County | Central | $64 | — | $25 | −5.9% |
| Carroll County | Southwestern | $44.50 | — | $31 | −5.3% |
| Charles City County | Eastern | $77 | — | — | +10.8% |
| Charlotte County | Southern | $39 | — | $27 | −2.5% |
| Chesapeake city | Southeastern | — | — | — | — |
| Chesterfield County | Central | $41.50 | — | — | +31.7% |
| Clarke County | Northern | $34.50 | — | $28.50 | −1.4% |
| Craig County | Western | $43.50 | — | — | — |
| Culpeper County | Northern | $58 | — | $27.50 | +10.5% |
| Cumberland County | Central | $43 | — | $28 | +24.6% |
| Dickenson County | Southwestern | — | — | — | — |
| Dinwiddie County | Southeastern | $72 | — | $19 | −4.0% |
| Essex County | Eastern | $95 | — | — | +8.6% |
| Fauquier County | Northern | $65 | — | $17 | +18.2% |
| Floyd County | Southwestern | $41 | — | $29 | −11.8% |
| Fluvanna County | Central | $21 | — | $20 | −6.7% |
| Franklin County | Southern | $55 | — | $28 | −8.3% |
| Frederick County | Northern | $33.50 | — | $24 | −20.2% |
| Giles County | Southwestern | $30 | — | $24 | +20.0% |
| Gloucester County | Eastern | $72 | — | — | −2.7% |
| Goochland County | Central | $44.50 | — | $30.50 | — |
| Grayson County | Southwestern | $70 | — | $35.50 | +7.7% |
| Greene County | Central | $45 | — | — | — |
| Greensville County | Southeastern | $95.50 | — | — | +10.4% |
| Halifax County | Southern | $38 | — | $29 | +35.7% |
| Hanover County | Central | $52 | — | $21.50 | −3.7% |
| Henrico County | Central | $44 | — | — | — |
| Henry County | Southern | $32 | — | $21 | +20.8% |
| Highland County | Western | — | — | — | — |
| Isle of Wight County | Southeastern | $105 | — | — | +9.4% |
| King and Queen County | Eastern | $83 | — | — | −2.4% |
| King William County | Eastern | $68 | — | — | −3.5% |
| Lancaster County | Eastern | $60 | — | — | −5.5% |
| Lee County | Southwestern | $24.50 | — | $22 | −5.8% |
| Loudoun County | Northern | $37 | — | $29 | +10.4% |
| Louisa County | Central | $56 | — | $30 | +21.7% |
| Lunenburg County | Southern | $42.50 | — | $26 | +4.9% |
| Madison County | Northern | $55.50 | — | $32.50 | −0.9% |
| Mecklenburg County | Southeastern | $38 | — | $28.50 | +18.8% |
| Middlesex County | Eastern | $87 | — | — | +13.0% |
| Montgomery County | Southwestern | $46.50 | — | $30 | −2.1% |
| Nelson County | Central | $40 | — | $17.50 | — |
| New Kent County | Eastern | $80 | — | — | −5.9% |
| Northampton County | Eastern | $88 | $145 | — | +12.8% |
| Northumberland County | Eastern | $93 | — | — | +5.7% |
| Nottoway County | Southern | $37 | — | $25.50 | +2.8% |
| Orange County | Central | $76 | — | — | +15.2% |
| Page County | Northern | $53 | — | $39 | +15.2% |
| Patrick County | Southern | $43 | — | $23.50 | +8.9% |
| Pittsylvania County | Southern | $41 | — | $35 | −18.0% |
| Powhatan County | Central | — | — | — | — |
| Prince Edward County | Central | $30.50 | — | $28 | +19.6% |
| Prince George County | Southeastern | $63.50 | — | — | +18.7% |
| Prince William County | Northern | $49 | — | — | +6.5% |
| Pulaski County | Southwestern | $48 | — | $45 | +26.3% |
| Rappahannock County | Northern | $31 | — | $15 | +47.6% |
| Richmond County | Eastern | $93.50 | — | — | +8.7% |
| Roanoke County | Western | $20 | — | $18.50 | −21.6% |
| Rockbridge County | Western | $33 | — | $22 | +24.5% |
| Rockingham County | Northern | $111 | — | $53 | −0.9% |
| Russell County | Southwestern | $37 | — | $34.50 | — |
| Scott County | Southwestern | $31 | — | $18.50 | +37.8% |
| Shenandoah County | Northern | $68.50 | — | $39 | +12.3% |
| Smyth County | Southwestern | $65.50 | — | — | +13.9% |
| Southampton County | Southeastern | $100 | — | — | +5.3% |
| Spotsylvania County | Central | $47 | — | $21 | +4.4% |
| Stafford County | Northern | $65.50 | — | $28.50 | +12.9% |
| Suffolk city | Southeastern | $103 | — | — | +8.4% |
| Surry County | Southeastern | $80 | — | — | −1.2% |
| Sussex County | Southeastern | $81 | — | — | −1.2% |
| Tazewell County | Southwestern | $40 | — | $24 | −4.8% |
| Virginia Beach city | Southeastern | $62.50 | — | — | −12.0% |
| Warren County | Northern | $36 | — | $16 | +38.5% |
| Washington County | Southwestern | $50 | — | $46.50 | +25.0% |
| Westmoreland County | Eastern | $109 | — | — | +4.8% |
| Wise County | Southwestern | $27.50 | — | — | +57.1% |
| Wythe County | Southwestern | $61.50 | — | $45 | +18.3% |
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.