Highest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Mason County$103
- 2Jefferson County$55
- 3Wood County$55
- 4Greenbrier County$50.50
- 5Mercer County$47
Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Wirt County$12
- 2Roane County$16
- 3Monongalia County$18
- 4Harrison County$19
- 5Morgan County$21
Biggest increases, 2025→2026
- 1Braxton County+38.1% (+$8)
- 2Barbour County+37.0% (+$8.50)
- 3Nicholas County+35.1% (+$6.50)
- 4Morgan County+23.5% (+$4)
- 5Hardy County+11.1% (+$4.50)
Biggest drops, 2025→2026
- 1Grant County−52.2% (−$29.50)
- 2Jackson County−51.0% (−$26)
- 3Preston County−41.3% (−$19)
- 4Randolph County−29.2% (−$14)
- 5Doddridge County−28.8% (−$10.50)
All 35 counties
West Virginia cash rent table, 2026
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| Barbour County | Northwest | $31.50 | — | $8 | +37.0% |
| Berkeley County | Eastern | $46 | — | $22.50 | +2.2% |
| Braxton County | Southwest | $29 | — | $15 | +38.1% |
| Brooke County | Northwest | — | — | — | — |
| Calhoun County | Southwest | — | — | $10.50 | — |
| Doddridge County | Northwest | $26 | — | $4.40 | −28.8% |
| Gilmer County | Southwest | — | — | — | — |
| Grant County | Eastern | $27 | — | $10 | −52.2% |
| Greenbrier County | Eastern | $50.50 | — | $28.50 | +2.0% |
| Hampshire County | Eastern | $42.50 | — | $17 | −15.0% |
| Hardy County | Eastern | $45 | — | $15 | +11.1% |
| Harrison County | Northwest | $19 | — | $14.50 | — |
| Jackson County | Southwest | $25 | — | $13 | −51.0% |
| Jefferson County | Eastern | $55 | — | $24.50 | −23.6% |
| Lewis County | Northwest | $23.50 | — | — | — |
| Marion County | Northwest | $40.50 | — | — | −2.4% |
| Mason County | Southwest | $103 | — | $19 | +1.0% |
| Mercer County | Southwest | $47 | — | $13.50 | — |
| Mineral County | Eastern | $27 | — | $26 | +8.0% |
| Monongalia County | Northwest | $18 | — | $17.50 | — |
| Monroe County | Eastern | $37 | — | $36.50 | +7.2% |
| Morgan County | Eastern | $21 | — | — | +23.5% |
| Nicholas County | Southwest | $25 | — | — | +35.1% |
| Pendleton County | Eastern | $34.50 | — | $21 | −25.8% |
| Pocahontas County | Eastern | $37 | — | — | +2.8% |
| Preston County | Northwest | $27 | — | $12.50 | −41.3% |
| Raleigh County | Southwest | $25 | — | $24 | −18.0% |
| Randolph County | Eastern | $34 | — | $12 | −29.2% |
| Roane County | Southwest | $16 | — | $3.10 | — |
| Summers County | Eastern | — | — | $16 | — |
| Taylor County | Northwest | $24 | — | $9.10 | — |
| Tucker County | Eastern | $35 | — | — | −7.9% |
| Wayne County | Southwest | — | — | — | — |
| Wirt County | Southwest | $12 | — | — | — |
| Wood County | Northwest | $55 | — | $11 | — |
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.