Cash rent for irrigated cropland: San Benito County, California
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for irrigated cropland, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.
The latest figures and how they have changed
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What the numbers say
- San Benito County's rent is 1.4 times the California average and 2.7 times the US average.
- It is the 13th highest of the 41 California counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2022 it has risen 6.5%, from $611 to $651 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate San Benito figure: in 2025 NASS combined San Benito into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | San Benito County | California | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $651 | $470 | $244 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $483 | $244 |
| 2024 | $808 | $484 | $245 |
| 2023 | $785 | $486 | $237 |
| 2022 | $611 | $465 | $227 |
Every California county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $205 an acre in Shasta County to $4,000 an acre in Napa County.
- Under $304 (8 counties)
- $304 to under $410 (8 counties)
- $410 to under $450 (7 counties)
- $450 to under $1,000 (9 counties)
- $1,000 and over (9 counties)
- Not published separately (17 counties, $585 an acre combined)
NASS combined Alameda County, Alpine County, Amador County, Inyo County, Marin County, Mariposa County, Modoc County, Mono County, Monterey County, Placer County, Plumas County, San Francisco County, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County, Sierra County, Trinity County and Tuolumne County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napa County | $4,000 | 11.3% |
| 2 | Ventura County | $3,340 | 7.3% |
| 3 | Orange County | $2,360 | 9.5% |
| 4 | Santa Barbara County | $2,300 | 10.7% |
| 5 | Nevada County | $1,540 | 9.0% |
| 6 | San Diego County | $1,350 | 17.3% |
| 7 | Sonoma County | $1,300 | 17.5% |
| 8 | Mendocino County | $1,290 | 23.9% |
| 9 | Los Angeles County | $1,000 | 11.9% |
| 10 | El Dorado County | $900 | 3.2% |
| 11 | San Luis Obispo County | $811 | 21.4% |
| 12 | Calaveras County | $700 | 5.8% |
| 13 | San Benito County This county | $651 | 10.0% |
| 14 | Del Norte County | $620 | 8.3% |
| 15 | San Mateo County | $550 | 15.0% |
| 16 | Lake County | $491 | 7.1% |
| 17 | Stanislaus County | $450 | 10.4% |
| 17 | Tulare County | $450 | 13.4% |
| 19 | Kern County | $445 | 14.4% |
| 20 | Yolo County | $440 | 12.0% |
| 21 | Butte County | $437 | 7.4% |
| 22 | San Joaquin County | $425 | 4.9% |
| 23 | Sutter County | $420 | 7.6% |
| 24 | Merced County | $411 | 8.2% |
| 25 | Madera County | $410 | 6.6% |
| 26 | Humboldt County | $405 | 10.7% |
| 27 | Contra Costa County | $379 | 7.8% |
| 28 | Colusa County | $375 | 8.7% |
| 29 | Yuba County | $365 | 7.1% |
| 30 | Imperial County | $350 | 6.4% |
| 31 | Fresno County | $305 | 10.9% |
| 31 | Kings County | $305 | 8.0% |
| 33 | San Bernardino County | $304 | 9.6% |
| 34 | Sacramento County | $276 | 6.0% |
| 35 | Tehama County | $272 | 10.8% |
| 36 | Riverside County | $259 | 7.8% |
| 37 | Solano County | $257 | 7.4% |
| 38 | Siskiyou County | $250 | 17.0% |
| 39 | Glenn County | $246 | 6.8% |
| 40 | Lassen County | $225 | 14.5% |
| 41 | Shasta County | $205 | 10.3% |
What this measures
NASS asks farm operators what they pay in cash rent per acre, separately for irrigated cropland, non-irrigated cropland and pasture. State figures come out at the end of July; county figures follow in August. When too few farms in a county answer, NASS combines that county with others and publishes one "other counties" figure, so some counties have no figure of their own.