Cash rent for irrigated cropland: Surry County, North Carolina
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
Chart by TallyTill · tallytill.com
What the numbers say
- In 2022, Surry County's rent was 0.9 times the North Carolina average and 0.5 times the US average.
- It is the 7th highest of the 15 North Carolina counties NASS published for 2022.
- From 2019 to 2022 it rose 4.8%, from $105 to $110 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Surry figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, and in 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 it combined Surry into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Surry County | North Carolina | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $137 | $244 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $140 | $244 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $133 | $245 |
| 2023 | Combined into "other counties" | $133 | $237 |
| 2022 | $110 | $127 | $227 |
| 2021 | Combined into "other counties" | $107 | $217 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $107 | $216 |
| 2019 | $105 | $105 | $220 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $110 | $215 |
Every North Carolina county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $90 an acre in Franklin County to $190 an acre in Henderson County.
- Under $92 (1 county)
- $92 to under $115 (2 counties)
- $115 to under $125 (1 county)
- $125 to under $136 (2 counties)
- $136 and over (2 counties)
- Not published separately (92 counties, $143 an acre combined)
NASS combined Alamance County, Alexander County, Alleghany County, Anson County, Ashe County, Avery County, Beaufort County, Bertie County, Brunswick County, Buncombe County, Burke County, Cabarrus County, Caldwell County, Camden County, Carteret County, Catawba County, Chatham County, Cherokee County, Chowan County, Clay County, Cleveland County, Columbus County, Craven County, Cumberland County, Currituck County, Dare County, Davidson County, Davie County, Durham County, Edgecombe County, Gaston County, Gates County, Graham County, Granville County, Greene County, Guilford County, Halifax County, Harnett County, Haywood County, Hertford County, Hoke County, Hyde County, Iredell County, Jackson County, Johnston County, Jones County, Lee County, Lenoir County, Lincoln County, Macon County, Madison County, Martin County, McDowell County, Mecklenburg County, Mitchell County, Montgomery County, Moore County, Nash County, New Hanover County, Northampton County, Onslow County, Orange County, Pamlico County, Pasquotank County, Pender County, Perquimans County, Pitt County, Polk County, Randolph County, Richmond County, Robeson County, Rockingham County, Rowan County, Rutherford County, Scotland County, Stanly County, Stokes County, Surry County, Swain County, Transylvania County, Tyrrell County, Union County, Vance County, Wake County, Warren County, Washington County, Watauga County, Wayne County, Wilkes County, Wilson County, Yadkin County and Yancey County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Surry: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henderson County | $190 | 11.1% |
| 2 | Bladen County | $136 | 13.5% |
| 3 | Duplin County | $131 | 10.0% |
| 4 | Sampson County | $125 | 6.5% |
| 5 | Person County | $115 | 6.5% |
| 6 | Forsyth County | $103 | 16.1% |
| 7 | Caswell County | $92 | 7.7% |
| 8 | Franklin County | $90 | 12.7% |
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.