Cash rent for irrigated cropland: Sussex County, New Jersey
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
- In 2022, Sussex County's rent was 1.3 times the New Jersey average and 0.8 times the US average.
- It is the highest of the 9 New Jersey counties NASS published for 2022.
- From 2021 to 2022 it rose 9.1%, from $165 to $180 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Sussex figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, and in 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 it combined Sussex into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Sussex County | New Jersey | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $162 | $244 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $150 | $244 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $142 | $245 |
| 2023 | Combined into "other counties" | $144 | $237 |
| 2022 | $180 | $136 | $227 |
| 2021 | $165 | $128 | $217 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $135 | $216 |
| 2019 | Combined into "other counties" | $139 | $220 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $215 |
| 2017 | Combined into "other counties" | $128 | $212 |
| 2016 | Combined into "other counties" | $112 | $206 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | No figure | $209 |
| 2014 | Combined into "other counties" | $100 | $208 |
| 2013 | Combined into "other counties" | $95 | $202 |
Every New Jersey county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $112 an acre in Gloucester County to $236 an acre in Atlantic County.
- Under $158 (1 county)
- $158 to under $159 (1 county)
- $159 to under $160 (1 county)
- $160 to under $164 (1 county)
- $164 and over (2 counties)
- Not published separately (15 counties, $100 an acre combined)
NASS combined Bergen County, Camden County, Cape May County, Essex County, Hudson County, Hunterdon County, Mercer County, Middlesex County, Morris County, Ocean County, Passaic County, Somerset County, Sussex County, Union County and Warren County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Sussex: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlantic County | $236 | 8.6% |
| 2 | Salem County | $164 | 6.8% |
| 3 | Burlington County | $160 | 5.1% |
| 4 | Cumberland County | $159 | 8.6% |
| 5 | Monmouth County | $158 | 14.3% |
| 6 | Gloucester County | $112 | 9.2% |
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.