Cash rent for irrigated cropland: Chester County, Pennsylvania
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
- Chester County's rent is 1.4 times the Pennsylvania average and 1.1 times the US average.
- It is the lowest of the 2 Pennsylvania counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2021 it has risen 26.3%, from $213 to $269 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Chester figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, and in 2017, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024 and 2025 it combined Chester into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Chester County | Pennsylvania | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $269 | $189 | $244 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $178 | $244 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $174 | $245 |
| 2023 | Combined into "other counties" | $172 | $237 |
| 2022 | $181 | $162 | $227 |
| 2021 | $213 | $162 | $217 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $165 | $216 |
| 2019 | Combined into "other counties" | $173 | $220 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $215 |
| 2017 | Combined into "other counties" | $140 | $212 |
Every Pennsylvania county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $269 an acre in Chester County to $523 an acre in Lancaster County.
- Under $523 (1 county)
- $523 and over (1 county)
- Not published separately (65 counties, $123 an acre combined)
NASS combined Adams County, Allegheny County, Armstrong County, Beaver County, Bedford County, Berks County, Blair County, Bradford County, Bucks County, Butler County, Cambria County, Cameron County, Carbon County, Centre County, Clarion County, Clearfield County, Clinton County, Columbia County, Crawford County, Cumberland County, Dauphin County, Delaware County, Elk County, Erie County, Fayette County, Forest County, Franklin County, Fulton County, Greene County, Huntingdon County, Indiana County, Jefferson County, Juniata County, Lackawanna County, Lawrence County, Lebanon County, Lehigh County, Luzerne County, Lycoming County, McKean County, Mercer County, Mifflin County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Montour County, Northampton County, Northumberland County, Perry County, Philadelphia County, Pike County, Potter County, Schuylkill County, Snyder County, Somerset County, Sullivan County, Susquehanna County, Tioga County, Union County, Venango County, Warren County, Washington County, Wayne County, Westmoreland County, Wyoming County and York County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lancaster County | $523 | 16.4% |
| 2 | Chester County This county | $269 | 19.6% |
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.