Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland: Elmore County, Idaho
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for non-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 2025, Elmore County's rent was 0.5 times the Idaho average and 0.2 times the US average.
- It is tied for the 7th lowest of the 22 Idaho counties NASS published for 2025.
- From 2021 to 2025 it rose 71.8%, from $19.50 to $33.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Elmore figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, and in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2023 and 2026 it combined Elmore into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Elmore County | Idaho | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $64.50 | $146 |
| 2025 | $33.50 | $63 | $147 |
| 2024 | $45 | $65 | $146 |
| 2023 | Combined into "other counties" | $66 | $142 |
| 2022 | $21.50 | $65.50 | $135 |
| 2021 | $19.50 | $63 | $128 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $62 | $126 |
| 2019 | Combined into "other counties" | $56 | $127 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $56 | $125 |
| 2017 | Combined into "other counties" | $58 | $123 |
| 2016 | Combined into "other counties" | $61 | $125 |
Every Idaho county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $22.50 an acre in Bannock County to $89 an acre in Nez Perce County.
- Under $40 (7 counties)
- $40 to under $80 (7 counties)
- $80 to under $120 (4 counties)
- $120 to under $160 (0 counties)
- $160 and over (0 counties)
- Not published separately (26 counties, $50.50 an acre combined)
NASS combined Ada County, Adams County, Bingham County, Boise County, Bonneville County, Butte County, Camas County, Canyon County, Cassia County, Clark County, Custer County, Elmore County, Gem County, Gooding County, Jefferson County, Jerome County, Kootenai County, Lemhi County, Lincoln County, Minidoka County, Owyhee County, Payette County, Shoshone County, Twin Falls County, Valley County and Washington County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Elmore: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nez Perce County | $89 | 5.3% |
| 2 | Lewis County | $87.50 | 5.4% |
| 3 | Boundary County | $81 | 5.7% |
| 4 | Benewah County | $80 | 7.7% |
| 5 | Latah County | $79.50 | 5.0% |
| 6 | Idaho County | $70 | 7.6% |
| 7 | Fremont County | $58 | 9.9% |
| 8 | Clearwater County | $57 | 7.6% |
| 9 | Bonner County | $53 | 13.5% |
| 10 | Madison County | $50.50 | 12.4% |
| 11 | Caribou County | $43.50 | 8.0% |
| 12 | Bear Lake County | $35 | 7.9% |
| 13 | Franklin County | $34.50 | 7.3% |
| 14 | Blaine County | $32 | 9.2% |
| 14 | Power County | $32 | 5.9% |
| 16 | Teton County | $26.50 | 5.4% |
| 17 | Oneida County | $26 | 22.2% |
| 18 | Bannock County | $22.50 | 9.6% |
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.