Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland: Niagara County, New York
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
- Niagara County's rent is 0.8 times the New York average and 0.5 times the US average.
- It is the 23rd highest of the 47 New York counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2017 it has risen 43.3%, from $52 to $74.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Niagara figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Niagara County | New York | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $74.50 | $88.50 | $146 |
| 2025 | $73 | $82.50 | $147 |
| 2024 | $59.50 | $82.50 | $146 |
| 2023 | $60 | $78.50 | $142 |
| 2022 | $57.50 | $76 | $135 |
| 2021 | $57.50 | $68 | $128 |
| 2020 | $53.50 | $66 | $126 |
| 2019 | $48.50 | $65 | $127 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $62 | $125 |
| 2017 | $52 | $60 | $123 |
Every New York county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $38 an acre in Schoharie County to $146 an acre in Suffolk County.
- Under $40 (1 county)
- $40 to under $80 (28 counties)
- $80 to under $120 (12 counties)
- $120 to under $160 (6 counties)
- $160 and over (0 counties)
- Not published separately (15 counties, $55.50 an acre combined)
NASS combined Albany County, Bronx County, Greene County, Hamilton County, Kings County, Nassau County, New York County, Putnam County, Queens County, Richmond County, Rockland County, Schenectady County, Sullivan County, Warren County and Westchester County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suffolk County | $146 | 6.6% |
| 2 | Livingston County | $141 | 8.8% |
| 3 | Cayuga County | $133 | 4.6% |
| 4 | Genesee County | $131 | 12.3% |
| 5 | Orleans County | $128 | 3.8% |
| 6 | Wyoming County | $126 | 10.5% |
| 7 | Yates County | $111 | 8.5% |
| 8 | Ontario County | $107 | 4.8% |
| 9 | Ulster County | $104 | 15.1% |
| 10 | Chautauqua County | $95.50 | 17.4% |
| 11 | Wayne County | $94 | 8.1% |
| 12 | Seneca County | $89.50 | 21.8% |
| 13 | Washington County | $88 | 4.8% |
| 14 | Erie County | $86.50 | 5.8% |
| 15 | Allegany County | $85 | 2.1% |
| 16 | Cattaraugus County | $83.50 | 18.2% |
| 17 | Monroe County | $80.50 | 4.1% |
| 17 | Onondaga County | $80.50 | 5.7% |
| 19 | Lewis County | $79 | 5.5% |
| 20 | Orange County | $77 | 6.5% |
| 21 | Cortland County | $75.50 | 11.9% |
| 22 | St Lawrence County | $75 | 9.9% |
| 23 | Niagara County This county | $74.50 | 5.8% |
| 24 | Oneida County | $73 | 7.7% |
| 25 | Herkimer County | $72.50 | 10.8% |
| 26 | Tompkins County | $69 | 28.2% |
| 27 | Madison County | $68.50 | 8.2% |
| 28 | Broome County | $65.50 | 7.8% |
| 29 | Saratoga County | $65 | 5.0% |
| 30 | Franklin County | $64 | 13.7% |
| 31 | Chenango County | $63 | 4.7% |
| 32 | Clinton County | $62.50 | 13.6% |
| 33 | Oswego County | $60 | 6.4% |
| 34 | Steuben County | $57.50 | 12.2% |
| 35 | Schuyler County | $56 | 19.5% |
| 36 | Chemung County | $55 | 6.6% |
| 36 | Montgomery County | $55 | 4.9% |
| 38 | Columbia County | $54 | 8.4% |
| 38 | Dutchess County | $54 | 3.8% |
| 40 | Rensselaer County | $52.50 | 5.7% |
| 41 | Delaware County | $49.50 | 7.0% |
| 41 | Fulton County | $49.50 | 15.3% |
| 43 | Jefferson County | $49 | 7.8% |
| 43 | Tioga County | $49 | 3.5% |
| 45 | Otsego County | $48.50 | 16.3% |
| 46 | Essex County | $45 | 8.1% |
| 47 | Schoharie County | $38 | 6.3% |
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.