Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland: Ritchie County, West Virginia
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 2024, Ritchie County's rent was 0.3 times the West Virginia average and 0.1 times the US average.
- It is tied for the 3rd lowest of the 26 West Virginia counties NASS published for 2024.
- From 2020 to 2024 it fell 39.6%, from $24 to $14.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Ritchie figure: in 2025 and 2026 NASS combined Ritchie into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Ritchie County | West Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $38.50 | $146 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $44.50 | $147 |
| 2024 | $14.50 | $47 | $146 |
| 2023 | $21.50 | $45 | $142 |
| 2022 | $11.50 | $41.50 | $135 |
| 2021 | $14 | $37 | $128 |
| 2020 | $24 | $39 | $126 |
Every West Virginia county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $12 an acre in Wirt County to $103 an acre in Mason County.
- Under $40 (21 counties)
- $40 to under $80 (8 counties)
- $80 to under $120 (1 county)
- $120 to under $160 (0 counties)
- $160 and over (0 counties)
- Not published separately (25 counties, $22 an acre combined)
NASS combined Boone County, Brooke County, Cabell County, Calhoun County, Clay County, Fayette County, Gilmer County, Hancock County, Kanawha County, Lincoln County, Logan County, Marshall County, McDowell County, Mingo County, Ohio County, Pleasants County, Putnam County, Ritchie County, Summers County, Tyler County, Upshur County, Wayne County, Webster County, Wetzel County and Wyoming County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Ritchie: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mason County | $103 | 20.4% |
| 2 | Jefferson County | $55 | 3.9% |
| 2 | Wood County | $55 | 16.3% |
| 4 | Greenbrier County | $50.50 | 10.4% |
| 5 | Mercer County | $47 | 10.9% |
| 6 | Berkeley County | $46 | 5.3% |
| 7 | Hardy County | $45 | 7.2% |
| 8 | Hampshire County | $42.50 | 8.2% |
| 9 | Marion County | $40.50 | 9.5% |
| 10 | Monroe County | $37 | 9.7% |
| 10 | Pocahontas County | $37 | 24.4% |
| 12 | Tucker County | $35 | 2.9% |
| 13 | Pendleton County | $34.50 | 6.2% |
| 14 | Randolph County | $34 | 6.8% |
| 15 | Barbour County | $31.50 | 6.8% |
| 16 | Braxton County | $29 | 7.5% |
| 17 | Grant County | $27 | 10.3% |
| 17 | Mineral County | $27 | 7.6% |
| 17 | Preston County | $27 | 6.4% |
| 20 | Doddridge County | $26 | 12.8% |
| 21 | Jackson County | $25 | 7.8% |
| 21 | Nicholas County | $25 | 13.0% |
| 21 | Raleigh County | $25 | 6.1% |
| 24 | Taylor County | $24 | 17.3% |
| 25 | Lewis County | $23.50 | 17.3% |
| 26 | Morgan County | $21 | 7.8% |
| 27 | Harrison County | $19 | 22.7% |
| 28 | Monongalia County | $18 | 4.8% |
| 29 | Roane County | $16 | 2.2% |
| 30 | Wirt County | $12 | 13.1% |
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.