Cash rent for pasture: Hunterdon County, New Jersey
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for pasture, 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, Hunterdon County's rent was 1.7 times the New Jersey average and 5.3 times the US average.
- It is the highest of the 2 New Jersey counties NASS published for 2025.
- From 2010 to 2025 it rose 205.6%, from $27 to $82.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Hunterdon figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, in 2009, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2026 it combined Hunterdon into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2022 and 2024. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Hunterdon County | New Jersey | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | No figure | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $82.50 | $47.50 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | Not available | No figure | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $45 | No figure | $15 |
| 2022 | Not available | No figure | $14 |
| 2021 | Combined into "other counties" | $46 | $13 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $43 | $13 |
| 2019 | Combined into "other counties" | $45 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | Combined into "other counties" | $36 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | Not available | $40 | $13 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | No figure | $14 |
| 2014 | Not available | Too few reports to publish | $12 |
| 2013 | Not available | $28 | $12 |
| 2012 | Combined into "other counties" | $26 | $11.50 |
| 2011 | Not available | No figure | $11.50 |
| 2010 | $27 | $30 | $11 |
| 2009 | Combined into "other counties" | $36 | $11 |
| 2008 | Not available | No figure | $10.50 |
| 2007 | No figure | No figure | $10 |
| 2006 | No figure | No figure | $10.80 |
| 2005 | No figure | No figure | $10.30 |
| 2004 | No figure | No figure | $9.60 |
| 2003 | No figure | No figure | $9 |
| 2002 | No figure | No figure | $9.20 |
| 2001 | No figure | No figure | $9.20 |
| 2000 | No figure | No figure | $8.50 |
| 1999 | No figure | No figure | $8.90 |
| 1998 | No figure | No figure | $8.80 |
Every New Jersey county, 2025
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $21 an acre in Salem County to $82.50 an acre in Hunterdon County.
- Under $82.50 (1 county)
- $82.50 and over (1 county)
- Not published separately (19 counties, $43 an acre combined)
NASS combined Atlantic County, Bergen County, Burlington County, Camden County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, Essex County, Gloucester County, Hudson County, Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth 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.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunterdon County This county | $82.50 | 18.2% |
| 2 | Salem County | $21 | 11.9% |
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.