Cash rent for pasture: Union County, Pennsylvania
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, Union County's rent was 1.2 times the Pennsylvania average and 3.3 times the US average.
- It is the 4th highest of the 19 Pennsylvania counties NASS published for 2025.
- From 2009 to 2025 it rose 5.1%, from $49 to $51.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Union figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2026 it combined Union into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2008. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Union County | Pennsylvania | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $48.50 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $51.50 | $44 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $43.50 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $69.50 | $41.50 | $15 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $40.50 | $14 |
| 2021 | Combined into "other counties" | $40 | $13 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $21 | $13 |
| 2019 | $32 | $27 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $53 | $44 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | Combined into "other counties" | $30 | $13 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | No figure | $14 |
| 2014 | Combined into "other counties" | $27 | $12 |
| 2013 | Combined into "other counties" | $35 | $12 |
| 2012 | Combined into "other counties" | $38 | $11.50 |
| 2011 | Combined into "other counties" | $29 | $11.50 |
| 2010 | Combined into "other counties" | $25 | $11 |
| 2009 | $49 | $32 | $11 |
| 2008 | Not available | $32 | $10.50 |
| 2007 | No figure | $30 | $10 |
| 2006 | No figure | $25 | $10.80 |
| 2005 | No figure | $27 | $10.30 |
| 2004 | No figure | $25 | $9.60 |
| 2003 | No figure | $25 | $9 |
| 2002 | No figure | $28 | $9.20 |
| 2001 | No figure | $32 | $9.20 |
| 2000 | No figure | $32 | $8.50 |
| 1999 | No figure | $36 | $8.90 |
| 1998 | No figure | $37 | $8.80 |
| 1997 | No figure | $37.60 | No figure |
| 1996 | No figure | $37 | No figure |
| 1995 | No figure | $29.80 | No figure |
| 1994 | No figure | $20.70 | No figure |
Every Pennsylvania county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $18 an acre in Lawrence County to $103 an acre in Mifflin County.
- Under $24.50 (3 counties)
- $24.50 to under $31.50 (3 counties)
- $31.50 to under $47.50 (3 counties)
- $47.50 to under $87 (3 counties)
- $87 and over (3 counties)
- Not published separately (52 counties, $54.50 an acre combined)
NASS combined Adams County, Allegheny County, Armstrong County, Beaver County, Blair County, Bucks County, Butler County, Cambria County, Cameron County, Carbon County, Centre County, Chester County, Clarion County, Clearfield County, Clinton County, Columbia County, Cumberland County, Dauphin County, Delaware County, Elk County, Erie County, Forest County, Franklin County, Fulton County, Greene County, Huntingdon County, Indiana County, Jefferson County, Juniata County, Lackawanna County, Lancaster County, Lehigh County, Luzerne County, Lycoming County, McKean County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Montour County, Northampton County, Northumberland County, Philadelphia County, Pike County, Potter County, Schuylkill County, Sullivan County, Susquehanna County, Union County, Venango County, Warren County, Wayne County, Westmoreland County and Wyoming County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Union: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mifflin County | $103 | 13.5% |
| 2 | Berks County | $87 | 10.5% |
| 2 | Lebanon County | $87 | 12.0% |
| 4 | Perry County | $56.50 | 4.1% |
| 5 | York County | $50.50 | 10.4% |
| 6 | Snyder County | $47.50 | 10.6% |
| 7 | Somerset County | $40 | 14.7% |
| 8 | Mercer County | $33 | 9.8% |
| 9 | Crawford County | $31.50 | 13.1% |
| 10 | Bedford County | $27.50 | 9.6% |
| 11 | Fayette County | $26.50 | 10.8% |
| 12 | Tioga County | $24.50 | 7.9% |
| 13 | Washington County | $23 | 10.0% |
| 14 | Bradford County | $18.50 | 10.0% |
| 15 | Lawrence County | $18 | 31.3% |
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.