Cash rent for pasture: Chester County, South Carolina
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
- Chester County's rent is 0.7 times the South Carolina average and the same as the US average.
- It is the 2nd lowest of the 22 South Carolina counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2009 it is unchanged at $16 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Chester figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, and NASS had no figure available in 2008. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Chester County | South Carolina | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $16 | $24.50 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $15.50 | $20.50 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | $12 | $22.50 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $12.50 | $19.50 | $15 |
| 2022 | $12 | $20 | $14 |
| 2021 | $14.50 | $22 | $13 |
| 2020 | $13 | $19 | $13 |
| 2019 | $13 | $18 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $12 | $19 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | $12.50 | $18 | $13 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | No figure | $14 |
| 2014 | $11 | $18 | $12 |
| 2013 | $11 | $18 | $12 |
| 2012 | $10 | $16 | $11.50 |
| 2011 | $10 | $15 | $11.50 |
| 2010 | $15 | $18 | $11 |
| 2009 | $16 | $20 | $11 |
| 2008 | Not available | $20 | $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 |
| 1995 | No figure | $16.10 | No figure |
Every South Carolina county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $12 an acre in Greenwood County to $34 an acre in Chesterfield County.
- Under $18 (4 counties)
- $18 to under $20.50 (3 counties)
- $20.50 to under $26 (5 counties)
- $26 to under $28 (5 counties)
- $28 and over (5 counties)
- Not published separately (24 counties, $26 an acre combined)
NASS combined Aiken County, Allendale County, Beaufort County, Berkeley County, Calhoun County, Charleston County, Clarendon County, Colleton County, Darlington County, Dillon County, Dorchester County, Edgefield County, Florence County, Georgetown County, Hampton County, Horry County, Jasper County, Lee County, Marion County, Marlboro County, Orangeburg County, Richland County, Sumter County and Union County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chesterfield County | $34 | 13.6% |
| 2 | Barnwell County | $33.50 | 10.5% |
| 2 | Williamsburg County | $33.50 | 9.7% |
| 4 | Newberry County | $30 | 7.2% |
| 5 | Pickens County | $28 | 18.5% |
| 6 | Greenville County | $27.50 | 7.3% |
| 7 | Saluda County | $27 | 13.5% |
| 8 | Oconee County | $26.50 | 5.8% |
| 9 | Lancaster County | $26 | 11.6% |
| 9 | Laurens County | $26 | 7.1% |
| 11 | Bamberg County | $25.50 | 5.6% |
| 12 | Cherokee County | $22.50 | 6.3% |
| 13 | Lexington County | $21 | 7.9% |
| 14 | McCormick County | $20.50 | 5.4% |
| 14 | Spartanburg County | $20.50 | 6.3% |
| 16 | Anderson County | $20 | 11.3% |
| 17 | York County | $18.50 | 7.9% |
| 18 | Kershaw County | $18 | 3.8% |
| 19 | Abbeville County | $17.50 | 8.9% |
| 19 | Fairfield County | $17.50 | 4.9% |
| 21 | Chester County This county | $16 | 9.9% |
| 22 | Greenwood County | $12 | 5.7% |
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.