Cash rent for pasture: Mercer County, West Virginia
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
Chart by TallyTill · tallytill.com
What the numbers say
- Mercer County's rent is 0.7 times the West Virginia average and 0.8 times the US average.
- It is the 11th lowest of the 25 West Virginia counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2017 it has fallen 10.0%, from $15 to $13.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Mercer figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, and in 2024 it combined Mercer into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Mercer County | West Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $13.50 | $19 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $9.80 | $16 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $14 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $10.50 | $14 | $15 |
| 2022 | $11.50 | $12 | $14 |
| 2021 | $12 | $13.50 | $13 |
| 2020 | $18 | $13 | $13 |
| 2019 | $20 | $14 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $15 | $12.50 | $12.50 |
Every West Virginia county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $3.10 an acre in Roane County to $36.50 an acre in Monroe County.
- Under $10.50 (5 counties)
- $10.50 to under $13.50 (5 counties)
- $13.50 to under $17 (5 counties)
- $17 to under $24 (5 counties)
- $24 and over (5 counties)
- Not published separately (30 counties, $16.50 an acre combined)
NASS combined Boone County, Brooke County, Cabell County, Clay County, Fayette County, Gilmer County, Hancock County, Kanawha County, Lewis County, Lincoln County, Logan County, Marion County, Marshall County, McDowell County, Mingo County, Morgan County, Nicholas County, Ohio County, Pleasants County, Pocahontas County, Putnam County, Ritchie County, Tucker County, Tyler County, Upshur County, Wayne County, Webster County, Wetzel County, Wirt County and Wyoming County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monroe County | $36.50 | 11.1% |
| 2 | Greenbrier County | $28.50 | 7.3% |
| 3 | Mineral County | $26 | 11.2% |
| 4 | Jefferson County | $24.50 | 8.0% |
| 5 | Raleigh County | $24 | 7.8% |
| 6 | Berkeley County | $22.50 | 8.9% |
| 7 | Pendleton County | $21 | 5.8% |
| 8 | Mason County | $19 | 19.2% |
| 9 | Monongalia County | $17.50 | 17.7% |
| 10 | Hampshire County | $17 | 11.4% |
| 11 | Summers County | $16 | 11.1% |
| 12 | Braxton County | $15 | 15.1% |
| 12 | Hardy County | $15 | 5.8% |
| 14 | Harrison County | $14.50 | 18.1% |
| 15 | Mercer County This county | $13.50 | 7.8% |
| 16 | Jackson County | $13 | 13.4% |
| 17 | Preston County | $12.50 | 14.3% |
| 18 | Randolph County | $12 | 10.7% |
| 19 | Wood County | $11 | 8.2% |
| 20 | Calhoun County | $10.50 | 8.6% |
| 21 | Grant County | $10 | 7.6% |
| 22 | Taylor County | $9.10 | 9.0% |
| 23 | Barbour County | $8 | 11.3% |
| 24 | Doddridge County | $4.40 | 10.7% |
| 25 | Roane County | $3.10 | 9.4% |
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.