Escambia County, Alabama
Escambia County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $101 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,763 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01053. Figures as of 2026-10-06.
AL median $46 · 4th highest of 59
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
AL median $3,400 · 22nd lowest of 67
AL median $10.32 · 26th highest of 53
AL median 26% · 9th highest of 67
In Escambia County, non-irrigated cash rent is $101 per acre, up 18.1 percent from 2016 to 2026. The census value of land and buildings is $2,763 per acre, with that value up 12.4 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yields trend up 6 bushels per acre a year across 2009-2025, but the worst year in that span, 2011, hit only 45.7 bushels against a median of 141.8. Heat and drought is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025 at 38 percent, and its share has moved 33 percent, 25 percent, 41 percent, 47 percent across the four decades listed. July nights average 72.6 F for 2017-2026, above the 1991-2020 normal of 70.9 F. Irrigation covers 3 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census.
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.
Every published Alabama county rate, side by side: Alabama cash rent by county.
Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 15-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escambia County | $101 | $139 2023 | $2,763 | n/a | $10.42 |
| Baldwin County | $90 | $143 | $6,202 | 152.0 | $8.53 |
| Conecuh County | $28 | n/a | $2,458 | n/a | $14.37 |
| Covington County | $67 | n/a | $3,400 | n/a | $15.32 |
| Monroe County | $67 | $160 | $2,399 | 130.7 | $10.70 |
| Escambia County, FL | $96 | n/a | $7,806 | n/a | $8.58 |
| Okaloosa County, FL | $44 2024 | n/a | $8,894 | n/a | $11.30 |
| Santa Rosa County, FL | $107 | n/a | $6,486 | n/a | $8.36 |
| Median next door | $78 | $152 2 co. | $6,202 | 141.4 2 co. | $10.70 |
Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.
Cite this page
AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Escambia County, Alabama. Figures as of 2026-10-06, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/alabama/escambia-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic
"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.
Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.