Mobile County, Alabama
Mobile County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $84 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,768 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01097. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Mobile County averages $84 per acre for 2026, up 89.8 percent from 2016. Land value under the census stands at $4,768 per acre, changing 0.6 percent from 2017 to 2022, so rent moved far faster than land value over these periods. July nights have averaged 73.8 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 72.3 F, with a warming trend of 0.52 F per decade since 1976. Excess moisture and flood drove 41 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, while heat and drought's share rose from 11 percent in 1989-1999 to 27 percent in 2020-2025, with 16 percent in 2000-2009 and 11 percent in 2010-2019 between them. Irrigation covers 8 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census.
AL median $46 · 7th highest of 59
AL median $3,400 · 16th highest of 67
AL median $10.32 · lowest of 53
AL median 26% · 31st lowest of 67
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile County | $84 | — | $4,768 | — | $4.39 |
| Baldwin County | $90 | $143 | $6,202 | 152.0 | $8.53 |
| Washington County | $39 2025 | — | $2,714 | — | $5.28 |
| George County, MS | $59 | — | $4,441 | — | $10.68 |
| Greene County, MS | $29 | — | $4,071 | — | — |
| Jackson County, MS | — | — | $5,657 | — | $11.36 |
| Median next door | $59 | $143 1 co. | $4,441 | 152.0 1 co. | $9.61 |
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. Mobile County, Alabama. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/alabama/mobile-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. 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.