Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Tuscaloosa County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $46 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,742 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 132.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01125. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Tuscaloosa County averages $46 per acre in 2026, up 16.5 percent from 2016. Corn yield trend runs 2.3 bushels per acre a year on published years 2009-2025, with a median of 132.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 99 in 2009. Heat and drought caused 54 percent of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, but the share by period runs 72 percent, 78 percent, 50 percent, 42 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. Only 8 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated in the 2022 census, and no solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed in the county.
AL median $46 · 30th lowest of 59
too few 2017 county surveys in the state to compare
AL median $3,400 · 25th highest of 67
AL median 142.4 · 7th lowest of 15
AL median $10.32 · 9th lowest of 53
AL median 26% · 26th highest 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
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuscaloosa County | $46 | $3,742 | 132.2 | $6.07 |
| Bibb County | $24 | $2,611 | — | — |
| Fayette County | $47 | $2,541 | 102.5 | $14.35 |
| Greene County | $26 | $2,573 | — | $42.77 |
| Hale County | $53 | $2,543 | — | $11.17 |
| Jefferson County | — | $6,943 | — | — |
| Pickens County | $50 | $2,633 | — | $10.05 |
| Walker County | $24 | $3,512 | — | — |
| Median next door | $36 | $2,611 | 102.5 1 co. | $12.76 |
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. Tuscaloosa 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/tuscaloosa-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.