Fairfield County, Connecticut
Fairfield County, CT: land and buildings $11,310 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 09001. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Land value in the 2022 census stands at $11,310 per acre, up 4.8 percent from 2017. July nights average 65.7 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 63.7 F, and the warming trend since 1976 runs 1.05 F per decade. No July since 1900 has averaged 70 F or above at night, and the 2020s is the first decade to reach 66 F. Crop insurance losses from 1999-2015 total $546,631, with freeze and frost the largest cause at 67 percent; heat and drought accounted for 0 percent of indemnities in 2000-2009 and 2 percent in 2010-2019. Irrigated cropland covers 8 percent of harvested acres, and solar operating capacity is 3.9 MW with no wind.
CT median $13,767 · 2nd lowest of 8
CT median 27% · highest of 8
Cash rent
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 1995. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.
Drought and weather
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield County | — | $11,310 | — |
| Litchfield County | $47 2025 | $14,512 | $11.66 |
| New Haven County | $80 | $25,431 | $10.38 |
| Dutchess County, NY | $54 | $10,698 | $25.78 |
| Putnam County, NY | — | $11,485 | — |
| Westchester County, NY | — | $11,506 | — |
| Median next door | $67 2 co. | $11,506 | $11.66 |
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. Fairfield County, Connecticut. 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/connecticut/fairfield-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.