DeKalb County, Georgia
DeKalb County, GA: land and buildings $99,639 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13089. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
DeKalb County had no acres published in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
Land value in DeKalb County was $99,639 per acre in the 2022 census, the operators' own estimate, not a sale price. That value changed 112.3 percent from 2017-2022, 16.2 percent a year. July nights average 70.5 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 69.2 F. The July nightly low has trended warming since 1976 at 0.49 F per decade, and 24 Julys since 1900 have averaged 70 F or above. Drought was rare in recent years: 14 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 287 of 1357 weeks (21.1 percent) for 2000-2025, with 2008 the worst year at 50 weeks.
GA median $4,057
Cash rent
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
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 | Land value |
|---|---|
| DeKalb County | $99,639 |
| Clayton County | $6,922 |
| Fulton County | $25,039 |
| Gwinnett County | $16,242 |
| Henry County | $8,949 |
| Rockdale County | $7,472 |
| Median next door | $8,949 |
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. DeKalb County, Georgia. 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/georgia/dekalb-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.