Fayette County, Georgia
Fayette County, GA: land and buildings $10,668 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13113. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Fayette County had 7,212 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
Census value of land and buildings in 2022 stood at $10,668 per acre, with land value change 2017-2022 at 96.1 percent, 14.4 percent a year. July average nightly low, 2017-2026, was 70.9 F against the 1991-2020 normal of 69.3 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.54 F per decade, warming. Of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, 309 saw at least 50 percent of the county in severe drought or worse, 22.8 percent, with 2012 the worst year at 52 weeks; 2021-2025 saw 10 such weeks. Irrigated cropland was 1 percent of harvested cropland in the 2022 census, and no solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
GA median $4,057
GA median 24%
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 | Dry rent | Land value |
|---|---|---|
| Fayette County | — | $10,668 |
| Clayton County | — | $6,922 |
| Coweta County | $29 | $6,209 |
| Fulton County | — | $25,039 |
| Spalding County | $27 | $6,320 |
| Median next door | $28 2 co. | $6,621 |
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. Fayette 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/fayette-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.