Houston County, Georgia
Houston County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $59 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,027 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13153. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Houston County runs $59 per acre in 2026, up 55.3 percent from 2016. Land value stood at $5,027 per acre in 2022, up 25 percent from 2017, a gain of 4.6 percent a year. Irrigation covers 31 percent of harvested cropland, drawing 98 percent of its water from groundwater. Heat and drought caused 50 percent of crop insurance indemnities across closed crop years 1989-2025, though that share fell to 11 percent in 2020-2025 after running 64 percent in 1989-1999, 61 percent in 2000-2009, and 62 percent in 2010-2019. Drought weeks in severe drought or worse dropped to 5 in 2021-2025, well under the 2000-2025 count of 258 of 1357 weeks.
GA median $58 · 51st highest of 103
GA median $4,057 · 47th highest of 135
GA median $13.24 · 6th lowest of 85
GA median 24% · 59th lowest of 138
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston County | $59 | — | $5,027 | — | $8.54 |
| Bibb County | — | — | $8,544 | — | — |
| Bleckley County | $81 | $197 | $2,967 | — | $10.47 |
| Crawford County | $49 2024 | — | $5,223 | — | $12.57 |
| Dooly County | $75 | — | $3,211 | — | $12.38 |
| Macon County | $89 | $196 | $3,435 | 181.8 | $9.24 |
| Peach County | $60 | $197 2023 | $6,440 | — | $7.48 |
| Pulaski County | $142 | $216 | $3,436 | — | $8.75 |
| Twiggs County | — | $221 | $2,361 | — | $18.61 |
| Median next door | $81 | $207 | $3,436 | 181.8 1 co. | $10.47 |
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. Houston 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/houston-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.