Crawford County, Illinois
Crawford County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $200 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,710 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 172.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17033. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Crawford County runs $200 per acre in 2026, up 19.8 percent from 2016. Irrigated rent is $227 per acre, a multiple of 1.14 over non-irrigated in 2026, down from 1.33 in 2009. Only 10 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, drawn entirely from groundwater as of 2015. Corn yields have trended up 4.3 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 172.5 bushels per acre against a low of 34.7 in 2012. Crop insurance losses from heat and drought moved 43 percent, 24 percent, 65 percent, then 10 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. Census land value stands at $6,710 per acre, up 27.7 percent from 2017 to 2022.
IL median $254 · 23rd lowest of 86
IL median $275 · 2nd lowest of 9
IL median $8,638 · 25th lowest of 91
IL median 190.2 · 22nd lowest of 82
IL median $2.04 · 34th highest of 101
IL median 55% · 35th highest of 101
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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford County | $200 | $227 | $6,710 | 172.5 | $2.94 |
| Clark County | $248 | — | $7,770 | 198.1 | $1.60 |
| Jasper County | $195 | — | $7,477 | 169.7 | $2.47 |
| Lawrence County | $219 | $305 2025 | $6,987 | 166.0 | $2.55 |
| Richland County | $196 | — | $6,859 | 147.7 | $3.56 |
| Knox County, IN | $229 | $239 | $8,068 | 180.2 | $2.68 |
| Sullivan County, IN | $230 | $291 2024 | $6,203 | 179.4 | $4.04 |
| Median next door | $224 | $239 1 co. | $7,232 | 174.6 | $2.62 |
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. Crawford County, Illinois. 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/illinois/crawford-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.