Farmland Atlas · county record

DuPage County, Illinois

DuPage County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $150 an acre (2024); land and buildings $57,683 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17043. Figures as of 2026-10-14.

DuPage County had 819 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$150/ac

2024 county average
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare

Land and buildings

$57,683/ac

2022 census · read with care: rose 243% from 2017 while next door rose a median 16% · IL cropland 2026: $10,200 (state survey)

Rent as % of land value

n/a

not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

n/a

fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$4.72

2016–2025, closed crop years
IL median $2.04

Farmland rented

2022 census, rented from others
IL median 55%

Open on the map Compare Printable sheet Illinois cash rent by county ARC or PLC for 2026 and 2027

Cash rent

Every published Illinois county rate, side by side: Illinois cash rent by county.

Non-irrigated, 2024$150/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$57,683/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$6,948/ac

Census 2017$16,807/ac

Read with careThe 2022 census value rose 243% from 2017 while the 4 counties next door rose a median 16%. The census counts buildings and small residential farms, so the change since 2017, the rent-to-value ratio and the rank are withheld

Illinois cropland, 2026 state survey$10,200/ac+3.6% from 2025 · USDA NASS Land Values, state average

Illinois farm real estate, 2026$9,250/acland and buildings, state average

Illinois pasture, 2026$4,300/acstate average

The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Illinois average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.

Corn yield

County corn yieldFewer than 8 published county corn yields

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$4.72

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.77claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.76$2.8 million paid

Largest causes of loss, 1990–2025heat and drought 31% · excess moisture 30% · price decline (revenue policies) 28%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–202558 of 1,304 weeks4% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks200527 weeks

Last five years, 2020–20255 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.7 °F1991–2020 normal 63.5 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.34 °F a decadeno clear direction

Rain, April to September24.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 101% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Rain so far this year in Illinois, county by county

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202224%

Drained by tile, 202239% of cropland82 ac

Farmed no-till, 202243% of cropland90 ac

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac

Solar and wind operating, 20252.8 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 202216

Farmland rented from others, 20228%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Irr. rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
DuPage County	$150 2024	n/a	$57,683	n/a	$4.72
Cook County	$136	n/a	$18,054	n/a	$11.96
Kane County	$274	$238	$12,276	185.6	$2.85
Kendall County	$297	n/a	$11,745	n/a	$2.54
Will County	$231	n/a	$10,259	177.8	$3.38
Median next door	$253	$238 1 co.	$12,011	181.7 2 co.	$3.12

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. DuPage County, Illinois. Figures as of 2026-10-14, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/illinois/dupage-county

Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.

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