Henry County, Illinois
Henry County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $272 an acre (2023); land and buildings $10,039 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 193.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17073. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Henry County averaged $272 per acre in 2023, up 10.6 percent from 2013. The census value of land and buildings stood at $10,039 per acre in 2022, up 27 percent from 2017, or 4.9 percent a year. Corn yields show a fitted trend of 3.8 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2023, with a median of 193.7 bushels per acre and a worst year of 140 in 2012. Heat and drought caused 39 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, with the share rising to 43 percent in 2010-2019 before falling to 29 percent in 2020-2025. Irrigation covers 2 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census, and wind capacity operating in the county totals 508.5 MW against 4.9 MW of solar.
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
IL median $8,638 · 22nd highest of 91
IL median 190.2 · 30th highest of 82
IL median $2.04 · tied for 46th lowest of 101
IL median 55% · 49th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry County | $272 2023 | — | $10,039 | 193.7 | $1.82 |
| Bureau County | $301 | $310 | $10,199 | 199.2 | $1.96 |
| Knox County | $296 | — | $8,642 | 202.7 | $0.96 |
| Mercer County | $273 | — | $9,250 | 192.0 | $1.15 |
| Rock Island County | $228 | — | $9,125 | 198.3 | $1.56 |
| Stark County | $292 | — | $9,973 | 211.1 | $0.99 |
| Whiteside County | $270 | $303 | $8,976 | 188.8 | $1.88 |
| Median next door | $283 | $307 2 co. | $9,188 | 198.8 | $1.36 |
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. Henry 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/henry-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.