Johnson County, Illinois
Johnson County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $129 an acre (2025); land and buildings $4,327 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 147.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17087. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Johnson County runs $129 per acre in 2025, up 61.3 percent since 2014. Land carries a census value of $4,327 per acre, up 16.9 percent from 2017 to 2022. No harvested cropland is irrigated here, so the corn yield, with a median of 147.1 bushels per acre from 2008-2025 and a worst year of 93.9 in 2016, rides on rainfall. Excess moisture and flood drove 58 percent of the $25.1 million in crop insurance indemnities paid out from 1989-2025, well above the heat and drought share, which ranged from 19 percent to 39 percent across the listed periods. Drought weeks stayed low, 42 of 1357 weeks since 2000, with 2012 the worst year at 17 weeks.
IL median of 2025 surveys $193 · 3rd lowest of 10
IL median $8,638 · 2nd lowest of 91
IL median $2.04 · 2nd highest of 101
IL median 55% · 2nd lowest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson County | $129 2025 | — | $4,327 | — | $13.45 |
| Massac County | $121 2025 | $203 2024 | $4,582 | — | $7.58 |
| Pope County | $92 2025 | — | $4,224 | — | $10.13 |
| Pulaski County | $152 | $196 2025 | $5,494 | 169.9 | $5.63 |
| Union County | $87 | — | $5,116 | — | $12.50 |
| Williamson County | $101 | — | $4,701 | 153.2 | $11.52 |
| Median next door | $101 | — | $4,701 | 161.6 2 co. | $10.13 |
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. Johnson 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/johnson-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.