Kane County, Illinois
Kane County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $274 an acre (2026); land and buildings $12,276 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 185.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17089. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Kane County runs $274 per acre in 2026, up 8.3 percent from 2016. Census land value stands at $12,276 per acre, with a 16.3 percent rise from 2017 to 2022, or 3.1 percent a year. Water history shows 70 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse since 2000, worst in 2005 with 27 weeks, and only 8 weeks over 2021-2025. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved from 22 percent in 1989-1999 to 21 percent in 2000-2009, then 35 percent in 2010-2019 and 35 percent in 2020-2025. The largest cause of indemnities over 1989-2025 is excess moisture and flood, at 33 percent.
IL median $254 · 32nd highest of 86
IL median $275 · 3rd lowest of 9
IL median $8,638 · 2nd highest of 91
IL median 190.2 · 31st lowest of 82
IL median $2.04 · 36th highest of 101
IL median 55% · 6th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kane County | $274 | $238 | $12,276 | 185.6 | $2.85 |
| Cook County | $136 | — | $18,054 | — | $11.96 |
| DeKalb County | $318 2025 | — | $7,704 | 190.3 | $1.82 |
| DuPage County | $150 2024 | — | $57,683 | — | $4.72 |
| Kendall County | $297 | — | $11,745 | — | $2.54 |
| McHenry County | $234 | $272 2025 | $8,304 | — | $3.23 |
| Median next door | $234 | — | $11,745 | 190.3 1 co. | $3.23 |
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. Kane 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/kane-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.