Lake County, Illinois
Lake County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $125 an acre (2026); land and buildings $15,913 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 155.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17097. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent for 2026 is $125 per acre. Census land value in 2022 stood at $15,913 per acre, with land value change 2017-2022 at 31 percent, 5.5 percent a year. Corn yield trend on published years 2008-2025 runs 3.4 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 155.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 2009 at 121. Crop insurance indemnities across 1989-2025, closed crop years, total $11.6 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 42 percent; heat and drought's share moved from 3 percent in 1989-1999 to 40 percent in 2000-2009, 20 percent in 2010-2019, and 41 percent in 2020-2025. Weeks in severe drought or worse, 2021-2025, reached 51 out of the 2000-2025 count of 106.
IL median $254 · 3rd lowest of 86
too few 2011 county surveys in the state to compare
IL median $8,638 · highest of 91
IL median $2.04 · 12th highest of 101
IL median 55% · 23rd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County | $125 | — | $15,913 | — | $7.18 |
| Cook County | $136 | — | $18,054 | — | $11.96 |
| McHenry County | $234 | $272 2025 | $8,304 | — | $3.23 |
| Kenosha County, WI | $184 | — | $8,832 | 173.5 | $3.99 |
| Median next door | $184 | — | $8,832 | 173.5 1 co. | $3.99 |
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. Lake 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/lake-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.