McHenry County, Illinois
McHenry County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $234 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,304 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17111. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in McHenry County stands at $234 per acre for 2026, up 17 percent from 2016. Corn yield has trended up 4 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 177.8 bushels per acre and a worst year of 124.4 in 2012. Heat and drought caused 38 percent of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, the largest single cause, and the share by period was 26 percent in 1989-1999, 38 percent in 2000-2009, 39 percent in 2010-2019, and 35 percent in 2020-2025. The county logged 30 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 107 of 1357 weeks (7.9 percent) since 2000.
IL median $254 · 33rd lowest of 86
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
IL median $2.04 · 33rd highest of 101
IL median 55% · 21st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McHenry County | $234 | $272 2025 | $8,304 | — | $3.23 |
| Boone County | $267 | — | $9,226 | 192.2 | $2.42 |
| Cook County | $136 | — | $18,054 | — | $11.96 |
| DeKalb County | $318 2025 | — | $7,704 | 190.3 | $1.82 |
| Kane County | $274 | $238 | $12,276 | 185.6 | $2.85 |
| Lake County | $125 | — | $15,913 | — | $7.18 |
| Kenosha County, WI | $184 | — | $8,832 | 173.5 | $3.99 |
| Walworth County, WI | $236 | $230 2024 | $8,759 | 179.8 | $2.24 |
| Median next door | $210 | $238 1 co. | $9,226 | 185.6 | $2.85 |
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. McHenry 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/mchenry-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.