Marion County, Indiana
Marion County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $185 an acre (2026); land and buildings $11,101 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 178.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18097. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent for 2026 in Marion County is $185 per acre. Census land and buildings value in 2022 stood at $11,101 per acre, with land value change 2017-2022 at 5.1 percent, 1 percent a year. Crop insurance indemnities for closed crop years 1989-2025 totaled $10.5 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 50 percent; that share moved from 37 percent in 1989-1999 to 17 percent in 2000-2009, up to 63 percent in 2010-2019, then down to 35 percent in 2020-2025. Weeks with at least 50 percent of the county in severe drought or worse ran 25 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 2012 the worst year at 11 weeks, and only 2 weeks from 2021-2025. Irrigated cropland share, 2022 census, was 1 percent.
IN median $217 · tied for 20th lowest of 89
IN median $8,158 · 4th highest of 89
IN median $2.54 · 21st highest of 92
IN median 51% · 27th highest of 92
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion County | $185 | $11,101 | — | $4.45 |
| Boone County | $264 | $9,472 | 187.1 | $1.74 |
| Hamilton County | $239 | $9,452 | 174.1 | $2.89 |
| Hancock County | $240 | $9,562 | 179.3 | $2.75 |
| Hendricks County | $260 | $9,052 | 183.4 | $1.55 |
| Johnson County | $228 | $10,532 | 171.9 | $2.18 |
| Morgan County | $190 | $7,642 | 179.8 | $1.43 |
| Shelby County | $249 | $10,164 | 178.8 | $1.54 |
| Median next door | $240 | $9,472 | 179.3 | $1.74 |
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. Marion County, Indiana. 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/indiana/marion-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.