Clayton County, Iowa
Clayton County, IA: non-irrigated cash rent $266 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,648 an acre in the 2022 census; corn 14-yr trend 224.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 19043. Figures as of 2026-10-14.
IA median $266 · tied for 49th lowest of 99
IA median $9,410 · 22nd lowest of 99
IA median 218.8 · tied for 23rd highest of 83
IA median $2.49 · 15th lowest of 99
IA median 51% · 8th lowest of 99
Heat and drought claims have grown much stronger in recent years. From 1989-1999 heat and drought was 21 percent of crop insurance indemnities here, but it's risen to 56 percent in 2020-2025. Over the full 1989-2025 period the county paid out $76.5 million in indemnities. Corn yields have trended up 2.9 bushels per acre a year since 2008, yet the worst year was 2012 at 152.9 bushels. Non-irrigated cash rent is $266 per acre in 2026, up 9 percent from a decade ago, and the census land value is $7,648 per acre.
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.
Every published Iowa county rate, side by side: Iowa cash rent by county.
Insuring pasture or hay? See PRF rainfall insurance in Clayton County: its grids, county values and record.
Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 14-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.
Land value
The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Iowa average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.
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.
Rain so far this year in Iowa, county by county
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton County | $266 | $7,648 | 194.2 | $1.63 |
| Allamakee County | $252 | $7,375 | 185.6 | $2.22 |
| Delaware County | $298 | $10,164 | 197.4 | $2.05 |
| Dubuque County | $303 | $10,692 | 198.3 | $2.47 |
| Fayette County | $270 | $9,138 | 191.8 | $2.20 |
| Crawford County, WI | $167 | $4,494 | 158.1 | $3.91 |
| Grant County, WI | $247 | $6,306 | 190.7 | $1.96 |
| Median next door | $261 | $8,257 | 191.3 | $2.21 |
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. Clayton County, Iowa. Figures as of 2026-10-14, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/iowa/clayton-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.