Henderson County, Kentucky
Henderson County, KY: non-irrigated cash rent $236 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,088 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 172.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21101. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Henderson County is $236 per acre for 2026, up 31.8 percent from 2016. Land value in the 2022 census stood at $6,088 per acre, up 19.5 percent from 2017, or 3.6 percent a year. Corn yields trend up 2.7 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 172.8 bushels per acre and a worst year of 69.6 in 2012. Heat and drought drove 43 percent of crop insurance indemnities since 1989, though the share fell to 24 percent in 2020-2025 after reaching 60 percent in 2010-2019. Drought weeks were low from 2021-2025, at 2 of the period's total.
KY median $125 · 2nd highest of 86
KY median $4,449 · 18th highest of 114
KY median 161.4 · 14th highest of 50
KY median $8.45 · 14th lowest of 86
KY median 25% · 5th highest of 115
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson County | $236 | — | $6,088 | 172.8 | $5.19 |
| Posey County, IN | $225 | $293 2024 | $7,200 | 190.2 | $2.78 |
| Vanderburgh County, IN | $233 | — | $7,553 | 179.6 | $3.40 |
| Warrick County, IN | $175 | — | $6,707 | 161.2 | $6.45 |
| Daviess County | $207 | — | $4,683 | 176.2 | $3.96 |
| McLean County | $191 | — | $5,794 | 183.7 | $5.11 |
| Union County | $259 | — | $6,523 | 183.9 | $3.13 |
| Webster County | $229 | — | $4,351 | 172.1 | $4.67 |
| Median next door | $225 | — | $6,523 | 179.6 | $3.96 |
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. Henderson County, Kentucky. 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/kentucky/henderson-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.