Carroll County, Maryland
Carroll County, MD: non-irrigated cash rent $132 an acre (2024); land and buildings $10,420 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 24013. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Carroll County averaged $132 per acre in 2024, up 50 percent from 2014. Land value in the Census sits at $10,420 per acre, up 27.4 percent from 2017 to 2022, 5 percent a year. The July nightly low has warmed 0.75 F per decade since 1976, and the 2017-2026 average of 65.8 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 64.3 F. Corn yield trend is 1.8 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 155.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 107.4 in 2010.
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
MD median $9,250 · 9th highest of 23
MD median 155.2 · 8th lowest of 15
MD median $4.00 · 8th highest of 22
MD median 41% · 10th lowest of 23
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll County | $132 2024 | — | $10,420 | 155.2 | $4.96 |
| Baltimore County | $156 | — | $13,587 | — | $3.37 |
| Frederick County | $123 | — | $11,000 | 146.9 | $10.37 |
| Howard County | — | — | $12,622 | — | $1.60 |
| Adams County, PA | $91 | — | $9,138 | 131.1 | $28.25 |
| York County, PA | $166 | $324 2024 | $9,224 | 156.1 | $3.52 |
| Median next door | $140 | — | $11,000 | 146.9 | $3.52 |
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. Carroll County, Maryland. 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/maryland/carroll-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.