Wicomico County, Maryland
Wicomico County, MD: non-irrigated cash rent $114 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,641 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 135.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 24045. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Wicomico County runs $114 per acre, up 39.9 percent from 2016 to 2026. Irrigated land rents at $193 per acre, and the irrigated premium has held near a 1.82 to 1.83 multiple over non-irrigated rent since 2010, with no clear direction. Census land value sits at $7,641 per acre, up 8.6 percent from 2017 to 2022. Heat and drought drove 67 percent of crop insurance indemnities across closed years 1989-2025, and that share has moved 81 percent, 77 percent, 61 percent, 67 percent across the decades listed. July nights have warmed 0.92 F per decade since 1976, and the 2017-2026 average low of 69.7 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 68.1 F.
MD median $117 · 10th lowest of 21
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
MD median $9,250 · 4th lowest of 23
MD median 155.2 · lowest of 15
MD median $4.00 · 7th highest of 22
MD median 41% · 10th highest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wicomico County | $114 | $193 2025 | $7,641 | 135.2 | $6.54 |
| Sussex County, DE | $106 | — | $9,642 | 165.1 | $3.66 |
| Dorchester County | $117 | $270 2025 | $7,614 | 167.4 | $4.78 |
| Somerset County | $102 | — | $7,951 | 147.2 | $3.65 |
| Worcester County | $118 | — | $8,232 | 151.1 | $3.15 |
| Median next door | $112 | — | $8,092 | 158.1 | $3.66 |
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. Wicomico 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/wicomico-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.