Bristol County, Massachusetts
Bristol County, MA: non-irrigated cash rent $101 an acre (2026); land and buildings $21,221 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 25005. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cash rent runs $273 per acre in 2025 against $101 per acre non-irrigated for 2026, and the multiple between them has moved from 1.97 in 2009 to 2.46 in 2025, direction rising. Water access shapes value here: 81 percent of irrigation drew on groundwater in 2015. Heat and drought's share of indemnities has climbed across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025, from 9 percent to 14 percent to 32 percent to 44 percent. July nights average 65.2 F for 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 63.2 F, with warming of 1.03 F per decade since 1976. Land value sits at $21,221 per acre, 2022, up 16.7 percent from 2017.
MA median $82 · 4th highest of 9
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
MA median $14,377 · 2nd highest of 9
MA median 15% · 2nd highest of 9
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
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1993. 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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol County | $101 | $273 2025 | $21,221 | — |
| Norfolk County | — | $451 | $20,134 | — |
| Plymouth County | $82 | — | $14,377 | $1.71 |
| Bristol County, RI | — | — | $49,530 | — |
| Newport County, RI | — | — | $35,737 | — |
| Providence County, RI | — | — | $18,606 | — |
| Median next door | $82 1 co. | $451 1 co. | $20,134 | $1.71 1 co. |
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. Bristol County, Massachusetts. 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/massachusetts/bristol-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.