Charlevoix County, Michigan
Charlevoix County, MI: non-irrigated cash rent $25 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,911 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 114.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 26029. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Charlevoix County averages $25 per acre in 2026, down 30.6 percent from 2016. Census land value stood at $4,911 per acre in 2022, up 30.3 percent from 2017, 5.4 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 1.1 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 114.7 bushels per acre and a worst year of 79 in 2008. Drought has been rare here: 13 of 1357 weeks since 2000 hit severe drought or worse, and only 3 weeks from 2021-2025. Crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2024 total $487,797, with heat and drought the largest cause at 41 percent, though that share fell from 48 percent in 2000-2009 to 34 percent in 2010-2019. Solar and wind capacity are both 0 MW, operating and proposed.
MI median $100 · 6th lowest of 70
MI median $5,270 · 32nd lowest of 76
MI median 153.0 · 3rd lowest of 45
MI median 34% · 18th lowest of 78
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlevoix County | $25 | $4,911 | 114.7 | — |
| Antrim County | $41 | $5,870 | — | $10.85 |
| Cheboygan County | $27 2025 | $3,337 | — | — |
| Emmet County | $18 | $5,871 | — | — |
| Otsego County | $30 | $3,545 | — | — |
| Median next door | $30 | $4,708 | — | $10.85 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. Charlevoix County, Michigan. 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/michigan/charlevoix-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.