Monmouth County, New Jersey
Monmouth County, NJ: non-irrigated cash rent $101 an acre (2026); land and buildings $25,361 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 34025. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Monmouth County runs $101 per acre in 2026, up 50.7 percent from 2014. Irrigated rent is $158 per acre, a multiple of 1.56 times the non-irrigated rate, down from 1.98 in 2010, with no clear direction since. Land value under the operators' own estimate stands at $25,361 per acre, up 20.9 percent from 2017 to 2022. Crop insurance losses over 1989-2025 total $3.1 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 79 percent; that share moved from 84 percent in 1989-1999 to 73 percent in 2000-2009 to 63 percent in 2010-2019 to 96 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 is 0.97, against 0.83 for the full 1989-2025 span.
NJ median $84 · 3rd highest of 10
NJ median $160 · 2nd lowest of 6
NJ median $14,983 · 4th highest of 13
NJ median $8.47 · 6th highest of 12
NJ median 32% · 4th lowest of 13
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 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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monmouth County | $101 | $158 | $25,361 | $8.77 |
| Burlington County | $79 | $160 | $12,875 | $8.16 |
| Mercer County | $55 | $297 2024 | $26,811 | $9.12 |
| Middlesex County | $71 | — | $26,828 | $5.84 |
| Ocean County | — | — | $23,893 | — |
| Median next door | $71 | $160 1 co. | $25,352 | $8.16 |
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. Monmouth County, New Jersey. 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/new-jersey/monmouth-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.