Union County, New Jersey
Union County, NJ: land and buildings $105,823 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 34039. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Union County had 139 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
July nights average 68.5 F for 2017-2026, up from the 1991-2020 normal of 66.1 F, with a warming trend of 1.17 F per decade since 1976. The 2010s was the first decade the July average low reached 66 F. Drought has stayed rare: 10 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 49 of 1357 weeks countywide since 2000, with 2002 the worst year at 24 weeks. Solar operating capacity stands at 29.3 MW, with 2.7 MW more proposed to EIA; no wind is operating or proposed.
NJ median 32%
Cash rent
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union County | — | — | $105,823 | — |
| Essex County | — | — | $471,343 | — |
| Hudson County | — | — | $256,000 | — |
| Middlesex County | $71 | — | $26,828 | $5.84 |
| Morris County | — | $130 2024 | $30,022 | $3.82 |
| Somerset County | $35 | — | $21,660 | $13.39 |
| Median next door | $53 2 co. | — | $30,022 | $5.84 |
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. Union 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/union-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.