Farmland Atlas · county record

Westchester County, New York

Westchester County, NY: land and buildings $11,506 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 36119. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Westchester County had 6,311 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

Census market value of land and buildings in Westchester County was $11,506 per acre in 2022, up 8.1 percent from 2017, or 1.6 percent a year. July nights have warmed. The 1991-2020 normal average low was 64.5 F; 2017-2026 averages 66.9 F. The trend since 1976 runs 1.05 F per decade, warming, and the 2010s was the first decade the July average low reached 66 F. Drought has touched the county in short stretches: 76 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 saw severe drought or worse, with 2002 the worst year at 22 weeks, and 23 such weeks fell in 2021-2025. Solar operating capacity stands at 22.4 MW; wind operating is 0 MW.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$11,506/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NY median $3,819
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
11%
2022 census, rented from others
NY median 28%

Cash rent

Cash rent— county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$11,506/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$16,102/ac
Census 2017$10,646/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+8.1%+1.6% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

Crop insurance record

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250229

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–202576 of 1,357 weeks6% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200222 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202523 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202666.9 °F1991–2020 normal 64.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+1.05 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.7 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202212%
Drained by tile, 20228% of cropland149 ac
Farmed no-till, 20227% of cropland119 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland95 ac

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 202522.4 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022285+34.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202211%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyLand value
Westchester County$11,506
Fairfield County, CT$11,310
Bergen County, NJ$188,137
Bronx County—
Putnam County$11,485
Rockland County$13,052
Median next door$12,269

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Westchester County, New York. 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-york/westchester-county
Every 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.