Avery County, North Carolina
Avery County, NC: non-irrigated cash rent $80 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,717 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37011. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Avery County runs $80 per acre, a figure the census puts at 0.8 percent of the $8,717 per acre operators report their land and buildings are worth. July nights average 59.8 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 58.5 F, and the county has never recorded a July average low at or above 70 F since 1900. Drought has been light lately: 3 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 146 of 1357 weeks over 2000-2025, with 2008 the worst year at 45 weeks. Crop insurance losses from 1989-2014 total $538,252, led by freeze and frost at 35 percent, with heat and drought shares of 19 percent, 6 percent, and 5 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, and 2010-2019.
NC median $80 · 43rd lowest of 85
NC median $5,711 · 9th highest of 92
NC median 35% · 11th lowest of 94
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.
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 | Corn yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avery County | $80 | — | $8,717 | — |
| Burke County | $43 | $220 2023 | $6,651 | 103.5 |
| Caldwell County | $43 2024 | — | $5,873 | — |
| McDowell County | $67 | — | $7,524 | — |
| Mitchell County | $56 | — | $6,687 | — |
| Watauga County | $62 | — | $8,870 | — |
| Carter County, TN | $35 | — | $6,540 | — |
| Johnson County, TN | $30 | — | $6,031 | — |
| Median next door | $50 | — | $6,651 | 103.5 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. Avery County, North Carolina. 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/north-carolina/avery-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.