Henderson County, North Carolina
Henderson County, NC: non-irrigated cash rent $117 an acre (2026); land and buildings $11,065 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 156.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37089. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Henderson County is $117 per acre in 2026, up 33 percent from 2016. Irrigated land rents at $190 per acre. Land value in the 2022 census sits at $11,065 per acre, up 42.7 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 7.4 percent a year. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $223.2 million, with freeze and frost the largest cause at 55 percent; heat and drought stayed a small share across each decade shown, from 4 percent in 1989-1999 to 1 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks in severe drought or worse ran 210 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with only 8 weeks in 2021-2025. Solar operating capacity is 7 MW; no wind is operating or proposed.
NC median $80 · 17th highest of 85
NC median $120 · highest of 8
NC median $5,711 · 3rd highest of 92
NC median $14.91 · 2nd highest of 78
NC median 35% · 45th highest 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
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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson County | $117 | $190 | $11,065 | $55.53 |
| Buncombe County | $46 | $210 2023 | $11,802 | — |
| Haywood County | $69 | $240 2024 | $8,046 | $13.88 |
| Polk County | $33 | — | $7,577 | $57.98 |
| Rutherford County | $44 | — | $7,087 | $18.76 |
| Transylvania County | $100 | — | $9,429 | — |
| Greenville County, SC | $28 | — | $12,103 | $16.39 |
| Median next door | $45 | — | $8,738 | $17.58 |
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. Henderson 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/henderson-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.