Onslow County, North Carolina
Onslow County, NC: non-irrigated cash rent $109 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,189 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 105.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37133. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Onslow County averages $109 per acre in 2026, up 38 percent since 2014. Corn yields show a rising trend of 1.1 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2024, with a median of 105 bushels per acre and a low of 42.1 in 2011. Crop insurance has paid $88.0 million over 1989-2025, driven mostly by excess moisture and flood at 36 percent, with heat and drought shares by period at 9 percent, 30 percent, 29 percent, and 20 percent. Severe drought or worse covered the county in 71 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 20 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025.
NC median $80 · 24th highest of 85
NC median $5,711 · 39th highest of 92
NC median 114.8 · 11th lowest of 49
NC median $14.91 · 3rd highest of 78
NC median 35% · 41st 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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onslow County | $109 | — | $6,189 | 105.0 | $34.47 |
| Carteret County | $88 | — | $2,231 | — | $12.22 |
| Duplin County | $89 | $131 | $5,713 | 112.5 | $13.47 |
| Jones County | $91 2025 | — | $3,602 | — | $26.43 |
| Pender County | $93 | — | $5,274 | — | $15.12 |
| Median next door | $89 | $131 1 co. | $4,438 | 112.5 1 co. | $14.30 |
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. Onslow 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/onslow-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.