Farmland Atlas · county record

Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Cuyahoga County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $66 an acre (2022); land and buildings $32,555 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39035. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cuyahoga County had 1,564 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

Land value rose 99.6 percent from 2017-2022, or 14.8 percent a year. Drought has been a minor factor here: 1 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 saw severe drought or worse, none of it in 2021-2025, and heat and drought made up 0 percent of indemnities in 2010-2019. Crop insurance indemnities from 1990-2025 total $260,478, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 69 percent. July nights have warmed from a 63.7 F normal to 65.1 F for 2017-2026, a trend of 0.55 F per decade.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$66/ac
2022 county average
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$32,555/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OH median $7,956
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 40% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
19%
2022 census, rented from others
OH median 37%

Cash rent

Non-irrigated, 2022$66/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$32,555/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$17,113/ac
Census 2017$16,314/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+99.6%+14.8% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 40% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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.

Largest causes of loss, 1990–2025excess moisture 69% · heat and drought 17% · other 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025010

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, 2000–20251 of 1,357 weeks0% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20011 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.1 °F1991–2020 normal 63.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.55 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September22.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 202237% of cropland231 ac
Farmed no-till, 20228% of cropland47 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Irrigation wells on record44Ohio DNR water well logs
Median well depth140 ft
Solar and wind operating, 20254.7 MW solar · 3.5 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202218
Farmland rented from others, 202219%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Cuyahoga County——$32,555——
Geauga County$66—$9,272145.3$7.90
Lake County$116 2025$211 2023$9,645——
Lorain County$137—$8,788—$5.52
Medina County$100—$9,400155.9$5.97
Summit County$80—$21,036—$7.40
Median next door$90—$9,400150.6 2 co.$6.69

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. Cuyahoga County, Ohio. 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/ohio/cuyahoga-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.