Knox County, Ohio
Knox County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $149 an acre (2025); land and buildings $7,956 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 165.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39083. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Knox County runs $149 per acre in 2025, up 39.3 percent from 2014. Land value carries at $7,956 per acre in the 2022 census, up 31.6 percent from 2017, 5.6 percent a year. Corn yield trend is 2.7 bushels per acre a year on 2008-2025, with a median of 165.1 bushels per acre and a worst year of 128 in 2008. Crop insurance losses lean toward excess moisture and flood, at 36 percent of $35.2 million paid out over 1989-2025. No irrigation, solar, or wind capacity is in place in this county.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
OH median $7,956 · 44th lowest of 87
OH median 169.9 · 26th lowest of 69
OH median $4.69 · 8th lowest of 83
OH median 37% · 38th lowest of 87
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knox County | $149 2025 | $7,956 | 165.1 | $2.36 |
| Ashland County | $129 | $7,886 | — | $4.63 |
| Coshocton County | $95 | $6,755 | 159.4 | $5.37 |
| Delaware County | $190 | $9,771 | 173.1 | $3.89 |
| Holmes County | $127 | $9,808 | 151.4 | $4.69 |
| Licking County | $155 | $8,946 | — | $3.20 |
| Morrow County | $193 | $8,161 | — | $4.05 |
| Richland County | $165 | $8,823 | 165.2 | $4.06 |
| Median next door | $155 | $8,823 | 162.3 | $4.06 |
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. Knox 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/knox-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.