Lake County, Ohio
Lake County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $116 an acre (2025); land and buildings $9,645 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.18 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39085. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lake County runs $116 per acre, against a census land value of $9,645 per acre. July nights average 64.7 F for 2017-2026, up from 63.1 F in the 1991-2020 normal, and the long trend since 1976 runs 0.67 F per decade, warming. Drought has been rare here: 7 weeks of severe drought or worse out of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, none from 2021-2025. No solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
OH median $7,956 · 15th highest of 87
OH median 37% · 32nd 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County | $116 2025 | $211 2023 | $9,645 | — | — |
| Ashtabula County | $53 | — | $5,435 | 160.1 | $5.64 |
| Cuyahoga County | — | — | $32,555 | — | — |
| Geauga County | $66 | — | $9,272 | 145.3 | $7.90 |
| Median next door | $59 2 co. | — | $9,272 | 152.7 2 co. | $6.77 2 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. Lake 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/lake-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.