Lucas County, Ohio
Lucas County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $175 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,863 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 177.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39095. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lucas County is $175 per acre for 2026, up 26.8 percent from 2016. Census land value in 2022 was $8,863 per acre, with land value change 2017-2022 at 7.1 percent, 1.4 percent a year. The 2022 rent-to-value figure sits at 1.94 percent. Crop insurance data show excess moisture and flood as the largest cause of indemnities across 1989-2025, at 51 percent, with a loss ratio of 0.58 over those closed crop years. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved from 32 percent in 1989-1999, to 27 percent in 2000-2009, to 7 percent in 2010-2019, to 36 percent in 2020-2025. Weeks in severe drought or worse, 2021-2025, totaled 25, out of 28 for the full 2000-2025 span.
OH median $168 · 35th highest of 76
too few 2009 county surveys in the state to compare
OH median $7,956 · 27th highest of 87
OH median 169.9 · 12th highest of 69
OH median $4.69 · 36th highest of 83
OH median 37% · 2nd highest 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas County | $175 | — | $8,863 | 177.1 | $4.94 |
| Lenawee County, MI | $165 | — | $5,766 | 169.0 | $4.99 |
| Monroe County, MI | $172 | $220 2023 | $6,275 | 168.1 | $5.35 |
| Fulton County | $226 | — | $7,946 | 178.9 | $3.85 |
| Henry County | $200 2025 | — | $7,859 | 179.2 | $3.79 |
| Ottawa County | $183 | — | $7,882 | 160.9 | $8.13 |
| Wood County | $208 | — | $8,146 | 172.1 | $5.89 |
| Median next door | $183 | — | $7,871 | 170.6 | $5.17 |
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. Lucas 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/lucas-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.