Sandusky County, Ohio
Sandusky County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $201 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,839 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 170.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39143. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Sandusky County averages $201 per acre in 2026, up 32.2 percent from 2016. Land carries a census value of $7,839 per acre in 2022, after rising 32.3 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yield trend runs 2.6 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 170.4 bushels per acre and a worst year of 132 in 2008. Excess moisture and flood account for 50 percent of the $52.6 million in crop insurance indemnities paid from 1989-2025, closed crop years, while heat and drought shares moved from 45 percent in 1989-1999 to 43 percent in 2000-2009, down to 10 percent in 2010-2019, then up to 39 percent in 2020-2025. No cropland in the county was irrigated as of the 2022 census.
OH median $168 · 23rd highest of 76
OH median $7,956 · 38th lowest of 87
OH median 169.9 · 33rd highest of 69
OH median $4.69 · 16th lowest of 83
OH median 37% · 41st 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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandusky County | $201 | $7,839 | 170.4 | $3.12 |
| Erie County | $191 | $9,030 | 174.8 | $3.69 |
| Huron County | $187 | $7,432 | 164.3 | $4.31 |
| Ottawa County | $183 | $7,882 | 160.9 | $8.13 |
| Seneca County | $178 | $7,606 | 166.4 | $4.43 |
| Wood County | $208 | $8,146 | 172.1 | $5.89 |
| Median next door | $187 | $7,882 | 166.4 | $4.43 |
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. Sandusky 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/sandusky-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.