Multnomah County, Oregon
Multnomah County, OR: non-irrigated cash rent $164 an acre (2025); land and buildings $27,472 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 41051. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Multnomah County averages $164 per acre in 2025, up 12.3 percent from 2014. Irrigated cash rent runs $274 per acre in 2026, and the irrigated multiple over non-irrigated rent stood at 1.62 in 2025 versus 2.19 in 2013, with no clear direction over that span. Census value of land and buildings reached $27,472 per acre in 2022, up 31.6 percent from 2017, or 5.6 percent a year. July nights have warmed 0.65 F per decade since 1976, and the 2017-2026 average low of 55.2 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 54.2 F. Crop insurance losses over 1995-2025 stayed low, with a loss ratio of 0.34 and excess moisture and flood as the largest cause at 67 percent.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
OR median $210 · 7th highest of 23
OR median $4,773 · 2nd highest of 36
OR median 28% · 18th lowest of 36
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 1995. 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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multnomah County | $164 2025 | $274 | $27,472 | — |
| Clackamas County | $148 | $358 | $29,522 | $0.80 |
| Columbia County | $100 | — | $10,651 | — |
| Hood River County | — | $759 | $19,141 | $2.49 |
| Washington County | $135 | $251 | $22,445 | $2.70 |
| Clark County, WA | $90 | $418 | $18,755 | — |
| Skamania County, WA | — | — | $15,564 | — |
| Median next door | $117 | $388 | $18,948 | $2.49 |
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. Multnomah County, Oregon. 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/oregon/multnomah-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.