Centre County, Pennsylvania
Centre County, PA: non-irrigated cash rent $107 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,311 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 149.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 42027. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Centre County averages $107 per acre in 2026, up 37.2 percent from 2016. Census land value stood at $8,311 per acre in 2022, up 24 percent from 2017, 4.4 percent a year. Corn yields trend up 2 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 149.9 bushels per acre and a worst year of 92.7 in 2011. Drought has been light: 6 of 1357 weeks fell into severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, none from 2021-2025. Heat and drought drive 72 percent of the county's crop insurance indemnities since 1989, and that share reached 89 percent in 2020-2025, the highest of any period listed. July nights have warmed to a 61.4 F average low for 2017-2026, against a 59.7 F normal for 1991-2020.
PA median $68 · 14th highest of 60
too few 2017 county surveys in the state to compare
PA median $7,064 · 22nd highest of 63
PA median 135.7 · 8th highest of 45
PA median $8.42 · 9th lowest of 52
PA median 30% · 16th lowest of 63
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre County | $107 | $8,311 | 149.9 | $5.27 |
| Blair County | $175 | $6,711 | 161.1 | $8.50 |
| Clearfield County | $26 | $4,418 | — | $23.34 |
| Clinton County | $84 | $8,278 | 136.4 | $4.82 |
| Huntingdon County | $89 | $6,474 | 134.2 | $9.75 |
| Mifflin County | $132 | $7,840 | 140.3 | $4.87 |
| Union County | $106 | $12,462 | 148.5 | $7.86 |
| Median next door | $97 | $7,276 | 140.3 | $8.18 |
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. Centre County, Pennsylvania. 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/pennsylvania/centre-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.