Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Dauphin County, PA: non-irrigated cash rent $88 an acre (2026); land and buildings $10,895 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 130.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 42043. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Land value in 2022 is $10,895 per acre, up 23.9 percent from 2017, 4.4 percent a year. Rent equals 0.64 percent of land value. July nights average 65.8 F over 2017-2026, up from a 1991-2020 normal of 63.9 F, and the county saw 0 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025.
PA median $68 · 21st highest of 60
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
PA median $7,064 · 9th highest of 63
PA median 135.7 · 16th lowest of 45
PA median $8.42 · 6th lowest of 52
PA median 30% · 5th highest 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dauphin County | $88 | $70 2024 | $10,895 | 130.9 | $4.60 |
| Cumberland County | $132 | — | $10,509 | 143.8 | $9.77 |
| Lancaster County | $289 | $523 | $21,633 | 179.8 | $2.98 |
| Lebanon County | $206 | — | $16,709 | 173.0 | $3.28 |
| Northumberland County | $111 | — | $8,292 | 140.4 | $8.33 |
| Perry County | $94 | — | $8,722 | 125.9 | $8.26 |
| Schuylkill County | $82 | — | $8,075 | 128.7 | $7.98 |
| York County | $166 | $324 2024 | $9,224 | 156.1 | $3.52 |
| Median next door | $132 | $523 1 co. | $9,224 | 143.8 | $7.98 |
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. Dauphin 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/dauphin-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.