Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Delaware County, PA: land and buildings $29,314 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 42045. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Delaware County had 858 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
Land value here runs $29,314 per acre, the operators' own estimate, and it moved 103.6 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 15.3 percent a year. July nights average 69.3 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 67.5 F. The trend since 1976 runs 0.94 F per decade, warming, and the July average low first reached 66 F in the 1980s. Drought weeks were higher in 2021-2025, with 23 weeks, than the 2000-2025 total of 58 suggests on its own. Crop insurance paid $203,747 across 2001-2025, closed crop years, with heat and drought the largest cause at 40 percent. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
PA median $7,064
PA median 30%
Cash rent
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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware County | — | — | $29,314 | — | — |
| New Castle County, DE | $102 | $225 2025 | $11,212 | 159.8 | $2.35 |
| Gloucester County, NJ | $108 | $112 | $14,091 | — | $9.29 |
| Chester County | $199 | $269 | $13,004 | 172.8 | $1.89 |
| Montgomery County | $69 | — | $21,260 | — | $8.29 |
| Philadelphia County | — | — | $77,080 | — | — |
| Median next door | $105 | $191 2 co. | $14,091 | 166.3 2 co. | $5.32 |
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. Delaware 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/delaware-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.