Farmland Atlas · county record

Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Lackawanna County, PA: non-irrigated cash rent $33 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,310 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 126.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 42069. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$33/ac
2026 county average
PA median $68 · tied for 13th lowest of 60
Land and buildings
$7,310/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
PA median $7,064 · 28th highest of 63
Rent as % of land value
0.4%
$30 dry rent ÷ $7,310 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2010–2024 median
126.2 bu/ac
8 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
35%
2022 census, rented from others
PA median 30% · 19th highest of 63

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$402010201520202025$22$33 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2026$33/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+20.4%nominal, $27 to $33

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,310/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,894/ac
Census 2017$5,301/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+37.9%+6.6% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20220.4%$30 ÷ $7,310; cropland 63% of land in farms

Corn yield

20102012201420162018202020222024128.8129.6165.6113.6102.9113.2123.6146.0median 126.2

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2010–2024126.2 bu/ac8 published years
Lowest published year2019: 102.9 bu/ac82% of median

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.

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.62$1.0 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 47% · excess moisture 40% · other 12%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–20250 of 1,357 weeks0% of weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202660.6 °F1991–2020 normal 58.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.85 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 113% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20223%
Drained by tile, 20227% of cropland1,619 ac
Farmed no-till, 202211% of cropland2,555 ac
Cover crops, 20228% of cropland1,833 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202131709152

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 2025152 ac0.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202824 ac16% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$97/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20251.1 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20222,752−28.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202235%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Lackawanna County$33$7,310——
Luzerne County$66$5,786123.8$10.64
Monroe County$48$10,086—$16.09
Susquehanna County$18$5,274——
Wayne County$15$6,354——
Wyoming County$33$5,125——
Median next door$33$5,786123.8 1 co.$13.37 2 co.

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. Lackawanna 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/lackawanna-county
Every 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.