Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Monroe County, PA: non-irrigated cash rent $48 an acre (2026); land and buildings $10,086 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 124.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 42089. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Monroe County averages $48 per acre in 2026, against a census land value of $10,086 per acre in 2022. Corn yield has a median of 124.1 bushels per acre over 2008-2025, with a worst year of 102.4 in 2011. July nightly lows average 60.7 F over 2017-2026, up from a 1991-2020 normal of 59 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.92 F per decade, warming. Heat and drought caused 48 percent of crop insurance indemnities across 1989-2025, and that share moved from 53 percent in 2000-2009, to 29 percent in 2010-2019, to 56 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks were rare, at 33 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, worst year 2002 with 10 weeks.
PA median $68 · tied for 21st lowest of 60
PA median $7,064 · 11th highest of 63
PA median $8.42 · 8th highest of 52
PA median 30% · 2nd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe County | $48 | $10,086 | — | $16.09 |
| Warren County, NJ | $129 | $13,941 | — | $6.53 |
| Carbon County | $60 | $8,381 | — | $24.77 |
| Lackawanna County | $33 | $7,310 | — | — |
| Luzerne County | $66 | $5,786 | 123.8 | $10.64 |
| Northampton County | $90 | $11,794 | 148.3 | $10.19 |
| Pike County | — | $3,130 | — | — |
| Wayne County | $15 | $6,354 | — | — |
| Median next door | $63 | $7,310 | 136.1 2 co. | $10.42 |
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. Monroe 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/monroe-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.