Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County, PA: land and buildings $77,080 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 42101. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Philadelphia County had 326 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
Land value here runs $77,080 per acre, and the Census recorded a change of 31.3 percent from 2017-2022, 5.6 percent a year. July nights average 69.6 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 67.7 F. The July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 1 F per decade, warming, and the July average low first reached 66 F in the 1980s. Drought has touched this county in 51 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2002 the worst year at 34 weeks; 2021-2025 saw 16 such weeks.
PA median $7,064
PA median 30%
Cash rent
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia County | — | — | $77,080 | — | — |
| Burlington County, NJ | $79 | $160 | $12,875 | — | $8.16 |
| Camden County, NJ | — | $84 2024 | $18,360 | — | $9.77 |
| Gloucester County, NJ | $108 | $112 | $14,091 | — | $9.29 |
| Bucks County | $45 | $195 2024 | $15,277 | 113.3 | $6.11 |
| Delaware County | — | — | $29,314 | — | — |
| Montgomery County | $69 | — | $21,260 | — | $8.29 |
| Median next door | $74 | $136 2 co. | $16,819 | 113.3 1 co. | $8.29 |
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. Philadelphia 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/philadelphia-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.