Greenville County, South Carolina
Greenville County, SC: non-irrigated cash rent $28 an acre (2026); land and buildings $12,103 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 45045. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Greenville County averages $28 per acre in 2026, up 19.1 percent from 2016. Census land and buildings value stands at $12,103 per acre, up 31.7 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 5.7 percent a year. The July average nightly low has moved from 68.5 F over 1991-2020 to 69.4 F over 2017-2026, part of a warming trend of 0.35 F per decade since 1976. Drought has eased in the recent stretch: 9 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 251 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2008 the worst year at 53 weeks. Freeze and frost, not heat, drives most crop insurance losses here, at 73 percent of indemnities paid from 1989-2025.
SC median $40 · 9th lowest of 38
too few 2013 county surveys in the state to compare
SC median $3,802 · highest of 46
SC median $15.63 · 16th highest of 37
SC median 21% · 8th lowest of 46
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
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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville County | $28 | — | $12,103 | $16.39 |
| Henderson County, NC | $117 | $190 | $11,065 | $55.53 |
| Polk County, NC | $33 | — | $7,577 | $57.98 |
| Transylvania County, NC | $100 | — | $9,429 | — |
| Anderson County | $24 | — | $7,011 | $26.42 |
| Laurens County | $20 | — | $4,583 | — |
| Pickens County | $29 | — | $9,117 | — |
| Spartanburg County | $27 | — | $9,453 | $20.59 |
| Median next door | $29 | $190 1 co. | $9,117 | $40.98 |
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. Greenville County, South Carolina. 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/south-carolina/greenville-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.