Greenwood County, South Carolina
Greenwood County, SC: non-irrigated cash rent $15 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,514 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 45047. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Greenwood County averages $15 per acre in 2026, down 16.7 percent from 2016. Land value in the 2022 Census stood at $3,514 per acre, up 2.9 percent from 2017, or 0.6 percent a year. July nights have warmed: the 2017-2026 average low is 70.9 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 69.9 F, part of a warming trend of 0.29 F per decade since 1976, with 46 Julys at or above 70 F since 1900. Drought pressure has eased in recent years: only 2 weeks of severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 264 of 1357 weeks countywide from 2000-2025. Solar capacity operating stands at 7.5 MW; no wind is operating or proposed.
SC median $40 · tied for lowest of 38
SC median $3,802 · 18th lowest of 46
SC median 21% · 14th 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 1995. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.
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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood County | $15 | $3,514 | — |
| Abbeville County | $21 | $4,079 | — |
| Edgefield County | $26 2025 | $4,696 | $33.09 |
| Laurens County | $20 | $4,583 | — |
| McCormick County | — | $3,216 | — |
| Newberry County | $35 2025 | $3,891 | $10.91 |
| Saluda County | $33 | $4,440 | $32.48 |
| Median next door | $21 | $4,260 | $32.48 |
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. Greenwood 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/greenwood-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.