McCormick County, South Carolina
McCormick County, SC: non-irrigated cash rent $15 an acre (2021); land and buildings $3,216 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 45065. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in 2021 averaged $15 per acre. Census value of land and buildings in 2022 was $3,216 per acre, up 60.5 percent from 2017, or 9.9 percent a year. No cropland here was irrigated as of the 2022 census. July nightly lows have averaged 71.4 F over 2017-2026, against a 70.2 F normal for 1991-2020, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.4 F per decade, warming. Drought weeks ran high in 2000-2025, with 282 of 1357 weeks at severe drought or worse and 2008 the worst year at 50 weeks, but only 3 weeks reached that mark in 2021-2025.
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
SC median $3,802 · 10th lowest of 46
SC median 21% · 4th lowest of 46
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 | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCormick County | — | $3,216 | — |
| Columbia County, GA | $26 2025 | $6,571 | — |
| Elbert County, GA | $37 | $4,492 | — |
| Lincoln County, GA | $23 | $3,791 | — |
| Abbeville County | $21 | $4,079 | — |
| Edgefield County | $26 2025 | $4,696 | $33.09 |
| Greenwood County | $15 | $3,514 | — |
| Median next door | $22 | $4,286 | $33.09 1 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. McCormick 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/mccormick-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.