York County, South Carolina
York County, SC: non-irrigated cash rent $34 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,629 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.83 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 45091. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in York County runs $34 per acre in 2026, up 52.3 percent from 2016. Land value in the 2022 census stands at $8,629 per acre, with a 23.6 percent change from 2017 to 2022, or 4.3 percent a year. The July average nightly low is 69.2 F for 2017-2026 against a 68.7 F normal for 1991-2020, and the warming trend since 1976 runs 0.39 F per decade. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities has moved from 48 percent in 1989-1999, to 47 percent in 2000-2009, to 23 percent in 2010-2019, to 13 percent in 2020-2025.
SC median $40 · tied for 15th lowest of 38
SC median $3,802 · 5th highest of 46
SC median $15.63 · 13th highest of 37
SC median 21% · 21st 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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| York County | $34 | $8,629 | — | $20.35 |
| Cleveland County, NC | $43 | $6,086 | 102.3 | $11.40 |
| Gaston County, NC | $35 | $8,015 | — | $7.29 |
| Mecklenburg County, NC | — | $27,096 | — | — |
| Cherokee County | $29 | $3,913 | — | $9.56 |
| Chester County | $22 | $3,702 | — | $19.92 |
| Lancaster County | $34 | $5,224 | — | $17.02 |
| Union County | $15 | $3,814 | — | — |
| Median next door | $31 | $5,224 | 102.3 1 co. | $11.40 |
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. York 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/york-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.