Knox County, Tennessee
Knox County, TN: non-irrigated cash rent $36 an acre (2026); land and buildings $12,302 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 47093. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Knox County runs $36 per acre, up 31.5 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land and buildings carry a census value of $12,302 per acre, up 25 percent from 2017 to 2022, 4.6 percent a year. Cropland here is 1 percent irrigated. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities ran 22 percent in 1989-1999, 24 percent in 2000-2009, and 2 percent in 2010-2019. Drought weeks were 112 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 39 in 2008 alone and 9 from 2021-2025. July nightly lows averaged 68.8 F from 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 67.5 F, warming 0.47 F per decade since 1976. No solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed here.
TN median $65 · 16th lowest of 87
TN median $5,131 · 2nd highest of 93
TN median 28% · 43rd highest of 94
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knox County | $36 | $12,302 | — | — |
| Anderson County | $27 | $7,843 | — | — |
| Blount County | $56 | $8,030 | 139.9 | $21.55 |
| Grainger County | $27 | $5,809 | 133.6 | — |
| Jefferson County | $58 | $6,648 | — | $18.73 |
| Loudon County | $70 | $7,931 | — | $10.76 |
| Roane County | $38 | $6,039 | — | — |
| Sevier County | $35 | $7,730 | — | — |
| Union County | $25 | $4,605 | — | — |
| Median next door | $37 | $7,189 | 136.8 2 co. | $18.73 |
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. Knox County, Tennessee. 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/tennessee/knox-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.