Austin County, Texas
Austin County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $38 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,189 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 91.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48015. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Austin County runs $38 per acre, up 65.2 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value carries $6,189 per acre, with the census showing a 58.4 percent change from 2017 to 2022, 9.6 percent a year. Corn yield trend is 1.6 bushels per acre a year over 2010-2025, with a median of 91.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 19.5 in 2011. July nights average 75.3 F over 2017-2026 against a 73.8 F normal, and the long trend since 1976 runs 0.72 F per decade, warming. Heat and drought made up 47 percent of indemnities across 1990-2025, and drought weeks ran 238 of 1357 since 2000, with 53 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025.
TX median $27 · 41st highest of 189
TX median $2,782 · 17th highest of 246
TX median $29.48 · 41st lowest of 174
TX median 39% · 99th lowest of 251
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
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin County | $38 | — | $6,189 | — | $16.61 |
| Colorado County | $57 | $106 | $4,396 | 102.2 | $22.74 |
| Fayette County | $26 | — | $5,481 | 86.1 | $8.91 |
| Fort Bend County | $42 | $98 2023 | $4,398 | 105.2 | $13.28 |
| Waller County | $45 | $65 2024 | $5,777 | — | $14.29 |
| Washington County | $29 | — | $4,646 | — | $29.66 |
| Wharton County | $63 | $105 | $4,064 | 113.8 | $15.83 |
| Median next door | $43 | $106 2 co. | $4,522 | 103.7 | $15.06 |
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. Austin County, Texas. 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/texas/austin-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.