Dallas County, Texas
Dallas County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $20 an acre (2023); land and buildings $8,455 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48113. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Dallas County averages $20 per acre in 2023, up 5.4 percent from 2013. Land value under the census stands at $8,455 per acre, up 4.4 percent from 2017 to 2022. Crop insurance shows a loss ratio of 1.11 across 1989-2025, rising to 1.46 over 2016-2025, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause of indemnities at 54 percent. The July average nightly low has moved from 74.6 F (1991-2020 normal) to 75.9 F (2017-2026), part of a warming trend of 0.53 F per decade since 1976. Drought held at least 50 percent of the county at severe level or worse for 230 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 29 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025.
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
TX median $2,782 · 6th highest of 246
TX median $29.48 · 86th lowest of 174
TX median 39% · 40th highest 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas County | $20 2023 | $8,455 | — | $29.20 |
| Collin County | $32 | $13,066 | 68.7 | $29.41 |
| Denton County | $22 | $12,287 | — | $29.08 |
| Ellis County | $27 | $5,374 | 77.6 | $21.77 |
| Kaufman County | $26 | $5,522 | — | $41.42 |
| Rockwall County | $26 2025 | $7,370 | — | $26.12 |
| Tarrant County | $29 | $6,750 | — | — |
| Median next door | $27 | $7,060 | 73.2 2 co. | $29.08 |
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. Dallas 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/dallas-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.