Denton County, Texas
Denton County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $22 an acre (2026); land and buildings $12,287 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48121. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Denton County runs $22 per acre, up 10 percent from 2016 to 2026. Census land and buildings value stood at $12,287 per acre in 2022, up 28.7 percent from 2017 to 2022, 5.2 percent a year. Only 2 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and July nights have warmed from a 74.3 F normal to a 75.6 F average over 2017-2026, part of a 0.57 F per decade warming trend since 1976. Crop insurance shows $32.0 million paid out over 1989-2025, closed crop years, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 47 percent.
TX median $27 · tied for 58th lowest of 189
TX median $2,782 · 3rd highest of 246
TX median $29.48 · 85th lowest of 174
TX median 39% · 71st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denton County | $22 | $12,287 | — | $29.08 |
| Collin County | $32 | $13,066 | 68.7 | $29.41 |
| Cooke County | $31 | $4,391 | — | $11.80 |
| Dallas County | $20 2023 | $8,455 | — | $29.20 |
| Grayson County | $32 | $7,774 | 72.6 | $21.85 |
| Tarrant County | $29 | $6,750 | — | — |
| Wise County | $16 | $6,259 | — | — |
| Median next door | $31 | $7,262 | 70.7 2 co. | $25.53 |
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. Denton 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/denton-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.