El Paso County, Texas
El Paso County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $60 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,912 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48141. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cropland here rents for $60 per acre, irrigated for $140 per acre. That gap reflects water, not soil. Irrigation drives this county: 73 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and irrigation failure accounts for 64 percent of all crop insurance indemnities since closed crop years began in 1992, totaling $53.7 million of the $84.1 million paid out. Heat and drought's share of indemnities was 0 percent in 1989-1999, 4 percent in 2000-2009, 3 percent in 2010-2019, and 17 percent in 2020-2025. July nights have warmed from a 1991-2020 normal of 69.4 F to 71 F over 2017-2026, a trend of 0.92 F per decade.
TX median $27 · tied for 7th highest of 189
TX median $99 · 11th highest of 43
TX median $29.48 · 12th lowest of 174
TX median 39% · 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 1992. 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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Paso County | $60 | $140 | $2,912 | $11.35 |
| Doña Ana County, NM | — | $296 | $2,316 | $7.01 |
| Otero County, NM | — | — | $754 | $8.11 |
| Hudspeth County | — | $106 2025 | $1,068 | $49.32 |
| Median next door | — | $296 1 co. | $1,068 | $8.11 |
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. El Paso 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/el-paso-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.