Henderson County, Texas
Henderson County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $37 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,699 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48213. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Henderson County averages $37 per acre in 2026, up 146.7 percent from 2016. Census land and buildings value stood at $4,699 per acre in 2022, up 47.4 percent from 2017, or 8.1 percent a year. The July nightly low has moved from a 72.8 F normal to 73.6 F over 2017-2026, part of a warming trend of 0.48 F per decade since 1976. Drought weeks were 182 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 2011 the worst year at 52 weeks; 23 weeks fell in that category from 2021-2025. Heat and drought's share of indemnities rose from 14 percent in 1989-1999 to 29 percent in 2000-2009 to 47 percent in 2010-2019, then fell to 31 percent in 2020-2025.
TX median $27 · tied for 42nd highest of 189
TX median $2,782 · 47th highest of 246
TX median 39% · 98th 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson County | $37 | $4,699 | — | — |
| Anderson County | $29 | $3,818 | — | $51.29 |
| Cherokee County | $18 | $4,007 | — | — |
| Ellis County | $27 | $5,374 | 77.6 | $21.77 |
| Freestone County | $25 | $4,299 | — | — |
| Kaufman County | $26 | $5,522 | — | $41.42 |
| Navarro County | $37 | $3,770 | 91.6 | $27.00 |
| Smith County | $22 | $7,161 | — | — |
| Van Zandt County | $22 | $4,736 | — | — |
| Median next door | $26 | $4,518 | 84.6 2 co. | $34.21 |
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. Henderson 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/henderson-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.