Jeff Davis County, Texas
Jeff Davis County, TX: land and buildings $1,101 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48243. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Land value in Jeff Davis County ran $1,101 per acre in 2022, up 60.3 percent from 2017, or 9.9 percent a year. Drought has been a steady presence: 442 of 1357 weeks since 2000 saw severe drought or worse, with 2024 the worst year at 53 weeks, and 160 such weeks came in 2021-2025 alone. July nightly lows have moved from a 64.2 F normal to 65.4 F now, part of a 0.67 F per decade warming trend since 1976. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
TX median $2,782 · 8th lowest of 246
TX median 39% · 77th lowest of 251
Cash rent
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.
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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Davis County | — | $1,101 | — |
| Brewster County | — | $1,376 | — |
| Culberson County | — | $1,192 | $24.74 |
| Hudspeth County | $106 2025 | $1,068 | $49.32 |
| Pecos County | — | $1,178 | $12.39 |
| Presidio County | — | $1,070 | — |
| Reeves County | $150 2023 | $1,309 | $14.08 |
| Median next door | — | $1,185 | $19.41 |
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. Jeff Davis 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/jeff-davis-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.