Farmland Atlas · county record

Tyler County, Texas

Tyler County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $22 an acre (2024); land and buildings $4,622 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48457. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Tyler County runs $22 per acre in 2024, up 65.4 percent from 2013. The census value of land and buildings in 2022 stood at $4,622 per acre, up 35.5 percent from 2017, or 6.3 percent a year. Irrigation covers 2 percent of harvested cropland. July nights average 72.8 F for 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 71.9 F, with warming of 0.41 F per decade since 1976. The county held 26 weeks of severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 118 of 1357 weeks (8.7 percent) since 2000. No solar or wind operates here now; 140 MW solar is proposed.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$22/ac
2024 county average
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$4,622/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TX median $2,782 · 49th highest of 246
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: cropland is 17% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
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fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
16%
2022 census, rented from others
TX median 39% · 9th lowest of 251

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30201420162018202020222024$13$22 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2024$22/ac
Change 2013 to 2024+65.4%nominal, $13 to $22
Pasture, 2026$14/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,622/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,924/ac
Census 2017$3,412/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+35.5%+6.3% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 17% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202518520

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–2025118 of 1,357 weeks9% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201152 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202526 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.8 °F1991–2020 normal 71.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.41 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September28.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 123% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.2 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20222%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20225% of cropland576 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland425 ac

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 20228,766−37.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202216%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand value
Tyler County$22 2024$4,622
Angelina County$11 2024$4,498
Hardin County$17$5,546
Jasper County$16$4,922
Polk County$16$4,083
Median next door$16$4,710

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. Tyler 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/tyler-county
Every 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.