Victoria County, Texas
Victoria County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $36 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,797 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 95.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48469. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Victoria County sits at $36 per acre for 2026, unchanged from 2016. Land value carries a different story: $3,797 per acre in 2022, up 30 percent from 2017, a rate of 5.4 percent a year. Corn yields trend up 2.2 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 95.9 bushels per acre and a low of 55 in 2009. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities has moved 63 percent, 50 percent, 35 percent, 44 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. July nights average 75.6 F over 2017-2026 against a 74.4 F normal for 1991-2020, and the county logged 56 weeks of severe drought or worse from 2021-2025.
TX median $27 · 47th highest of 189
TX median $2,782 · 84th highest of 246
TX median 90.7 · 15th highest of 34
TX median $29.48 · 11th lowest of 174
TX median 39% · 18th 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
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria County | $36 | $3,797 | 95.9 | $11.26 |
| Calhoun County | $52 | $3,345 | 88.5 | $17.17 |
| DeWitt County | $23 | $3,823 | 80.8 | $9.42 |
| Goliad County | $29 | $3,741 | — | $20.12 |
| Jackson County | $56 | $4,107 | 104.5 | $13.64 |
| Lavaca County | $28 | $4,783 | — | $8.24 |
| Refugio County | $49 | $2,528 | — | $15.49 |
| Median next door | $39 | $3,782 | 88.5 | $14.57 |
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. Victoria 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/victoria-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.