Salt Lake County, Utah
Salt Lake County, UT: non-irrigated cash rent $41 an acre (2023); land and buildings $13,993 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 49035. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Salt Lake County is $41 per acre in 2023, up 148.5 percent from 2013. Irrigated cash rent in 2026 is $121 per acre. Land value stands at $13,993 per acre, up 44.5 percent from 2017 to 2022, 7.6 percent a year. Sixty-seven percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, with only 3 percent of irrigation water from groundwater in 2015. July nightly lows average 63.2 F for 2017-2026 against a 60.8 F normal for 1991-2020, and the trend since 1976 runs 1 F per decade, warming. Severe drought or worse covered at least 50 percent of the county in 356 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 117 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025.
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
UT median $107 · 8th highest of 24
UT median $3,900 · 4th highest of 28
UT median 22% · highest of 29
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 1995. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake County | $41 2023 | $121 | $13,993 | — |
| Davis County | — | $153 | $14,480 | — |
| Morgan County | $28 | $96 | $2,791 | — |
| Summit County | $31 2025 | $91 | $4,336 | — |
| Tooele County | $27 2025 | $103 | $3,447 | — |
| Utah County | $33 | $122 | $15,104 | $23.62 |
| Wasatch County | — | $111 | $8,960 | — |
| Median next door | $30 2 co. | $107 | $6,648 | $23.62 1 co. |
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. Salt Lake County, Utah. 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/utah/salt-lake-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.