Windham County, Vermont
Windham County, VT: non-irrigated cash rent $84 an acre (2024); land and buildings $5,142 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 50025. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Windham County averaged $84 per acre in 2024, down 26.1 percent from 2014. July nights average 57.6 F over 2017-2026, up from a 1991-2020 normal of 55.7 F, and the long-term trend is 0.84 F per decade, warming. Freeze and frost caused 56 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 2000-2025, while heat and drought accounted for 0 percent of indemnities in 2000-2009, 0 percent in 2010-2019, and 20 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio for 2016-2025 was 0.81, above the 1995-2025 ratio of 0.63. Census land value stood at $5,142 per acre in 2022, up 2.6 percent from 2017.
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
VT median $3,906 · 3rd highest of 13
VT median $10.76 · 2nd highest of 8
VT median 18% · 2nd lowest of 14
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windham County | $84 2024 | — | $5,142 | $12.32 |
| Franklin County, MA | $141 | $331 | $8,637 | $20.68 |
| Cheshire County, NH | $71 | — | $7,375 | — |
| Sullivan County, NH | $80 2025 | — | $5,219 | — |
| Bennington County | $60 | — | $4,177 | $22.93 |
| Windsor County | $40 | — | $4,863 | — |
| Median next door | $65 | $331 1 co. | $5,219 | $21.81 2 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. Windham County, Vermont. 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/vermont/windham-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.