Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Isle of Wight County, VA: non-irrigated cash rent $105 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,877 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 135.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51093. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent here runs $105 per acre, up 52.2 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land carries a census value of $3,877 per acre, up 4.4 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yields trend up 5.1 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2023, with a median of 135.6 bushels per acre and a worst year of 30 in 2010. Heat and drought account for 60 percent of crop insurance indemnities since 1989, though that share has fallen across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, and 2010-2019, then risen in 2020-2025. Drought weeks in severe drought or worse dropped to 0 for 2021-2025, down from 67 of 1357 weeks since 2000. Solar operating capacity stands at 301 MW, with 258.4 MW more proposed to EIA.
VA median $47 · tied for 4th highest of 84
VA median $4,596 · 25th lowest of 86
VA median $8.45 · 12th lowest of 67
VA median 33% · 10th highest of 90
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Wight County | $105 | $3,877 | — | $4.26 |
| Franklin City | — | — | — | — |
| Southampton County | $100 | $3,618 | — | $3.24 |
| Suffolk City | $103 | $4,816 | 128.7 | $3.89 |
| Surry County | $80 | $2,949 | 143.7 | $3.53 |
| Median next door | $100 | $3,618 | 136.2 2 co. | $3.53 |
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. Isle of Wight County, Virginia. 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/virginia/isle-of-wight-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.