Tazewell County, Virginia
Tazewell County, VA: non-irrigated cash rent $40 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,488 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51185. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Tazewell County averages $40 per acre for 2026, up 6.7 percent from 2016. Census land and buildings value for 2022 stands at $3,488 per acre, with land value change of 27.5 percent from 2017 to 2022, 5 percent a year. The July average nightly low has moved from 59.5 F (1991-2020 normal) to 60.5 F (2017-2026), with a warming trend of 0.44 F per decade since 1976. Drought pressure has eased in recent years: 2 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 58 weeks total from 2000-2025, with 2007 the worst year at 23 weeks. Crop insurance indemnities from 1995-2023 total $177,931, with heat and drought the largest cause at 46 percent.
VA median $47 · tied for 28th lowest of 84
VA median $4,596 · 15th lowest of 86
VA median 33% · 45th lowest 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
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tazewell County | $40 | $3,488 |
| Bland County | $47 | $2,949 |
| Buchanan County | — | $4,490 |
| Russell County | $37 | $3,381 |
| Smyth County | $66 | $3,971 |
| McDowell County, WV | — | $4,027 |
| Mercer County, WV | $47 | $2,733 |
| Median next door | $47 | $3,676 |
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. Tazewell 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/tazewell-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.