Farmland Atlas · county record

York County, Virginia

York County, VA: land and buildings $16,424 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 51199. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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York County had 1,220 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

Land in York County is valued at $16,424 per acre, with a change of 35.8 percent, 6.3 percent a year from 2017-2022. July nightly lows average 72 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 70.5 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.7 F per decade, warming. Of 53 Julys since 1900 with an average low at or above 70 F, the first decade reaching 66 F was the 1900s. Severe drought or worse covered 67 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, worst in 2002 with 36 weeks, and 0 weeks from 2021-2025. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$16,424/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
VA median $4,596
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
34%
2022 census, rented from others
VA median 33%

Cash rent

Cash rent— county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$16,424/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,991/ac
Census 2017$12,095/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+35.8%+6.3% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

Crop insurance record

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250360

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–202567 of 1,357 weeks5% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200236 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.0 °F1991–2020 normal 70.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.70 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September27.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 107% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202210%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Cover crops, 202213% of cropland24 ac

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 202287
Farmland rented from others, 202234%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
York County—$16,424—
Gloucester County$72$6,053$3.64
Hampton City———
James City County—$10,715$5.79
Newport News City———
Poquoson City———
Williamsburg City———
Median next door$72 1 co.$8,384 2 co.$4.72 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. York 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/york-county
Every 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.