Island County, Washington
Island County, WA: non-irrigated cash rent $111 an acre (2026); land and buildings $16,100 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 53029. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Island County had no acres published in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
Non-irrigated cash rent here is $111 per acre. Land and buildings value in 2022 was $16,100 per acre, up 46.6 percent from 2017-2022, 8 percent a year. July nightly lows averaged 53.9 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 52.9 F, with a warming trend of 0.59 F per decade since 1976. Severe drought or worse covered at least 50 percent of the county in 38 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 14 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025.
WA median $64
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
WA median $5,067
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Island County | $111 | — | $16,100 | — |
| Snohomish County | $140 | $402 | $22,374 | $1.59 |
| Median next door | $140 1 co. | $402 1 co. | $22,374 1 co. | $1.59 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. Island County, Washington. 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/washington/island-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.