Jefferson County, Washington
Jefferson County, WA: non-irrigated cash rent $60 an acre (2026); land and buildings $13,294 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 53031. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Jefferson County had 8,717 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Jefferson County, WA runs $60 per acre. Land value stood at $13,294 per acre in 2022, up 74.7 percent over 2017-2022, or 11.8 percent a year. July nightly lows averaged 49.2 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 48.5 F, with a warming trend of 0.55 F per decade since 1976. Drought has been light: 34 of 1357 weeks fell into severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, worst year 2015 with 16 weeks, and only 2 weeks from 2021-2025. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
WA median $64
WA median $5,067
WA median 34%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County | $60 | — | $13,294 |
| Clallam County | — | $108 2023 | $19,353 |
| Grays Harbor County | $54 2025 | $97 2025 | $3,727 |
| Kitsap County | $172 | — | $50,663 |
| Mason County | — | — | $7,916 |
| Median next door | $172 1 co. | — | $13,635 |
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. Jefferson 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/jefferson-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.