Kitsap County, Washington
Kitsap County, WA: non-irrigated cash rent $172 an acre (2026); land and buildings $50,663 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 53035. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Kitsap County had 9,539 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Kitsap County averages $172 per acre; irrigated cash rent in 2021 was $342 per acre. Census value of land and buildings in 2022 was $50,663 per acre, with a change of 44.1 percent, 7.6 percent a year, from 2017-2022. The July average nightly low was 54 F for the 1991-2020 normal and 55.1 F for 2017-2026, and the July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.67 F per decade, warming. Drought was rare: 25 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 hit severe drought or worse, with 2 weeks from 2021-2025. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
WA median $64
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
WA median $5,067
WA median 34%
Cash rent
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitsap County | $172 | — | $50,663 |
| Jefferson County | $60 | — | $13,294 |
| King County | $164 | $460 | $38,716 |
| Mason County | — | — | $7,916 |
| Pierce County | $70 2023 | $466 | $28,343 |
| Median next door | $112 2 co. | $463 2 co. | $20,819 |
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. Kitsap 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/kitsap-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.