Pierce County, Washington
Pierce County, WA: non-irrigated cash rent $70 an acre (2023); land and buildings $28,343 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 53053. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Pierce County runs $70 per acre in 2023, down 58.1 percent from 2013. Irrigated cash rent for 2026 is $466 per acre, and the irrigated multiple over non-irrigated rent has moved from 1.79 in 2009 to 4.99 in 2023, a rising multiple. Irrigation covers 27 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census, with 85 percent of that water drawn from groundwater in 2015. Drought weeks at severe level or worse ran 37 from 2021-2025, against 62 of 1357 weeks for 2000-2025, with 2025 the worst year at 23 weeks. July nights have warmed 0.61 F per decade since 1976, and land carries a census value of $28,343 per acre, up 31.9 percent from 2017 to 2022.
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
WA median $350 · 3rd highest of 14
WA median $5,067 · 2nd highest of 34
WA median 34% · 9th lowest of 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
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2024. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce County | $70 2023 | $466 | $28,343 | — |
| King County | $164 | $460 | $38,716 | — |
| Kitsap County | $172 | — | $50,663 | — |
| Lewis County | $77 | $103 2025 | $9,421 | $0.16 |
| Mason County | — | — | $7,916 | — |
| Thurston County | $90 | $198 | $17,717 | — |
| Yakima County | — | $231 | $2,782 | $6.30 |
| Median next door | $127 | $231 | $13,569 | $3.23 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. Pierce 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/pierce-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.