Snohomish County, Washington
Snohomish County, WA: non-irrigated cash rent $140 an acre (2026); land and buildings $22,374 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 53061. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Snohomish County stands at $140 per acre for 2026, up 22.8 percent from 2014. Irrigated rent runs $402 per acre, and the irrigated multiple over non-irrigated rent moved from 2.00 in 2010 to 2.87 in 2026, with no clear direction over that span. Land value and buildings were estimated by operators at $22,374 per acre in 2022, up 15.7 percent from 2017. Crop insurance losses since 1997 total $1.2 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 78 percent; heat and drought accounted for 1 percent of indemnities in 2000-2009, 7 percent in 2010-2019, and 0 percent in 2020-2025.
WA median $64 · 4th highest of 22
WA median $350 · 7th highest of 14
WA median $5,067 · 3rd highest of 34
WA median $8.03 · 2nd lowest of 21
WA median 34% · 16th highest 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snohomish County | $140 | $402 | $22,374 | $1.59 |
| Chelan County | — | $758 2025 | $18,894 | $11.17 |
| Island County | $111 | — | $16,100 | — |
| King County | $164 | $460 | $38,716 | — |
| Skagit County | $256 | $425 | $14,280 | $6.39 |
| Median next door | $164 | $443 2 co. | $17,497 | $8.78 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. Snohomish 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/snohomish-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.