Hancock County, West Virginia
Hancock County, WV: land and buildings $4,294 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 54029. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Hancock County had 8,266 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
Census market value of land and buildings in Hancock County was $4,294 per acre in 2022. July average nightly low, 2017-2026 ran 62.7 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 61.7 F, with a warming trend of 0.41 F per decade since 1976; no July since 1900 has averaged a low at or above 70 F. Drought was rare here: 12 of 1357 weeks since 2000 saw at least 50 percent of the county in severe drought or worse, 11 of those weeks fell in 2021-2025. No solar or wind operates in the county now; 8.4 MW solar is proposed to EIA.
WV median $3,215
WV median 20%
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock County | — | $4,294 | — | — |
| Columbiana County, OH | $94 | $7,379 | 148.8 | $4.70 |
| Jefferson County, OH | $46 | $5,780 | 139.3 | $24.60 |
| Beaver County, PA | $71 | $7,099 | 124.1 | $8.73 |
| Washington County, PA | $30 | $7,188 | — | $21.77 |
| Brooke County | $50 2025 | $4,024 | — | — |
| Median next door | $58 | $7,099 | 139.3 | $15.25 |
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. Hancock County, West Virginia. 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/west-virginia/hancock-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.