Monongalia County, West Virginia
Monongalia County, WV: non-irrigated cash rent $18 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,944 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 54061. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Monongalia County averages $18 per acre in 2026, up 63.6 percent from 2014. Census figures put land and buildings at $5,944 per acre in 2022, with land value up 31.2 percent from 2017 to 2022, 5.6 percent a year. July nights have averaged 62.8 F over 2017-2026, against a 61.4 F normal for 1991-2020, with a warming trend of 0.54 F per decade since 1976. Drought has touched the county in 15 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, all 15 falling in 2021-2025, with 2024 the worst single year at 15 weeks.
WV median $30 · 3rd lowest of 30
WV median $3,215 · 3rd highest of 47
WV median 20% · 7th lowest of 48
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monongalia County | $18 | $5,944 | — | — |
| Fayette County, PA | $33 | $7,064 | 119.4 | $19.41 |
| Greene County, PA | $49 | $5,257 | — | — |
| Marion County | $41 | $3,858 | — | — |
| Preston County | $27 | $3,218 | — | $14.36 |
| Taylor County | $24 | $4,194 | — | — |
| Wetzel County | — | $2,290 | — | — |
| Median next door | $33 | $4,026 | 119.4 1 co. | $16.89 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. Monongalia 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/monongalia-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.