Wayne County, West Virginia
Wayne County, WV: non-irrigated cash rent $31 an acre (2025); land and buildings $2,644 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 54099. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Wayne County runs $31 per acre. Land value stood at $2,644 per acre in the 2022 census, up 31.6 percent from 2017-2022, or 5.6 percent a year. The July average nightly low was 64.5 F under the 1991-2020 normal and 66.2 F for 2017-2026, part of a warming trend of 0.51 F per decade since 1976; the 2020s is the first decade this figure reached 66 F. Only 2 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated in the 2022 census, and drought was rare, with 34 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, 6 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
WV median $3,215 · 11th lowest of 47
WV median 20% · 9th 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
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1990. 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 | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne County | $31 2025 | $2,644 | — |
| Boyd County, KY | $38 2024 | $3,181 | — |
| Lawrence County, KY | $44 2025 | $2,800 | — |
| Martin County, KY | — | $2,372 | — |
| Lawrence County, OH | $51 | $3,357 | $8.89 |
| Cabell County | $21 2024 | $5,367 | — |
| Lincoln County | — | $2,003 | $64.10 |
| Mingo County | — | $1,361 | — |
| Median next door | $51 1 co. | $2,800 | $36.50 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. Wayne 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/wayne-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.