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Washington Cash Rent by County, 2026

Every USDA-published county cash rental rate in Washington, from the NASS Cash Rents Survey. 25 Washington counties with a published 2026 non-irrigated cropland rent · median $70.50/acre · +19.9% vs 2025 (matched counties) · data refreshed 2026-10-06

$70.50
MIDDLE COUNTY ROSE
The median Washington county paid $70.50 an acre for non-irrigated cropland in 2026, +19.9% vs 2025 across the same 20 counties. Highest county: Skagit at $256. Every county is in the table below.
That is the middle county on this page, not USDA NASS’s statewide average, which is not on this page yet.
These are the 2026 county rents, the newest NASS has put out (released Aug 21, 2026). NASS says county rents come out in late August every year, and they have every year since 2019; the 2027 date is not on its calendar yet.

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$70.50
median rent /ac · 2026
non-irrigated cropland, 25 counties
+19.9%
vs 2025
median of 20 matched counties
+51.8%
vs 2017
median of 13 matched counties
$256
top county
Skagit
$349.50
irrigated median · 2026
irrigated cropland, 14 counties, shown apart
$10.30
pasture median · 2026
permanent pasture, 14 counties, shown apart

Insuring pasture or hay ground? See PRF rainfall insurance in Washington: county values, what each pair of months costs, and every year since 1951.

Every published county, 2026

Tap a column heading to sort. Greyed values are the county’s most recent published year where 2026 wasn’t published. Columns cover non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, permanent pasture; state stats above use non-irrigated cropland, the rent this site means by “rent”. Each county name opens its Farmland Atlas record (land value, yield, insurance and drought). Corn trend is the county’s 14-yr trend yield (projected 2026) from NASS county estimates, fitted on the same practice as the rent: the figure the Atlas county page divides rent by for rent per bushel, and the one its rent share calculator starts from.

Swipe the table sideways for every column.

CountyNon-irrigated 2026Irrigated 2026Pasture 2026YoYCorn trend 2026
Adams$56.50$467$2.40+29.9%mixed
Asotin$55n/a$3+4.8%n/a
Benton$45 (2024)$700 (2025)$15n/amixed
Chelann/a$758 (2025)n/an/an/a
Clallamn/a$108 (2023)$65 (2023)n/an/a
Clark$90$418$66 (2022)+5.9%n/a
Columbia$110n/a$14.50 (2024)+67.9%n/a
Cowlitz$83.50$174 (2017)$36 (2017)+87.6%n/a
Douglas$53$285$5 (2023)+39.5%n/a
Ferry$21 (2020)n/a$2.80 (2025)n/an/a
Franklin$33.50$553 (2025)$11 (2023)-20.2%mixed
Garfield$70.50n/a$8 (2025)+3.7%n/a
Grant$52$449 (2025)$3.30n/amixed
Grays Harbor$54 (2025)$96.50 (2025)$42.50 (2025)n/an/a
Island$111$122 (2021)$139 (2024)n/an/a
Jefferson$60n/a$53n/an/a
King$164$460$58.50 (2025)+32.3%n/a
Kitsap$172$342 (2021)n/an/an/a
Kittitasn/a$202$35.50 (2025)n/an/a
Klickitat$41.50$383 (2024)$5.20+50.9%n/a
Lewis$77$103 (2025)$37 (2025)+33.9%n/a
Lincoln$57$441 (2024)$2.90+29.5%n/a
Okanogan$29.50$253$1.90n/an/a
Pacific$39 (2025)n/a$14 (2025)n/an/a
Pend Oreille$38.50$72$8 (2012)+2.7%n/a
Pierce$70 (2023)$466$55 (2025)n/an/a
San Juan$40 (2024)n/a$36n/an/a
Skagit$256$425$57+2.8%n/a
Snohomish$140$402$82.50-6.7%n/a
Spokane$49.50$79 (2023)$6.10-26.7%n/a
Stevens$49.50$63 (2024)$10.50 (2025)+12.5%n/a
Thurston$90$198$33+19.2%n/a
Wahkiakum$20 (2021)n/a$42 (2021)n/an/a
Walla Walla$73.50 (2025)$297$25 (2020)n/amixed
Whatcom$181$514$60 (2024)-5.7%n/a
Whitman$79n/a$5 (2025)-8.1%n/a
Yakima$150 (2021)$231$14.50n/amixed

Corn trend: mixed: NASS publishes only an all-practice corn yield for the county, and the county also irrigates, so that yield is withheld rather than set beside dryland rent; n/a: too few years of county yield on record.

Washington median county rent by year

Median of counties published each year (non-irrigated cropland). Years with no survey are left blank.

2008
$92.506 co.
2009
$58.5015 co.
2010
$5513 co.
2011
$5118 co.
2012
$50.5017 co.
2013
$5018 co.
2014
$56.7520 co.
2015no survey
2016
$428 co.
2017
$54.5017 co.
2018no survey
2019
$56.7520 co.
2020
$47.758 co.
2021
$5525 co.
2022
$6424 co.
2023
$6527 co.
2024
$69.5021 co.
2025
$57.5023 co.
2026
$70.5025 co.
What this can’t tell you. These are county means from a voluntary USDA survey. Rents vary widely inside a county, driven by soil, drainage, field size and how badly a neighbor wants the ground. Year-over-year stats above compare only counties published in both years, so a county dropping out of the survey can’t fake a trend.

Questions

What is the average cash rent per acre in Washington for 2026?

The middle Washington county pays $70.50 per acre for non-irrigated cropland: half of the 25 counties with a published 2026 USDA NASS rate are above it and half below. NASS also puts out its own statewide average, a separate figure that is not shown here. Rents vary widely by county: highest Skagit ($256), Whatcom ($181), Kitsap ($172); lowest Okanogan ($29.50), Franklin ($33.50), Pend Oreille ($38.50). The county mean is a survey reference point, not a rate card.

How much does pasture rent for per acre in Washington?

The median USDA NASS county cash rent for permanent pasture in Washington is $10.30 per acre across the 14 counties with a published 2026 pasture rate. Highest Snohomish ($82.50), Skagit ($57), Jefferson ($53); lowest Okanogan ($1.90), Adams ($2.40), Lincoln ($2.90). Each county's pasture rate is in its own column in the county table below.

How much did Washington cash rent change from 2025 to 2026?

Comparing the same 20 counties published in both years, the median non-irrigated cropland rent moved +19.9% year over year.

Why is my Washington county not listed?

USDA NASS publishes a county rate only where enough Cash Rents Survey responses came back (and the county has at least 20,000 acres of cropland plus pasture). If your county is missing, NASS did not publish a rate for it.

When is county cash rent data released?

USDA NASS releases county cash rent estimates each August for the current crop year. This page rebuilds automatically when new data lands.

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Source: USDA NASS Quick Stats, Cash Rents Survey county estimates (released each August) and county yield estimates. Page rebuilt automatically from data refreshed 2026-10-06.