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Orange County farmland

$15,003 an acre

Average value of farmland and buildings, 2022 Census of Agriculture

Cash rent in Orange County

What a farmer pays a landowner a year for an acre, from the USDA's county survey: the latest year NASS published for each kind of land.

Cash rent per acre a year in Orange County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Irrigated cropland$2,3602026$1,630

Cash rent in Orange County since 2009

Cropland and pasture rent an acre a year, every year the USDA's county survey published, newest first. "Not published" is a year NASS skipped or pooled the county; it is left blank, not estimated.

Cash rent per acre a year in Orange County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearIrrigated
2026$2,360
2025Not published
2024Not published
2023Not published
2022$1,630
2021Not published
2020Not published
2019$1,800
2018Not published
2017$2,420
2016$1,190
2015Not published
2014$1,200
2013$1,310
2012$1,310
2011$1,290
2010$1,320
2009$1,330

What farmland in Orange County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$15,003 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms37,658 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

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About these numbersSources, dates and how these figures are built

Cash rent

USDA NASS county cash rents survey, released Aug 21, 2026. NASS withholds a county's figure when too few farms answer. Public domain.

Land value

USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture, released Feb 13, 2024. Public domain.

Data edition

Figures as of Oct 31, 2026. Area figures, not any one parcel's.