County · Alabama · USDA NASS 2025

Montgomery County

cropland

$34.50/ac

AL avg $76.50

Pasture

$22.00/ac

irrigated —

Soil NCCPI

0.559

AL avg 0.480

Rank · cropland

41/66

percentile 38

Δ since 2019

+64%

AL +28%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Montgomery County at $34.5 per acre per year, with pasture at $22/acre. The county's soils index 0.56 (NCCPI), above the Alabama county average of 0.48 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is up 64% since 2019; Montgomery County ranks 41 of 66 Alabama counties.

All counties · 67 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Limestone	127.00	151.00	24.50	0.607
2	Escambia	113.00	139.00	41.50	0.593
2	Madison	113.00	131.00	24.00	0.574
4	Lawrence	105.00	160.00	31.50	0.465
5	Colbert	104.00	—	32.50	0.463
6	Cherokee	96.00	99.00	32.00	0.461
7	Baldwin	92.50	117.00	23.50	0.471
8	Lauderdale	77.00	—	20.00	0.586
9	Morgan	76.50	—	27.50	0.471
10	Calhoun	76.00	—	22.50	0.392
11	Franklin	71.00	—	27.00	0.358
12	Monroe	67.50	97.00	28.50	0.531
13	Mobile	63.50	—	34.00	0.378
14	Geneva	63.00	158.00	36.50	0.589
15	Covington	60.50	—	39.00	0.546
16	De Kalb	57.50	—	24.00	0.362
17	Houston	56.50	203.00	38.50	0.559
18	Jackson	55.50	—	37.00	0.348
19	Etowah	52.50	—	34.00	0.479
20	Henry	52.00	129.00	29.00	0.487
21	Autauga	50.50	—	17.50	0.446
21	Barbour	50.50	131.00	42.00	0.539
23	Marshall	50.00	—	23.00	0.415
24	Coffee	49.00	—	33.00	0.584
24	Dale	49.00	72.00	28.00	0.482
26	Blount	47.00	215.00	26.50	0.360
27	Perry	45.50	—	19.00	0.499
27	Talladega	45.50	105.00	16.00	0.445
29	Hale	45.00	—	23.50	0.530
30	Pike	44.00	—	23.00	0.575
30	Tuscaloosa	44.00	—	25.00	0.329
32	Macon	43.00	—	21.00	0.595
33	Elmore	42.50	—	15.00	0.564
34	Shelby	42.00	—	21.00	0.399
35	Fayette	41.50	—	20.50	0.377
36	Lamar	40.50	—	19.00	0.453
37	Marengo	39.00	—	28.00	0.536
38	Washington	38.50	—	16.00	0.451
39	Marion	37.00	—	18.50	0.325
40	Cullman	35.50	—	30.50	0.352
41	Dallas	34.50	104.00	23.00	0.590
41	Montgomery	34.50	—	22.00	0.559
43	Bullock	33.00	—	16.00	0.583
43	Butler	33.00	—	25.00	0.568
45	Conecuh	32.00	—	20.00	0.610
46	Lowndes	30.50	—	20.00	0.504
47	Cleburne	29.00	—	26.00	0.480
48	Randolph	28.00	—	22.50	0.446
49	Wilcox	26.50	—	17.00	0.516
50	Crenshaw	26.00	—	21.50	0.472
51	Saint Clair	24.50	—	16.00	0.391
52	Russell	24.00	—	34.50	0.572
53	Walker	23.50	—	23.00	0.263
54	Bibb	23.00	—	19.50	0.461
55	Chilton	22.50	—	17.50	0.447
56	Sumter	21.00	—	21.00	0.531
56	Tallapoosa	21.00	—	12.00	0.571
58	Chambers	20.50	—	20.50	0.606
58	Lee	20.50	—	14.00	0.637
60	Greene	20.00	—	17.50	0.616
61	Winston	18.50	—	18.00	0.279
62	Choctaw	18.00	—	13.50	0.471
63	Pickens	17.00	—	18.00	0.424
64	Coosa	15.50	—	—	0.470
65	Clay	13.50	—	7.80	0.517
66	Clarke	13.00	—	19.00	0.386
—	Jefferson	—	—	13.00	0.399

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Source: USDA NASS cash rents survey, county estimates, latest published year per series. Soil productivity from USDA SSURGO (NCCPI). Planning-grade market data — not an appraisal, legal, or financial advice. Free · instant · nobody calls you.