County · California · USDA NASS 2025

Santa Cruz County

Irrigated cropland

$2220.00/ac

CA avg $483.00

Pasture

—

irrigated —

Soil NCCPI

0.319

CA avg 0.300

Rank · irrigated

4/48

percentile 92

Δ since 2019

+59%

CA −11%

USDA's 2025 survey puts irrigated cropland in Santa Cruz County at $2,220 per acre per year. The county's soils index 0.32 (NCCPI), near the California county average of 0.30 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Irrigated cropland rent here is up 59% since 2019; Santa Cruz County ranks 4 of 48 California counties.

All counties · 54 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Los Angeles	84.00	1190.00	—	—
2	San Joaquin	79.50	425.00	24.50	0.296
3	Sonoma	72.00	1000.00	28.50	0.358
4	Ventura	63.00	2750.00	3.90	—
5	Marin	53.50	1290.00	34.00	0.297
6	San Mateo	50.50	712.00	19.00	—
7	Sacramento	50.00	307.00	24.00	0.382
8	Kern	48.00	359.00	5.60	—
9	Santa Barbara	47.50	2410.00	8.10	—
10	Mariposa	45.00	—	18.00	—
11	Tulare	43.50	360.00	19.00	—
12	Placer	40.50	226.00	26.50	—
13	El Dorado	40.00	923.00	11.00	—
14	Sutter	37.50	348.00	18.50	0.375
15	Stanislaus	37.00	331.00	25.50	—
16	Amador	34.50	324.00	24.00	—
17	Yolo	33.50	442.00	20.00	0.398
18	Glenn	32.00	263.00	31.00	0.319
18	Mendocino	32.00	1290.00	9.80	—
20	Madera	28.50	416.00	9.30	—
21	Colusa	28.00	400.00	18.00	0.301
22	San Luis Obispo	27.00	874.00	13.50	—
23	Tuolumne	26.50	—	21.00	—
24	Riverside	24.50	282.00	—	—
24	Santa Clara	24.50	823.00	11.00	—
24	Solano	24.50	292.00	29.00	0.355
27	Butte	23.50	504.00	21.50	—
28	San Bernardino	23.00	252.00	—	—
29	Humboldt	22.00	375.00	15.00	—
29	Merced	22.00	360.00	13.50	—
29	Modoc	22.00	303.00	9.90	—
32	Contra Costa	21.50	410.00	21.50	0.298
32	Kings	21.50	300.00	—	0.097
34	Napa	21.00	4000.00	25.00	0.306
34	Siskiyou	21.00	280.00	18.00	—
36	Alameda	20.00	566.00	19.00	—
36	Shasta	20.00	195.00	14.00	—
38	Nevada	19.50	966.00	24.50	—
39	Fresno	18.50	310.00	8.30	—
40	Tehama	16.50	173.00	12.50	—
41	San Benito	15.50	808.00	13.00	0.207
42	Lassen	15.00	280.00	13.50	—
43	Monterey	13.50	1810.00	13.00	0.205
44	Calaveras	11.00	236.00	13.00	—
—	Del Norte	—	—	12.50	—
—	Imperial	—	332.00	—	—
—	Inyo	—	—	4.50	—
—	Lake	—	350.00	17.50	0.314
—	Orange	—	1630.00	—	—
—	Plumas	—	—	19.00	—
—	San Diego	—	1260.00	—	—
—	Santa Cruz	—	2220.00	—	0.319
—	Sierra	—	—	17.00	—
—	Yuba	—	320.00	20.00	—

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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.