County · Colorado · USDA NASS 2023

La Plata County

cropland

$14.50/ac

CO avg $33.00

Pasture

$9.00/ac

irrigated $92.00

Soil NCCPI

—

CO avg 0.270

Rank · cropland

36/43

percentile 16

Δ since 2019

−17%

CO +14%

USDA's 2023 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in La Plata County at $14.5 per acre per year, with pasture at $9/acre and irrigated ground at $92/acre. Individual parcels run higher or lower with soil quality and tillable share, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is down 17% since 2019; La Plata County ranks 36 of 43 Colorado counties.

All counties · 56 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Boulder	49.00	86.50	16.50	—
2	Phillips	45.50	246.00	12.50	0.390
3	Yuma	45.00	262.00	14.00	0.282
4	Sedgwick	44.50	177.00	17.00	0.365
5	Mesa	42.00	112.00	6.80	—
6	Kit Carson	38.00	173.00	12.00	0.387
6	Larimer	38.00	200.00	8.90	—
6	Washington	38.00	201.00	12.00	0.333
9	Logan	35.50	224.00	10.50	0.318
10	Jefferson	35.00	—	2.90	—
11	Morgan	34.50	182.00	12.00	0.207
12	Elbert	32.00	—	6.10	—
13	Baca	31.00	123.00	6.70	0.294
13	Conejos	31.00	105.00	18.50	—
13	Garfield	31.00	68.00	4.30	—
16	Cheyenne	29.00	170.00	10.50	0.333
16	Lincoln	29.00	—	7.00	0.268
18	Prowers	28.50	90.50	8.40	0.330
19	Montrose	26.00	135.00	4.80	—
19	Rio Grande	26.00	205.00	22.50	—
21	Kiowa	25.00	—	7.30	0.297
22	Montezuma	24.50	125.00	6.80	—
23	Bent	23.00	165.00	4.90	0.186
23	Weld	23.00	202.00	8.20	—
25	Broomfield	21.50	—	—	—
25	Chaffee	21.50	52.00	18.50	—
27	Alamosa	21.00	193.00	7.30	—
28	Archuleta	20.50	68.00	4.70	—
29	Adams	19.50	142.00	8.40	0.261
29	Moffat	19.50	90.50	2.40	—
29	Saguache	19.50	159.00	11.00	—
32	San Miguel	17.00	21.50	5.60	—
33	Delta	16.50	75.50	8.00	—
34	Las Animas	16.00	122.00	3.70	—
34	Pueblo	16.00	170.00	6.80	—
36	Jackson	14.50	99.50	11.00	—
36	La Plata	14.50	92.00	9.00	—
38	Arapahoe	14.00	—	6.70	0.277
38	Routt	14.00	42.00	3.60	—
40	Rio Blanco	12.50	110.00	4.50	—
41	Grand	11.00	53.00	6.70	—
42	Costilla	9.30	210.00	9.90	0.056
43	El Paso	6.70	—	6.30	—
—	Crowley	—	—	4.50	0.174
—	Custer	—	61.50	2.60	—
—	Dolores	—	—	2.30	—
—	Douglas	—	—	10.50	—
—	Eagle	—	74.00	1.90	—
—	Fremont	—	80.50	2.20	—
—	Gunnison	—	44.00	9.70	—
—	Huerfano	—	—	3.80	—
—	Lake	—	—	5.50	—
—	Otero	—	145.00	2.30	0.160
—	Ouray	—	40.00	5.90	—
—	Park	—	32.00	1.50	—
—	Teller	—	—	5.30	—

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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.