County · Florida · USDA NASS 2025

Hernando County

cropland

$51.00/ac

FL avg $56.00

Pasture

$10.50/ac

irrigated —

Soil NCCPI

0.264

FL avg 0.280

Rank · cropland

16/41

percentile 61

Δ since 2019

+176%

FL −3%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Hernando County at $51 per acre per year, with pasture at $10.5/acre. The county's soils index 0.26 (NCCPI), near the Florida county average of 0.28 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is up 176% since 2019; Hernando County ranks 16 of 41 Florida counties.

All counties · 56 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Miami-Dade	225.00	568.00	—	—
2	Hendry	162.00	310.00	—	0.220
3	Santa Rosa	106.00	—	51.50	0.410
4	Hamilton	100.00	113.00	—	0.316
5	Escambia	99.00	135.00	—	0.341
6	Union	88.00	—	23.00	0.281
7	Lee	69.50	—	11.50	0.222
8	Jackson	65.00	164.00	35.50	0.477
9	Manatee	62.50	—	15.00	0.265
10	Suwannee	58.50	143.00	25.50	0.299
11	Calhoun	53.50	—	40.50	0.361
12	Gilchrist	53.00	130.00	52.00	0.232
13	Walton	52.00	—	32.00	0.324
13	Washington	52.00	—	8.50	0.313
15	Highlands	51.50	349.00	23.00	0.220
16	Hernando	51.00	—	10.50	0.264
17	Palm Beach	50.50	303.00	41.50	—
18	Holmes	49.00	—	16.00	0.434
18	Lafayette	49.00	166.00	21.50	0.240
20	Hillsborough	48.00	567.00	17.50	0.279
21	Jefferson	44.00	—	41.50	0.387
22	Okaloosa	43.50	—	—	0.305
23	Okeechobee	41.50	214.00	25.00	0.266
24	Levy	41.00	133.00	41.00	0.230
25	Alachua	40.50	174.00	26.00	0.298
25	De Soto	40.50	191.00	16.50	0.280
27	Charlotte	38.50	—	17.50	0.248
27	Lake	38.50	270.00	16.00	—
29	Madison	37.50	278.00	8.60	0.261
30	Martin	37.00	—	15.00	0.218
31	Gadsden	36.50	—	31.00	0.355
32	Columbia	34.50	129.00	30.00	0.278
33	Sumter	32.00	123.00	14.50	0.291
34	Pasco	30.00	—	15.00	0.246
35	Polk	26.00	190.00	19.50	0.221
36	Marion	25.50	70.00	22.00	—
37	Volusia	25.00	390.00	26.00	0.202
38	Wakulla	24.00	—	—	0.250
39	Citrus	21.00	—	17.50	0.217
40	Bradford	17.00	—	13.50	0.258
41	Hardee	14.00	145.00	11.00	0.261
—	Brevard	—	—	16.50	0.233
—	Broward	—	—	45.50	—
—	Collier	—	351.00	6.20	—
—	Dixie	—	—	15.00	0.226
—	Flagler	—	264.00	6.40	0.270
—	Glades	—	—	37.00	0.251
—	Indian River	—	—	10.50	0.298
—	Orange	—	300.00	11.50	0.239
—	Osceola	—	200.00	10.00	0.244
—	Putnam	—	260.00	20.00	0.236
—	Sarasota	—	—	26.00	0.247
—	Seminole	—	—	14.50	0.252
—	St. Johns	—	271.00	—	0.247
—	St. Lucie	—	255.00	32.00	0.275
—	Taylor	—	—	9.60	0.217

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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.