County · Georgia · USDA NASS 2025

Effingham County

cropland

$36.00/ac

GA avg $82.50

Pasture

$41.50/ac

irrigated $90.00

Soil NCCPI

0.413

GA avg 0.510

Rank · cropland

91/127

percentile 28

Δ since 2019

−21%

GA +23%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Effingham County at $36 per acre per year, with pasture at $41.5/acre and irrigated ground at $90/acre. The county's soils index 0.41 (NCCPI), below the Georgia county average of 0.51 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is down 21% since 2019; Effingham County ranks 91 of 127 Georgia counties.

All counties · 131 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Pierce	134.00	248.00	—	0.410
2	Colquitt	130.00	256.00	63.50	—
3	Pulaski	126.00	195.00	—	—
4	Atkinson	120.00	241.00	67.50	—
4	Mitchell	120.00	262.00	77.00	—
6	Thomas	119.00	261.00	—	—
7	Tift	111.00	243.00	59.50	0.520
8	Wilcox	109.00	202.00	33.50	—
9	Ben Hill	107.00	286.00	38.50	—
9	Coffee	107.00	219.00	62.50	—
11	Baker	106.00	272.00	40.00	—
11	Cook	106.00	250.00	68.00	—
11	Decatur	106.00	263.00	52.50	0.503
11	Jeff Davis	106.00	212.00	50.50	—
15	Worth	104.00	241.00	49.50	0.537
16	Seminole	102.00	270.00	65.00	—
17	Brooks	101.00	202.00	34.50	—
18	Appling	100.00	254.00	62.00	—
18	Grady	100.00	273.00	56.00	0.544
18	Irwin	100.00	224.00	41.50	—
18	Miller	100.00	269.00	47.00	—
22	Turner	97.50	284.00	30.00	—
23	Lowndes	96.00	182.00	49.50	0.419
24	Berrien	93.50	273.00	62.50	—
25	Macon	92.50	208.00	51.00	—
26	Early	91.50	251.00	47.50	—
27	Crisp	89.50	242.00	—	—
28	Calhoun	86.50	233.00	23.50	—
29	Bleckley	84.50	187.00	26.00	—
30	Bulloch	84.00	212.00	37.50	0.445
31	Ware	82.50	250.00	—	0.282
32	Wayne	80.50	—	48.00	0.328
33	Clay	79.00	173.00	39.50	—
34	Dooly	78.50	229.00	—	—
35	Lanier	78.00	195.00	—	—
36	Candler	76.50	—	—	—
37	Bacon	74.00	201.00	65.00	—
38	Echols	73.00	—	50.50	—
39	Terrell	72.50	242.00	49.00	—
40	Toombs	71.50	245.00	55.00	—
41	Montgomery	70.00	185.00	—	—
41	Peach	70.00	197.00	—	—
43	Treutlen	69.00	—	—	0.473
44	Mcduffie	65.00	—	40.00	—
44	Tattnall	65.00	205.00	49.00	—
46	Emanuel	64.00	148.00	41.50	0.445
47	Dodge	63.00	207.00	29.50	—
47	Sumter	63.00	222.00	—	—
49	Twiggs	62.50	224.00	—	0.554
50	Lee	61.00	229.00	44.50	—
51	Jenkins	60.50	—	30.50	0.476
52	Telfair	58.50	160.00	—	—
52	Webster	58.50	168.00	—	0.487
54	Houston	58.00	—	46.50	—
55	Evans	57.00	—	—	—
56	Randolph	55.00	216.00	33.50	0.484
57	Union	52.00	—	22.00	—
58	Screven	50.00	195.00	37.00	0.495
58	Taylor	50.00	160.00	26.50	—
58	Washington	50.00	162.00	21.00	—
61	Brantley	49.50	—	—	—
62	Crawford	49.00	—	21.00	—
62	Johnson	49.00	—	29.00	—
64	Floyd	48.50	—	27.00	—
65	Chattooga	45.50	—	41.50	—
65	Dawson	45.50	—	31.50	—
65	Polk	45.50	—	33.00	—
65	White	45.50	—	38.00	—
69	Pike	44.50	—	28.50	—
70	Laurens	44.00	193.00	48.50	—
71	Burke	43.00	163.00	41.50	0.507
72	Towns	42.00	—	33.50	—
72	Upson	42.00	—	25.00	—
74	Wilkinson	40.50	—	27.50	—
75	Jasper	40.00	—	26.00	0.616
75	Walton	40.00	—	21.00	0.592
77	Forsyth	39.50	—	36.50	0.554
78	Putnam	39.00	—	28.00	—
79	Bartow	38.50	—	36.00	0.467
79	Cherokee	38.50	—	27.50	—
79	Marion	38.50	—	25.50	—
79	Murray	38.50	—	33.00	—
79	Spalding	38.50	—	18.50	0.636
84	Gordon	38.00	—	37.00	0.485
85	Elbert	37.50	—	16.00	—
85	Walker	37.50	—	44.00	—
87	Long	37.00	—	—	—
87	Madison	37.00	—	28.00	—
87	Morgan	37.00	—	34.00	0.623
90	Carroll	36.50	—	19.00	—
91	Effingham	36.00	90.00	41.50	0.413
91	Franklin	36.00	—	31.00	—
91	Monroe	36.00	—	26.50	0.565
94	Oglethorpe	35.50	—	24.00	0.622
95	Gilmer	35.00	—	29.50	—
95	Habersham	35.00	—	36.50	0.490
95	Jefferson	35.00	192.00	18.50	—
98	Hall	34.50	—	39.50	—
98	Oconee	34.50	—	28.50	—
100	Lincoln	34.00	—	21.50	—
101	Barrow	33.50	—	24.00	—
102	Jackson	32.00	—	33.00	—
103	Stephens	31.00	—	26.00	—
104	Meriwether	30.50	—	17.00	0.579
105	Lamar	30.00	—	—	—
106	Hart	28.50	—	31.50	0.622
107	Butts	25.50	—	24.50	0.591
107	Catoosa	25.50	—	47.00	0.537
107	Columbia	25.50	—	—	—
107	Lumpkin	25.50	—	25.00	—
111	Dade	25.00	—	19.00	—
111	Jones	25.00	—	—	—
111	Pickens	25.00	—	31.50	—
111	Wilkes	25.00	—	19.50	—
115	Coweta	24.50	—	25.50	—
116	Heard	24.00	—	23.00	—
117	Newton	23.50	—	26.50	—
118	Haralson	23.00	—	29.50	—
118	Talbot	23.00	—	—	—
120	Taliaferro	22.50	—	25.00	—
120	Whitfield	22.50	—	35.00	—
122	Banks	22.00	—	29.00	—
122	Hancock	22.00	—	24.00	—
124	Glascock	21.00	—	17.50	—
124	Warren	21.00	—	20.50	—
126	Troup	20.00	—	31.00	—
127	Greene	14.50	—	17.50	0.652
—	Harris	—	—	18.50	—
—	Henry	—	—	37.00	—
—	Paulding	—	—	17.00	0.540
—	Stewart	—	121.00	—	0.397

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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.