County · Illinois · USDA NASS 2025

Mercer County

cropland

$295.00/ac

IL avg $264.00

Pasture

$42.00/ac

irrigated $223.00

Soil NCCPI

0.735

IL avg 0.700

Rank · cropland

21/102

percentile 79

Δ since 2019

+35%

IL +18%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Mercer County at $295 per acre per year, with pasture at $42/acre and irrigated ground at $223/acre. The county's soils index 0.74 (NCCPI), above the Illinois county average of 0.70 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is up 35% since 2019; Mercer County ranks 21 of 102 Illinois counties.

All counties · 102 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Sangamon	372.00	—	38.50	0.843
2	Macon	361.00	—	37.50	0.820
3	Logan	352.00	324.00	46.00	0.847
4	Moultrie	350.00	—	52.00	0.801
5	De Witt	330.00	—	49.00	0.803
6	Kendall	321.00	—	—	0.765
7	Bureau	320.00	275.00	35.50	0.783
7	Piatt	320.00	—	46.00	0.832
9	De Kalb	318.00	—	37.00	0.828
10	Menard	317.00	256.00	53.50	0.807
11	Grundy	316.00	—	—	0.690
12	Montgomery	312.00	—	25.00	0.761
13	Edgar	310.00	—	51.50	0.803
14	Christian	309.00	—	49.50	0.827
15	Hancock	304.00	—	41.00	0.765
16	Carroll	303.00	356.00	69.50	0.740
16	Mclean	303.00	—	58.50	0.791
18	Douglas	299.00	—	53.00	0.795
18	Mcdonough	299.00	—	40.00	0.790
20	Champaign	297.00	297.00	63.00	0.808
21	Mercer	295.00	223.00	42.00	0.735
22	Henderson	293.00	220.00	49.00	0.725
23	Marshall	292.00	—	68.00	0.756
24	Cass	291.00	293.00	30.00	0.680
24	Coles	291.00	—	59.00	0.780
26	Woodford	290.00	—	44.00	0.768
27	Stark	288.00	—	47.00	0.824
27	Winnebago	288.00	—	43.00	0.732
29	Whiteside	287.00	286.00	59.50	0.770
30	Tazewell	283.00	279.00	48.50	0.781
31	Ford	281.00	—	—	0.664
31	Kane	281.00	260.00	—	0.747
33	Knox	279.00	—	40.50	0.772
33	Ogle	279.00	—	72.50	0.803
35	Livingston	278.00	—	61.00	0.664
36	Mason	277.00	261.00	49.00	0.701
36	Warren	277.00	—	50.00	0.833
38	Boone	274.00	—	—	0.786
38	Greene	274.00	—	39.00	0.748
40	Lee	273.00	349.00	40.50	0.770
41	Henry	272.00	223.00	68.50	0.782
42	La Salle	268.00	—	34.50	0.773
43	Morgan	266.00	153.00	25.50	0.803
44	Peoria	265.00	—	39.00	0.728
45	Macoupin	264.00	—	45.00	0.746
46	Fulton	259.00	—	49.50	0.711
47	Scott	257.00	353.00	34.00	0.729
48	St Clair	255.00	—	36.00	0.690
49	Jo Daviess	252.00	—	49.00	0.616
50	Stephenson	251.00	—	68.50	0.789
51	Rock Island	249.00	242.00	34.50	0.694
52	Kankakee	243.00	289.00	—	0.650
53	Putnam	241.00	—	—	0.712
54	Clark	240.00	—	51.00	0.660
55	Vermilion	238.00	—	49.00	0.723
55	Wabash	238.00	—	—	0.725
57	Bond	232.00	—	69.50	0.680
58	Madison	231.00	—	50.50	0.693
58	Pike	231.00	—	47.50	0.723
60	Adams	230.00	—	69.50	0.747
61	Shelby	228.00	—	56.50	0.731
62	Jersey	227.00	—	35.00	0.670
63	Brown	226.00	—	37.00	0.620
64	Will	225.00	—	53.00	0.639
65	Schuyler	224.00	—	35.00	0.660
66	Crawford	223.00	261.00	—	0.683
67	Calhoun	222.00	—	28.00	0.503
67	Lawrence	222.00	305.00	—	0.697
69	Mchenry	220.00	272.00	54.50	0.679
70	Clinton	218.00	—	40.00	0.719
71	Effingham	205.00	—	46.50	0.703
71	Iroquois	205.00	—	44.00	0.657
73	Jasper	201.00	—	38.00	0.690
74	Cumberland	198.00	—	—	0.683
75	Clay	197.00	—	45.00	0.677
76	Washington	195.00	—	54.50	0.698
77	Alexander	189.00	200.00	—	0.487
78	Richland	187.00	—	—	0.690
79	White	186.00	170.00	34.50	0.667
80	Pulaski	183.00	196.00	38.00	0.564
81	Fayette	181.00	—	48.00	0.674
81	Wayne	181.00	—	44.00	0.620
83	Saline	172.00	—	31.50	0.623
84	Randolph	169.00	—	33.00	0.670
85	Marion	166.00	—	54.00	0.664
86	Gallatin	163.00	188.00	—	0.671
86	Jackson	163.00	—	51.00	0.575
88	Monroe	162.00	156.00	51.00	0.627
89	Du Page	150.00	—	—	0.611
89	Perry	150.00	—	35.00	0.629
91	Lake	141.00	—	100.00	0.614
92	Union	139.00	—	38.00	0.529
93	Hamilton	138.00	—	24.00	0.624
94	Franklin	131.00	—	58.50	0.610
95	Edwards	130.00	—	24.00	0.671
96	Jefferson	129.00	—	47.00	0.602
96	Johnson	129.00	—	42.50	0.439
98	Cook	123.00	—	—	0.575
99	Massac	121.00	203.00	34.50	0.567
100	Hardin	100.00	—	—	0.444
101	Williamson	97.50	—	16.50	0.549
102	Pope	92.00	—	23.50	0.495

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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.