County · Kentucky · USDA NASS 2025

Graves County

cropland

$163.00/ac

KY avg $166.00

Pasture

$32.00/ac

irrigated —

Soil NCCPI

0.522

KY avg 0.470

Rank · cropland

29/108

percentile 73

Δ since 2019

+21%

KY +11%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Graves County at $163 per acre per year, with pasture at $32/acre. The county's soils index 0.52 (NCCPI), above the Kentucky county average of 0.47 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is up 21% since 2019; Graves County ranks 29 of 108 Kentucky counties.

All counties · 109 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Union	271.00	—	41.00	—
2	Logan	251.00	—	45.00	0.653
3	Henderson	234.00	—	41.50	0.666
4	Webster	227.00	—	39.00	—
5	Daviess	217.00	—	29.00	—
6	Simpson	216.00	—	38.00	0.707
7	Todd	210.00	—	47.00	0.624
8	Christian	201.00	212.00	50.50	0.647
8	Larue	201.00	—	40.00	—
10	Warren	198.00	—	51.00	0.574
11	Metcalfe	192.00	—	29.00	0.458
12	Mclean	190.00	—	35.50	—
12	Nelson	190.00	—	43.50	0.510
14	Fulton	188.00	—	—	0.595
14	Hickman	188.00	—	—	—
16	Trigg	185.00	—	41.00	—
17	Crittenden	178.00	—	20.00	0.473
18	Calloway	174.00	175.00	32.00	—
18	Livingston	174.00	—	39.00	0.521
18	Marion	174.00	—	46.50	0.431
21	Caldwell	170.00	—	43.00	0.517
21	Carlisle	170.00	—	50.00	—
21	Meade	170.00	—	36.00	—
24	Ohio	168.00	—	41.00	0.504
24	Taylor	168.00	—	36.50	—
26	Barren	166.00	—	49.50	—
27	Butler	165.00	—	21.00	—
27	Shelby	165.00	—	28.50	0.550
29	Graves	163.00	—	32.00	0.522
30	Ballard	160.00	—	49.00	—
31	Hardin	158.00	—	42.00	—
31	Hart	158.00	—	39.50	—
33	Hopkins	157.00	—	33.50	0.503
34	Marshall	156.00	—	35.00	—
35	Adair	155.00	—	33.00	0.422
36	Green	152.00	—	29.00	—
37	Monroe	150.00	—	41.50	0.575
38	Mccracken	149.00	—	—	—
39	Allen	148.00	—	46.00	0.555
40	Hancock	146.00	—	20.00	—
40	Trimble	146.00	—	—	—
42	Muhlenberg	145.00	—	31.00	—
43	Lyon	144.00	—	21.00	—
44	Breckinridge	132.00	—	38.00	—
45	Woodford	128.00	—	29.50	—
46	Boyle	126.00	—	45.00	—
47	Wayne	125.00	—	30.00	0.354
48	Fleming	124.00	—	30.00	0.411
49	Edmonson	123.00	—	37.00	—
50	Spencer	121.00	—	37.00	—
51	Nicholas	120.00	—	25.00	—
52	Pulaski	113.00	—	34.00	0.450
53	Lincoln	112.00	—	41.00	—
54	Casey	110.00	—	32.50	0.436
55	Grayson	108.00	—	31.00	0.479
56	Bourbon	103.00	—	44.00	—
57	Harrison	100.00	—	33.00	0.419
57	Mason	100.00	—	40.00	0.431
57	Scott	100.00	—	31.50	0.514
60	Bath	96.00	—	21.50	0.379
61	Oldham	94.00	—	27.00	0.616
62	Bracken	92.00	275.00	12.50	—
62	Clinton	92.00	—	27.00	0.414
64	Lewis	91.00	—	40.00	0.250
65	Clark	90.50	—	45.50	0.481
66	Carroll	90.00	—	13.50	—
67	Mercer	89.50	—	35.50	—
68	Russell	88.50	—	41.50	0.414
69	Henry	87.00	—	22.00	—
70	Owen	86.50	—	20.50	—
71	Fayette	84.00	—	40.00	—
72	Cumberland	80.00	—	35.00	0.321
73	Robertson	74.50	—	—	—
74	Bullitt	73.00	—	18.00	—
75	Washington	72.50	—	32.00	0.390
76	Anderson	72.00	—	24.50	—
77	Jessamine	67.00	—	35.00	—
78	Franklin	66.00	—	24.50	—
79	Garrard	65.50	—	38.50	—
80	Rockcastle	62.00	—	20.00	—
81	Boone	58.00	—	32.00	—
82	Kenton	53.00	—	27.00	—
82	Montgomery	53.00	—	32.00	0.400
84	Jefferson	52.50	—	—	0.576
84	Pendleton	52.50	—	23.50	—
86	Floyd	51.50	—	—	—
86	Greenup	51.50	—	13.00	—
88	Clay	51.00	—	—	0.158
89	Campbell	50.00	—	14.50	—
90	Lawrence	44.00	—	—	—
91	Mccreary	43.50	—	—	—
92	Rowan	42.50	—	28.00	—
92	Wolfe	42.50	—	10.00	—
94	Madison	42.00	—	28.50	0.450
95	Menifee	41.00	—	26.00	—
96	Grant	40.00	—	28.50	—
97	Boyd	38.00	—	—	—
97	Elliott	38.00	—	10.00	0.215
99	Laurel	35.50	—	15.50	—
100	Owsley	34.00	—	—	—
101	Estill	31.00	—	15.00	—
102	Johnson	30.50	—	17.50	—
103	Magoffin	30.00	—	11.00	—
104	Knox	29.50	—	15.00	—
105	Morgan	28.50	—	16.50	—
106	Carter	28.00	—	14.00	0.239
107	Jackson	20.00	—	13.00	—
108	Whitley	18.00	—	15.00	—
—	Gallatin	—	—	16.50	—

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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.