County · Louisiana · USDA NASS 2025

Saint James County

cropland

$61.00/ac

LA avg $84.50

Pasture

—

irrigated —

Soil NCCPI

0.242

LA avg 0.500

Rank · cropland

26/55

percentile 53

Δ since 2021

−8%

LA +13%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Saint James County at $61 per acre per year. The county's soils index 0.24 (NCCPI), below the Louisiana county average of 0.50 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is down 8% since 2021; Saint James County ranks 26 of 55 Louisiana counties.

All counties · 60 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Madison	137.00	180.00	13.50	0.508
2	East Carroll	136.00	190.00	—	0.546
3	Concordia	120.00	126.00	19.50	0.426
4	Avoyelles	116.00	147.00	30.50	0.571
5	Rapides	115.00	186.00	29.50	0.580
6	Tensas	111.00	149.00	—	0.485
7	Iberia	109.00	69.00	38.50	0.312
8	Franklin	107.00	179.00	37.50	0.613
9	Ouachita	101.00	130.00	21.00	0.628
10	Pointe Coupee	98.00	182.00	37.50	0.637
11	Morehouse	94.50	157.00	35.00	0.665
12	Saint Mary	88.50	—	9.80	0.207
13	Vermilion	88.00	87.50	17.00	0.365
14	Evangeline	87.50	109.00	19.50	0.533
15	Saint Landry	86.50	91.50	27.00	0.593
16	Catahoula	86.00	147.00	25.00	0.510
17	Lafayette	84.00	69.50	27.00	0.645
18	Richland	81.00	157.00	37.00	0.657
19	Saint Martin	80.00	95.00	23.50	0.267
20	Grant	77.50	93.00	29.00	0.604
21	Red River	74.50	125.00	29.00	0.667
22	Natchitoches	73.50	145.00	33.00	0.574
23	West Baton Rouge	66.50	—	—	0.553
24	Caddo	65.50	114.00	32.00	0.642
25	Acadia	62.50	86.50	31.50	0.513
26	Saint James	61.00	—	—	0.242
27	West Carroll	59.50	158.00	32.50	0.635
28	Bossier	54.50	—	29.00	0.609
29	Caldwell	52.00	107.00	18.00	0.580
30	Assumption	44.50	—	—	0.250
31	Iberville	41.00	—	16.00	0.308
32	De Soto	39.00	—	24.00	0.658
33	Washington	37.50	—	29.50	0.489
34	Winn	33.50	—	—	0.620
35	La Salle	31.50	—	16.00	0.591
36	Jackson	31.00	—	17.50	0.632
37	Allen	30.50	97.00	9.70	0.588
38	Union	30.00	—	29.00	0.601
39	Tangipahoa	29.00	—	33.00	0.507
40	East Feliciana	28.00	—	17.50	0.531
41	Saint Charles	26.50	—	17.50	0.195
42	Beauregard	26.00	53.50	9.80	0.649
43	West Feliciana	23.00	—	21.50	0.577
44	Jefferson Davis	22.00	82.00	12.00	0.470
44	Lafourche	22.00	—	11.50	0.170
44	Vernon	22.00	—	22.50	0.598
44	Webster	22.00	—	27.50	0.633
48	Sabine	20.50	—	23.00	0.595
49	Bienville	20.00	—	18.50	0.608
50	Claiborne	19.50	—	14.50	0.630
51	Lincoln	19.00	—	23.50	0.626
51	Saint Helena	19.00	—	17.50	0.544
53	East Baton Rouge	17.00	—	19.00	0.557
54	Calcasieu	15.50	46.50	12.00	0.505
55	Cameron	12.00	97.00	7.60	0.111
—	Ascension	—	—	18.50	0.393
—	Jefferson	—	—	9.70	0.228
—	Livingston	—	—	18.00	0.521
—	Plaquemines	—	—	8.30	0.119
—	Saint Tammany	—	—	22.50	0.422

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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.