County · Maryland · USDA NASS 2025

Wicomico County

cropland

$106.00/ac

MD avg $120.00

Pasture

$69.00/ac

irrigated $193.00

Soil NCCPI

0.456

MD avg 0.500

Rank · cropland

14/22

percentile 36

Δ since 2019

+26%

MD +20%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Wicomico County at $106 per acre per year, with pasture at $69/acre and irrigated ground at $193/acre. The county's soils index 0.46 (NCCPI), below the Maryland county average of 0.50 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is up 26% since 2019; Wicomico County ranks 14 of 22 Maryland counties.

All counties · 23 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Kent	181.00	224.00	117.00	0.590
2	Queen Annes	167.00	261.00	133.00	0.588
3	Baltimore	161.00	—	44.00	0.573
4	Talbot	139.00	—	54.50	0.578
5	Caroline	137.00	229.00	—	0.565
6	Cecil	134.00	—	83.50	0.597
7	Carroll	132.00	—	63.00	0.562
8	Harford	129.00	—	47.50	—
9	Washington	120.00	—	52.00	0.557
10	Montgomery	118.00	—	41.00	0.540
11	Frederick	114.00	—	83.50	0.500
12	Dorchester	109.00	270.00	—	0.400
13	Somerset	107.00	—	—	0.462
14	Wicomico	106.00	193.00	69.00	0.456
15	Worcester	105.00	—	—	0.477
16	Anne Arundel	85.00	—	—	0.533
17	Calvert	70.00	—	—	0.463
18	Garrett	52.00	—	32.00	0.323
19	Charles	50.50	—	35.00	0.424
20	St Marys	46.50	—	—	0.471
21	Prince Georges	41.00	—	—	0.520
22	Allegany	28.00	—	9.90	0.255
—	Howard	—	—	23.50	0.605

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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.