County · Massachusetts · USDA NASS 2025

Essex County

Irrigated cropland

$386.00/ac

MA avg $298.00

Pasture

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irrigated —

Soil NCCPI

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MA avg 0.310

Rank · irrigated

3/10

percentile 70

Δ trend

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MA +24%

USDA's 2025 survey puts irrigated cropland in Essex County at $386 per acre per year. Individual parcels run higher or lower with soil quality and tillable share, which moves real rents.

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$/ac irrigated · quantile classes

ESSEX COUNTY25009

cropland—

irrigated$386.00

pasture—

nccpi—

rank—

All counties · 12 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Hampshire	144.00	304.00	25.00	—
2	Franklin	124.00	396.00	34.00	0.291
3	Hampden	112.00	265.00	—	—
4	Bristol	111.00	273.00	—	—
5	Norfolk	73.00	—	—	—
6	Middlesex	71.00	149.00	—	0.336
7	Plymouth	69.00	—	—	0.313
8	Berkshire	68.50	150.00	18.00	0.266
9	Worcester	52.00	320.00	41.00	—
10	Barnstable	32.50	490.00	—	0.320
—	Dukes	—	86.00	—	0.308
—	Essex	—	386.00	—	—

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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.