County · Michigan · USDA NASS 2025

Genesee County

cropland

$130.00/ac

MI avg $143.00

Pasture

$38.00/ac

irrigated —

Soil NCCPI

0.588

MI avg 0.460

Rank · cropland

24/74

percentile 68

Δ since 2019

+48%

MI +19%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Genesee County at $130 per acre per year, with pasture at $38/acre. The county's soils index 0.59 (NCCPI), above the Michigan county average of 0.46 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is up 48% since 2019; Genesee County ranks 24 of 74 Michigan counties.

All counties · 74 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Huron	237.00	—	—	0.541
2	Sanilac	204.00	—	—	0.580
3	Gratiot	199.00	—	52.00	0.561
4	Ionia	196.00	—	38.00	0.564
5	Lenawee	176.00	256.00	—	0.616
6	Midland	173.00	—	—	0.536
7	Van Buren	167.00	294.00	—	0.512
8	Calhoun	164.00	242.00	—	0.541
8	Ingham	164.00	—	—	0.540
8	Monroe	164.00	220.00	—	0.558
11	Berrien	152.00	303.00	—	0.595
11	Tuscola	152.00	272.00	—	0.572
13	St Joseph	151.00	321.00	25.50	0.558
14	Branch	150.00	305.00	—	0.553
15	Bay	147.00	248.00	—	0.581
16	Allegan	143.00	292.00	39.50	0.487
16	Clinton	143.00	192.00	—	0.551
18	Shiawassee	139.00	—	—	0.572
19	Eaton	138.00	—	—	0.572
19	Saginaw	138.00	—	—	0.585
21	Hillsdale	136.00	270.00	—	0.568
22	Kalamazoo	134.00	303.00	—	0.553
23	Kent	133.00	196.00	—	0.490
24	Genesee	130.00	—	38.00	0.588
25	Ottawa	129.00	250.00	—	0.464
26	Isabella	124.00	—	20.00	0.507
27	Barry	122.00	228.00	44.00	0.486
28	Cass	120.00	296.00	—	0.544
29	Leelanau	107.00	296.00	—	0.274
30	Arenac	104.00	—	—	0.388
30	Jackson	104.00	—	47.50	0.485
32	Missaukee	103.00	—	—	0.359
33	Gladwin	102.00	—	24.50	0.388
34	Clare	101.00	—	45.50	0.390
35	Macomb	99.50	173.00	—	0.627
36	Wayne	96.50	—	—	0.559
37	Livingston	96.00	—	50.50	0.506
38	Washtenaw	94.00	211.00	40.50	0.587
39	Oceana	93.00	98.00	—	0.356
40	Muskegon	92.50	—	—	0.377
41	Newaygo	92.00	156.00	—	0.391
42	Montcalm	89.00	230.00	—	0.451
43	Iosco	86.50	—	17.50	0.361
44	Lapeer	84.50	—	—	0.557
45	Osceola	83.50	—	21.00	0.425
46	St Clair	82.50	—	—	0.616
47	Oakland	75.50	—	—	0.553
48	Lake	71.50	—	—	—
49	Ogemaw	63.50	—	—	0.358
50	Mecosta	63.00	201.00	38.00	0.436
51	Alcona	62.50	—	—	0.389
52	Mason	61.50	—	—	0.388
53	Oscoda	49.00	—	—	0.321
54	Grand Traverse	47.50	—	—	0.319
55	Presque Isle	43.50	—	—	0.345
56	Alpena	42.00	—	—	0.390
56	Antrim	42.00	—	26.00	0.336
58	Manistee	38.50	85.00	—	—
59	Wexford	37.00	—	43.00	—
60	Montmorency	32.00	—	—	0.338
61	Menominee	29.50	—	—	0.385
62	Charlevoix	28.00	—	—	0.316
63	Cheboygan	27.00	—	16.50	0.351
64	Alger	25.50	—	—	0.353
65	Otsego	25.00	—	—	0.347
66	Kalkaska	23.50	—	—	0.340
67	Dickinson	22.00	—	—	0.434
68	Ontonagon	21.50	—	—	0.378
69	Delta	19.50	—	—	0.414
70	Emmet	17.00	—	6.80	0.371
70	Iron	17.00	—	—	0.394
72	Mackinac	15.50	—	—	0.383
73	Chippewa	13.50	—	12.00	0.380
74	Luce	10.50	—	—	0.335

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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.