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County · New Jersey · USDA NASS 2025

Salem County

cropland
$87.50/ac
NJ avg $73.50
Pasture
$21.00/ac
irrigated $136.00
Soil NCCPI
0.494
NJ avg 0.430
Rank · cropland
4/12
percentile 67
Δ since 2019
+20%
NJ +13%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Salem County at $87.5 per acre per year, with pasture at $21/acre and irrigated ground at $136/acre. The county's soils index 0.49 (NCCPI), above the New Jersey county average of 0.43 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is up 20% since 2019; Salem County ranks 4 of 12 New Jersey counties.

New Jersey counties · cropland $/ac
Atlantic County — not publishedNo published dataBurlington County — $78.5/ac croplandCamden County — not publishedNo published dataCumberland County — $84.5/ac croplandNo published dataGloucester County — $89/ac croplandNo published dataHunterdon County — $51.5/ac croplandMercer County — $55/ac croplandMiddlesex County — $62/ac croplandMonmouth County — $88.5/ac croplandMorris County — $55/ac croplandNo published dataNo published dataSalem County — $87.5/ac croplandSomerset County — $18.5/ac croplandSussex County — $41.5/ac croplandNo published dataWarren County — $91/ac cropland
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$/ac cropland · quantile classes
cropland $/ac · 2019–2025
SalemNew Jersey average
60708090100201920202021202220232024202573.587.5

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.