FieldLease

Farmland cash rent in North Carolina.

USDA's 2025 survey puts North Carolina's average cropland at $105/acre, irrigated at $140/acre, pasture at $31/acre. County figures below vary widely with soil and local demand — 95 counties in North Carolina have published data (average county soil productivity index 0.52).

Own ground in North Carolina? Run your parcel — the county rate adjusted for your soil and your measured tillable acres, free.
CountyCroplandIrrigatedPastureSoil (NCCPI)
Alamance County$46$100$240.64
Alexander County$54—$400.48
Alleghany County$109—$38.50.35
Anson County$81—$44.50.52
Ashe County$98$235$230.25
Avery County$70——0.19
Beaufort County$133——0.70
Bertie County$123——0.66
Bladen County$83.5——0.57
Brunswick County$82.5——0.48
Buncombe County$51$210$30.50.29
Burke County$39$220$200.37
Cabarrus County$79—$250.61
Caldwell County$43—$390.31
Camden County$120——0.60
Carteret County$89——0.53
Caswell County$36$105$25.50.55
Catawba County$38.5—$31.50.59
Chatham County$44.5$110$300.61
Cherokee County$64.5—$21.50.20
Chowan County$107$100—0.65
Clay County$65—$28.50.22
Cleveland County$40—$24.50.53
Columbus County$86—$42.50.57
Craven County$95—$35.50.61
Cumberland County$94.5—$430.52
Currituck County$99.5——0.55
Davidson County$57.5—$24.50.62
Davie County$66—$33.50.62
Duplin County$89.5$145$45.50.59
Durham County$43.5——0.61
Edgecombe County$117—$400.66
Forsyth County$62—$200.54
Franklin County$69.5$83.5$240.61
Gaston County$37—$210.61
Gates County$102——0.61
Granville County$75.5$81$260.68
Greene County$125$115$490.61
Guilford County$39$59$18.50.64
Halifax County$123—$510.68
Harnett County$111$200$38.50.56
Haywood County$59.5$240$23—
Henderson County$120—$230.36
Hertford County$122——0.64
Hoke County$61——0.42
Hyde County$188——0.55
Iredell County$75.5$100$320.60
Jackson County$58.5——0.20
Johnston County$115—$340.62
Jones County$91——0.60
Lee County$88.5—$24.50.57
Lenoir County$120——0.59
Lincoln County$44—$31.50.64
Macon County$53.5—$22.50.21
Madison County$73—$24.50.18
Martin County$118——0.67
Mcdowell County$46.5——0.26
Mitchell County$58.5—$28.50.24
Montgomery County$38.5——0.55
Moore County$54.5$125$24.50.45
Nash County$115$135$34.50.65
Northampton County$113——0.69
Onslow County$110——0.54
Orange County$40$75$28.50.68
Pamlico County$99.5——0.63
Pasquotank County$124——0.72
Pender County$83$150$320.53
Perquimans County$102——0.71
Person County$58.5$117$32.50.62
Pitt County$113——0.65
Polk County$34——0.40
Randolph County$72—$260.58
Richmond County$48.5——0.35
Robeson County$77.5$90$460.59
Rockingham County$56.5$90$13.50.56
Rowan County$70—$360.64
Rutherford County$47.5—$210.45
Sampson County$110$126$50.50.57
Scotland County$71——0.44
Stanly County$84—$29.50.47
Stokes County$55.5—$25.50.46
Surry County$82$110$33.50.46
Transylvania County$88——0.22
Tyrrell County$171——0.63
Union County$93—$42.50.50
Vance County$46.5$67$350.59
Wake County$73$91$330.56
Warren County$48—$310.66
Washington County$139——0.67
Watauga County$66—$24.50.18
Wayne County$135$110$48.50.61
Wilkes County$68.5—$36.50.37
Wilson County$155$150—0.67
Yadkin County$84—$43.50.57
Yancey County$35.5—$24.50.18

Dollars per acre per year, latest published year per series (survey years can differ by county). “—” means USDA withholds that series for the county; those price at the state average in our tool, labeled as such. Source: USDA NASS cash rents survey. Soil is the county's average NCCPI from USDA SSURGO. Planning-grade — not an appraisal.