County · Pennsylvania · USDA NASS 2025

Columbia County

cropland

$79.50/ac

PA avg $109.00

Pasture

$37.50/ac

irrigated —

Soil NCCPI

0.321

PA avg 0.380

Rank · cropland

23/62

percentile 63

Δ since 2020

+21%

PA +17%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Columbia County at $79.5 per acre per year, with pasture at $37.5/acre. The county's soils index 0.32 (NCCPI), below the Pennsylvania county average of 0.38 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is up 21% since 2020; Columbia County ranks 23 of 62 Pennsylvania counties.

All counties · 62 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Lancaster	260.00	486.00	91.50	0.618
2	Lebanon	206.00	—	53.00	0.517
3	Chester	204.00	181.00	43.00	0.571
4	Blair	172.00	—	64.50	0.348
5	Franklin	158.00	—	60.00	0.468
6	Cumberland	145.00	—	51.50	0.504
6	York	145.00	324.00	38.00	0.506
8	Lehigh	119.00	—	—	0.505
9	Northumberland	117.00	—	33.50	0.355
10	Union	116.00	—	51.50	0.372
11	Mifflin	114.00	—	77.50	—
12	Berks	113.00	—	53.00	0.458
12	Juniata	113.00	—	45.50	—
14	Montour	110.00	—	—	0.394
15	Huntingdon	102.00	—	31.00	0.303
16	Dauphin	95.00	70.00	44.00	0.382
16	Fulton	95.00	—	45.00	0.297
18	Centre	92.00	—	27.00	0.342
19	Adams	90.00	—	27.00	0.507
20	Snyder	86.00	—	26.00	0.329
21	Perry	83.00	120.00	75.00	0.319
22	Schuylkill	80.00	—	—	0.292
23	Columbia	79.50	—	37.50	0.321
24	Northampton	75.00	—	—	0.498
25	Clinton	74.50	—	63.00	0.246
26	Lycoming	73.00	—	14.50	0.267
26	Montgomery	73.00	—	—	0.546
28	Beaver	65.00	—	—	0.378
28	Bedford	65.00	—	39.50	0.318
30	Carbon	63.50	—	—	0.343
30	Luzerne	63.50	—	39.00	0.297
32	Mercer	58.00	—	30.00	0.425
33	Erie	56.00	—	10.50	0.445
33	Greene	56.00	—	20.00	—
35	Westmoreland	54.00	—	25.00	0.433
36	Bucks	52.00	195.00	32.00	0.524
36	Lawrence	52.00	—	34.00	0.457
38	Monroe	49.50	—	—	0.278
39	Cambria	47.50	—	21.00	0.339
40	Indiana	46.00	—	—	0.386
41	Crawford	44.00	—	12.00	0.410
42	Tioga	40.00	—	30.00	0.277
43	Butler	39.00	—	25.00	0.377
44	Lackawanna	38.50	—	13.50	0.259
44	Warren	38.50	—	—	—
44	Wyoming	38.50	—	—	0.271
47	Bradford	37.00	—	16.00	—
48	Somerset	36.00	—	31.00	0.332
49	Armstrong	35.50	—	17.00	0.333
50	Venango	34.00	—	—	0.379
51	Fayette	30.00	—	27.00	0.366
51	Jefferson	30.00	—	—	0.363
53	Clarion	28.00	—	10.50	0.369
54	Washington	27.00	—	20.00	—
55	Potter	26.50	—	25.50	0.205
56	Allegheny	24.00	—	—	0.437
57	Clearfield	22.00	100.00	—	0.321
57	Susquehanna	22.00	—	—	0.277
59	Wayne	20.50	—	10.00	0.266
60	Mckean	20.00	—	—	0.292
61	Elk	18.00	—	—	—
61	Sullivan	18.00	—	—	—

A county average is the starting point, not your number. FieldLease adjusts it for your parcel — measured soil, tillable acres, flood exposure — and checks it against what you’re paid.

Check a parcel in Columbia

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.