County · Tennessee · USDA NASS 2025

Benton County

cropland

$93.50/ac

TN avg $115.00

Pasture

$29.50/ac

irrigated —

Soil NCCPI

0.451

TN avg 0.450

Rank · cropland

27/94

percentile 71

Δ since 2019

+14%

TN +16%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Benton County at $93.5 per acre per year, with pasture at $29.5/acre. The county's soils index 0.45 (NCCPI), near the Tennessee county average of 0.45 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is up 14% since 2019; Benton County ranks 27 of 94 Tennessee counties.

All counties · 95 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Robertson	199.00	—	46.50	0.665
2	Lake	171.00	202.00	—	0.633
3	Obion	166.00	200.00	36.00	0.567
4	Crockett	156.00	170.00	39.00	0.577
4	Montgomery	156.00	—	36.00	0.657
6	Weakley	155.00	—	40.00	0.519
7	Tipton	154.00	174.00	37.00	0.649
8	Gibson	153.00	175.00	46.50	0.539
8	Haywood	153.00	177.00	40.50	0.616
10	Sumner	148.00	—	36.00	0.539
11	Macon	147.00	—	26.00	0.389
12	Henry	145.00	—	28.00	0.581
13	Dyer	141.00	163.00	33.00	0.578
14	Lauderdale	138.00	—	55.00	0.629
15	Carroll	135.00	—	42.00	0.637
16	Madison	129.00	195.00	26.50	0.632
17	Franklin	120.00	—	29.50	0.480
17	Shelby	120.00	—	25.50	0.633
19	Smith	119.00	—	17.50	0.383
20	Coffee	113.00	—	41.00	0.534
21	Fayette	109.00	169.00	26.50	0.532
22	Warren	108.00	245.00	48.50	0.590
23	Lawrence	104.00	—	24.50	0.507
24	Cannon	98.00	—	33.00	0.353
25	Lincoln	96.50	—	25.50	0.444
26	Hardeman	95.00	—	21.50	0.531
27	Benton	93.50	—	29.50	0.451
27	Cheatham	93.50	—	21.00	0.409
29	Maury	89.50	—	22.00	0.520
30	Chester	88.00	—	20.50	0.560
30	Henderson	88.00	—	31.00	0.555
32	Decatur	86.50	—	25.00	0.518
33	De Kalb	86.00	—	23.00	0.409
33	Stewart	86.00	—	16.50	0.379
35	Bedford	83.50	—	24.50	0.540
36	Giles	79.00	—	23.00	0.498
37	Davidson	76.50	—	30.50	0.563
37	Rutherford	76.50	—	25.00	0.505
39	Humphreys	76.00	—	15.50	0.380
40	Mcnairy	74.50	—	22.00	0.563
40	Perry	74.50	—	30.00	0.267
42	Mcminn	65.00	—	21.50	0.488
42	Moore	65.00	—	19.00	0.360
44	Cumberland	64.50	—	28.00	0.350
45	Washington	63.50	—	33.00	0.485
46	Hardin	62.00	—	21.00	0.584
47	White	61.50	—	31.00	—
48	Hamblen	61.00	—	26.00	0.496
49	Cocke	59.50	275.00	21.50	—
49	Meigs	59.50	—	19.50	0.486
51	Marshall	58.50	—	28.50	0.473
51	Wayne	58.50	—	22.50	0.372
53	Bledsoe	58.00	—	31.50	0.314
53	Marion	58.00	—	31.50	0.284
55	Polk	56.50	—	28.00	0.276
56	Blount	55.50	—	22.00	—
56	Unicoi	55.50	—	—	0.189
58	Williamson	55.00	—	21.50	0.531
59	Loudon	54.50	—	19.00	0.551
60	Jackson	54.00	—	20.50	0.253
61	Overton	53.00	—	25.50	0.394
62	Morgan	50.00	—	18.00	—
63	Johnson	48.50	—	19.00	0.193
63	Pickett	48.50	—	38.50	—
63	Sequatchie	48.50	—	25.50	0.347
66	Putnam	48.00	—	25.50	—
66	Wilson	48.00	—	20.50	0.478
68	Greene	47.00	—	29.50	0.423
68	Monroe	47.00	—	29.50	0.324
70	Hickman	46.50	—	25.50	0.361
71	Dickson	46.00	—	16.50	0.453
72	Jefferson	45.50	—	21.50	0.453
73	Clay	43.00	—	21.50	0.313
74	Grundy	42.50	—	28.50	0.395
75	Fentress	42.00	—	28.50	—
75	Trousdale	42.00	—	21.50	0.460
77	Sevier	40.50	—	24.50	—
78	Sullivan	38.50	—	29.00	0.377
79	Hamilton	37.50	—	18.50	0.453
80	Grainger	36.00	—	25.50	0.292
81	Carter	34.50	—	21.50	0.223
82	Lewis	30.00	—	21.00	0.311
83	Roane	29.00	—	18.00	0.365
84	Rhea	28.50	—	18.00	0.433
85	Anderson	27.50	—	24.50	0.276
85	Houston	27.50	—	28.00	0.485
87	Union	26.50	—	17.00	0.292
88	Van Buren	26.00	—	24.00	—
89	Bradley	25.00	—	21.50	0.451
89	Hawkins	25.00	—	25.50	—
91	Knox	23.50	—	18.50	0.499
92	Campbell	22.00	—	16.00	0.173
92	Hancock	22.00	—	25.00	—
94	Claiborne	21.00	—	14.50	0.268
—	Scott	—	—	13.50	—

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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.