County · West Virginia · USDA NASS 2025

Preston County

cropland

$46.00/ac

WV avg $44.50

Pasture

$15.00/ac

irrigated —

Soil NCCPI

0.266

WV avg 0.250

Rank · cropland

10/38

percentile 74

Δ since 2019

+77%

WV +3%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Preston County at $46 per acre per year, with pasture at $15/acre. The county's soils index 0.27 (NCCPI), near the West Virginia county average of 0.25 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is up 77% since 2019; Preston County ranks 10 of 38 West Virginia counties.

All counties · 39 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Mason	102.00	10.50	—
2	Jefferson	72.00	18.50	0.566
3	Grant	56.50	6.50	—
4	Jackson	51.00	6.50	—
5	Hampshire	50.00	12.50	—
6	Brooke	49.50	—	—
6	Greenbrier	49.50	23.00	0.197
8	Randolph	48.00	7.30	—
9	Pendleton	46.50	12.50	0.163
10	Preston	46.00	15.00	0.266
11	Berkeley	45.00	21.00	0.434
12	Putnam	43.50	—	0.276
13	Marion	41.50	—	—
14	Hardy	40.50	15.50	—
15	Tucker	38.00	13.50	—
16	Wood	37.50	—	—
17	Doddridge	36.50	3.60	0.180
18	Pocahontas	36.00	16.00	0.174
19	Monroe	34.50	29.50	0.209
20	Wayne	31.00	—	0.204
21	Raleigh	30.50	17.50	—
22	Mercer	29.00	9.80	—
23	Calhoun	26.50	8.60	—
23	Lewis	26.50	15.00	0.199
25	Mineral	25.00	16.50	—
25	Upshur	25.00	7.20	0.223
27	Summers	23.50	11.50	—
28	Barbour	23.00	8.80	0.250
29	Braxton	21.00	14.00	0.172
30	Cabell	20.50	—	0.271
31	Gilmer	19.50	5.40	0.163
32	Nicholas	18.50	17.00	—
33	Morgan	17.00	10.50	0.223
33	Wirt	17.00	9.00	—
35	Monongalia	14.50	9.00	—
35	Ritchie	14.50	—	0.264
37	Roane	13.00	4.40	—
38	Harrison	12.50	10.00	—
—	Taylor	—	11.50	—

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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.