Northeast
Delaware farmland value and cash rent on the Land Market Index
Most of Delaware's farmland is on the Delmarva coastal plain, much of it in corn, soybeans, and vegetables. A withheld year means NASS suppressed the estimate. It does not mean the value was zero.
Delaware farm real estate averaged $9,700 per acre in 2026, above the U.S. figure of $4,500.
2026 averages
- Farm real estate
- $9,700 / acre
- +1.6% from 2025
- Cropland
- $9,550 / acre
- +2.7% from 2025
- Pasture
- $7,800 / acre
- +2.0% from 2025
- Cropland cash rent
- $133 / acre
- +3.1% from 2025
- Pasture cash rent
- Not published
- Change not published
Dollars per acre. A state average is not the price of a specific farm.
Annual estimates
| Series | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025–2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farm real estate | $9,570 | $9,520 | Withheld | $9,550 | $9,700 | +1.6% |
| Cropland | $8,980 | $9,230 | Withheld | $9,300 | $9,550 | +2.7% |
| Pasture | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $7,650 | $7,800 | +2.0% |
| Cropland cash rent | $117 | $123 | $125 | $129 | $133 | +3.1% |
| Irrigated cropland cash rent | $174 | $183 | $185 | $189 | $197 | +4.2% |
| Non-irrigated cropland cash rent | $94.5 | $97.5 | $101 | $104 | $112 | +7.7% |
| Pasture cash rent | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
What the rows mean
- Farm real estate
- Average value of all land and buildings used for agricultural production, including dwellings, if sold under current market conditions with a reasonable time on the market.
- Cropland
- Average value of land used for field crops, vegetables, or hay, including idle cropland and cropland in conservation programs. Land that alternates between crops and pasture is valued as cropland.
- Pasture
- Average value of land normally grazed by livestock. Animals do not have to be on the land during the survey year.
- Cropland cash rent
- Average cash rent for cropland. NASS measures this as rent expense in dollars per acre. Share rents are not included.
- Irrigated cropland cash rent
- Average cash rent for irrigated cropland, in dollars per acre.
- Non-irrigated cropland cash rent
- Average cash rent for non-irrigated cropland, in dollars per acre.
- Pasture cash rent
- Average cash rent for pastureland, in dollars per acre.
Counties
- Kent County $8,679 2022 census
- New Castle County $11,212 2022 census
- Sussex County $9,642 2022 census
Nearby states
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Sources
- Land Values 2026 Summary, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, released 2026-07-31. Text tables. ESMIS archive.
- Quick Stats cash rent expense, dollars per acre, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Retrieved 2026-10-25.
State and U.S. survey estimates. Blank cells were not published. Year-over-year rent changes in this file are calculated from those estimates. Land-value changes are the percents printed in the summary. Rent changes are calculated from the published yearly estimates. U.S. government figures are public domain and were not adjusted. A blank or “withheld” cell was not published.