Northeast
New Jersey farmland value and cash rent on the Land Market Index
New Jersey's acre values sit on a small base of vegetables, nursery, sod, and field crops between developed areas. They are survey estimates, not a listing price.
New Jersey farm real estate averaged $17,000 per acre in 2026, above the U.S. figure of $4,500.
2026 averages
- Farm real estate
- $17,000 / acre
- +2.4% from 2025
- Cropland
- $17,100 / acre
- +2.4% from 2025
- Pasture
- $15,600 / acre
- +2.6% from 2025
- Cropland cash rent
- $96 / acre
- +12.3% 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 | $14,200 | $16,000 | $16,200 | $16,600 | $17,000 | +2.4% |
| Cropland | $14,700 | $16,400 | $16,300 | $16,700 | $17,100 | +2.4% |
| Pasture | $13,300 | $15,000 | $15,000 | $15,200 | $15,600 | +2.6% |
| Cropland cash rent | $84.5 | $82.5 | $86 | $85.5 | $96 | +12.3% |
| Irrigated cropland cash rent | $136 | $144 | $142 | $150 | $162 | +8.0% |
| Non-irrigated cropland cash rent | $75.5 | $70.5 | $73 | $73.5 | $84.5 | +15.0% |
| Pasture cash rent | Not published | Not published | Not published | $47.5 | 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
- Burlington County $12,875 2022 census
- Hunterdon County $17,886 2022 census
- Monmouth County $25,361 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.