Northeast
Pennsylvania farmland value and cash rent on the Land Market Index
Pennsylvania's dairy, hay, and field-crop acres include limestone valleys and thinner upland soils. The published value is the survey average of that mix.
Pennsylvania farm real estate averaged $8,700 per acre in 2026, above the U.S. figure of $4,500.
2026 averages
- Farm real estate
- $8,700 / acre
- +2.5% from 2025
- Cropland
- $9,800 / acre
- +2.5% from 2025
- Pasture
- $4,350 / acre
- +2.6% from 2025
- Cropland cash rent
- $112 / acre
- +1.8% from 2025
- Pasture cash rent
- $48.5 / acre
- +10.2% from 2025
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 | $7,660 | $8,020 | $8,160 | $8,490 | $8,700 | +2.5% |
| Cropland | $8,650 | $9,080 | $9,270 | $9,560 | $9,800 | +2.5% |
| Pasture | $3,960 | $4,090 | $4,160 | $4,240 | $4,350 | +2.6% |
| Cropland cash rent | $101 | $107 | $108 | $110 | $112 | +1.8% |
| Irrigated cropland cash rent | $162 | $172 | $174 | $178 | $189 | +6.2% |
| Non-irrigated cropland cash rent | $100 | $106 | $107 | $109 | $112 | +2.8% |
| Pasture cash rent | $40.5 | $41.5 | $43.5 | $44 | $48.5 | +10.2% |
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
- Berks County $13,449 2022 census
- Franklin County $8,855 2022 census
- Lancaster County $21,633 2022 census
- York County $9,224 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.