Southeast
South Carolina farmland value and cash rent on the Land Market Index
Coastal-plain row crops and a smaller Piedmont pasture and poultry landscape share one South Carolina average. Use the cropland and pasture rows separately.
South Carolina farm real estate averaged $4,900 per acre in 2026, above the U.S. figure of $4,500.
2026 averages
- Farm real estate
- $4,900 / acre
- +3.4% from 2025
- Cropland
- $4,100 / acre
- +2.5% from 2025
- Pasture
- $4,500 / acre
- +4.7% from 2025
- Cropland cash rent
- $56 / acre
- +0.9% from 2025
- Pasture cash rent
- $24.5 / acre
- +19.5% 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 | $4,070 | $4,360 | $4,500 | $4,740 | $4,900 | +3.4% |
| Cropland | $3,370 | $3,600 | $3,800 | $4,000 | $4,100 | +2.5% |
| Pasture | $3,800 | $4,030 | $4,150 | $4,300 | $4,500 | +4.7% |
| Cropland cash rent | $55.5 | $56 | $53 | $55.5 | $56 | +0.9% |
| Irrigated cropland cash rent | $132 | $122 | $109 | $118 | $122 | +3.4% |
| Non-irrigated cropland cash rent | $48 | $49 | $48 | $49.5 | $50 | +1.0% |
| Pasture cash rent | $20 | $19.5 | $22.5 | $20.5 | $24.5 | +19.5% |
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
- Anderson County $7,011 2022 census
- Spartanburg County $9,453 2022 census
- York County $8,629 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.