Appalachian
Virginia farmland value and cash rent on the Land Market Index
The Shenandoah Valley, Southside field crops, and coastal-plain crops are one Virginia average. A point inside an independent city still gets that city's Census FIPS in the photo tool, not a neighboring county.
Virginia farm real estate averaged $6,300 per acre in 2026, above the U.S. figure of $4,500.
2026 averages
- Farm real estate
- $6,300 / acre
- +3.3% from 2025
- Cropland
- $6,400 / acre
- +3.7% from 2025
- Pasture
- $5,430 / acre
- +2.5% from 2025
- Cropland cash rent
- $71.5 / acre
- +2.1% from 2025
- Pasture cash rent
- $33.5 / acre
- +19.6% 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 | $4,950 | $5,300 | $5,850 | $6,100 | $6,300 | +3.3% |
| Cropland | $5,100 | $5,490 | $5,930 | $6,170 | $6,400 | +3.7% |
| Pasture | $4,130 | $4,480 | $5,090 | $5,300 | $5,430 | +2.5% |
| Cropland cash rent | $65 | $68.5 | $66.5 | $70 | $71.5 | +2.1% |
| Irrigated cropland cash rent | $123 | $122 | $122 | $120 | $132 | +10.0% |
| Non-irrigated cropland cash rent | $63 | $66.5 | $64 | $68 | $69.5 | +2.2% |
| Pasture cash rent | $23.5 | $24.5 | $26 | $28 | $33.5 | +19.6% |
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
- Albemarle County $9,048 2022 census
- Augusta County $7,594 2022 census
- Rockingham County $9,531 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.