Iowa State University Extension

1997 Iowa Land Value Survey

The following table shows 1997 and 1996 land values, by crop reporting district and by county, with the dollar change from 1996 to 1997 and the percentage change from 1996 to 1997.
By Crop Reporting District:
               1997     1996      1996-1997
District     $/acre   $/acre  $ Change  % Change

Northwest      2263     2071     192      9.3%
North Central  2194     1997     197      9.9%
Northeast      1721     1559     162     10.4%
West Central   1894     1758     136      7.7%
Central        2295     2090     205      9.8%
East Central   2110     1965     145      7.4%
Southwest      1369     1206     163     13.5%
South Central   957      851     106     12.5%
Southeast      1580     1502      78      5.2%
    
State Avg.     1837     1682     155      9.2%

By County:
               1997     1996      1996-1997
County Name  $/acre   $/acre  $ Change  % Change

Adair          1179     1046     133     12.7%
Adams          1190     1070     120     11.2%
Allamakee      1096      968     128     13.2%
Appanoose       799      714      85     11.9%
Audubon        1784     1647     137      8.3%
Benton         2188     2023     165      8.2%
Black Hawk     2314     2128     186      8.7%
Boone          2453     2260     193      8.5%
Bremer         1997     1814     183     10.1%
Buchanan       2015     1840     175      9.5%
Buena Vista    2380     2171     209      9.6%
Butler         2117     1943     174      9.0%
Calhoun        2458     2258     200      8.9%
Carroll        2125     1950     175      9.0%
Cass           1558     1406     152     10.8%
Cedar          2340     2196     144      6.6%
Cerro Gordo    2185     2001     184      9.2%
Cherokee       2026     1863     163      8.7%
Chickasaw      1627     1476     151     10.2%
Clarke          930      830     100     12.0%
Clay           2215     2020     195      9.7%
Clayton        1452     1282     170     13.3%
Clinton        1880     1739     141      8.1%
Crawford       1789     1656     133      8.0%
Dallas         1977     1816     160      8.8%
Davis          1001      915      86      9.4%
Decatur         757      677      80     11.8%
Delaware       2081     1869     212     11.3%
Des Moines     1732     1605     127      7.9%
Dickinson      2011     1836     175      9.5%
Dubuque        1829     1624     205     12.6%
Emmet          2327     2122     205      9.7%
Fayette        1812     1623     189     11.6%
Floyd          1924     1769     155      8.8%
Franklin       2291     2092     199      9.5%
Fremont        1539     1361     178     13.1%
Greene         2133     1964     169      8.6%
Grundy         2491     2294     197      8.6%
Guthrie        1638     1516     122      8.0%
Hamilton       2647     2429     218      9.0%
Hancock        2286     2086     200      9.6%
Hardin         2401     2203     198      9.0%
Harrison       1558     1427     131      9.2%
Henry          1666     1545     121      7.8%
Howard         1451     1316     135     10.3%
Humboldt       2510     2294     216      9.4%
Ida            2002     1855     147      7.9%
Iowa           1798     1674     124      7.4%
Jackson        1599     1449     150     10.4%
Jasper         1856     1726     130      7.5%
Jefferson      1282     1189      93      7.8%
Johnson        2195     2059     136      6.6%
Jones          1784     1644     140      8.5%
Keokuk         1536     1439      97      6.7%
Kossuth        2431     2213     218      9.9%
Lee            1508     1376     132      9.6%
Linn           2288     2136     152      7.1%
Louisa         1952     1831     121      6.6%
Lucas           855     764       91     11.9%
Lyon           2000     1827     173      9.5%
Madison        1409     1257     152     12.1%
Mahaska        1572     1457     115      7.9%
Marion         1485     1354     131      9.7%
Marshall       2058     1906     152      8.0%
Mills          1618     1431     187     13.1%
Mitchell       1831     1683     148      8.8%
Monona         1468     1371      97      7.1%
Monroe         1004      920      84      9.1%
Montgomery     1425     1259     166     13.2%
Muscatine      2139     2007     132      6.6%
O'Brien        2522     2303     219      9.5%
Osceola        2196     2005     191      9.5%
Page           1267     1120     147     13.1%
Palo Alto      2242     2042     200      9.8%
Plymouth       2038     1888     150      7.9%
Pocahontas     2437     2224     213      9.6%
Polk           2081     1916     165      8.6%
Pottawattamie  1656     1490     166     11.1%
Poweshiek      1798     1674     124      7.4%
Ringgold        883      786      97     12.3%
Sac            2217     2035     182      8.9%
Scott          2913     2735     178      6.5%
Shelby         1685     1546     139      9.0%
Sioux          2230     2050     180      8.8%
Story          2525     2328     197      8.5%
Tama           1983     1833     150      8.2%
Taylor         1016      901     115     12.8%
Union          1072      955     117     12.3%
Van Buren      1124     1027      97      9.4%
Wapello        1165     1080      85      7.9%
Warren         1522     1370     152     11.1%
Washington     2008     1882     126      6.7%
Wayne           840      751      89     11.9%
Webster        2592     2379     213      9.0%
Winnebago      2087     1905     182      9.6%
Winneshiek     1449     1298     151     11.6%
Woodbury       1628     1517     111      7.3%
Worth          2025     1854     171      9.2%
Wright         2604     2380     224      9.4%

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Last update: Dec. 17, 1997.