Florida → Lee
Lee County, Florida
Pasture here rented for $11.50 an acre in 2026, $9.50 below the Florida median of $21. That's the 16th percentile among the 29 Florida counties reporting that year, and the 16th percentile nationally.
Put that in lease terms. On a quarter-section — 160 acres — the gap between this county and the state median is $1,520 a year. Differences that look like pocket change per acre stop looking that way at scale.
Across Florida's counties, the middle half of county averages in 2026 runs $12.50 to $35 an acre. Individual leases spread wider than county averages do — grass, water, fencing, and term length all move the number — but an offer far outside this band should come with a reason the other side can name out loud.
Since 2009, this county's rate has fallen 51 percent: $23.50 then, $11.50 in 2026. A lease that hasn't been revisited over that stretch has been repricing itself by default — just not on paper.
The counties next door
The comparison that actually gets made at the kitchen table isn't the state median — it's what the neighbors get. This year, rates just across the county line run $12 to $41 an acre. Every bordering county NASS tracks, at its most recent published rate:
Every year on record
| Year | $/acre |
|---|---|
| 2009 | $23.50 |
| 2010 | $14 |
| 2011 | $11 |
| 2012 | $8.30 |
| 2013 | $9 |
| 2014 | $4.90 |
| 2016 | $10.50 |
| 2017 | $6.50 |
| 2019 | $12 |
| 2020 | $10 |
| 2021 | $21.50 |
| 2022 | $23 |
| 2023 | $27.50 |
| 2024 | $11.50 |
| 2026 | $11.50 |
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