HUD Fair Market Rents · FY2026

Fair market rent by city and county

The rent HUD publishes for 3,536 U.S. places — 410 cities and 3,126 counties — studio through four bedrooms, with the income the 30% affordability rule asks for at each one. These are the FY2026 schedules, not asking rents scraped from listings.

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The 25 largest places by population
Place	Population	Two-bedroom rent
Los Angeles County, CA	9,808,667	$2,903.00/mo
Cook County, IL	5,182,090	$1,781.00/mo
Harris County, TX	4,838,303	$1,573.00/mo
Maricopa County, AZ	4,559,748	$1,839.00/mo
San Diego County, CA	3,288,774	$3,001.00/mo
Orange County, CA	3,165,820	$3,236.00/mo
Miami-Dade County, FL	2,738,356	$2,436.00/mo
Kings County, NY	2,631,580	$2,910.00/mo
Dallas County, TX	2,621,179	$1,931.00/mo
Riverside County, CA	2,478,600	$2,201.00/mo
Clark County, NV	2,329,548	$1,735.00/mo
Queens County, NY	2,323,052	$2,910.00/mo
King County, WA	2,287,171	$2,501.00/mo
San Bernardino County, CA	2,197,104	$2,201.00/mo
Tarrant County, TX	2,167,390	$1,723.00/mo
Bexar County, TX	2,067,341	$1,426.00/mo
Broward County, FL	1,977,129	$2,333.00/mo
Santa Clara County, CA	1,902,047	$3,483.00/mo
Wayne County, MI	1,772,259	$1,411.00/mo
Alameda County, CA	1,649,473	$2,912.00/mo
Phoenix, AZ	1,642,323	$1,839.00/mo
New York County, NY	1,629,477	$2,910.00/mo
Sacramento County, CA	1,594,006	$2,255.00/mo
Philadelphia, PA	1,579,706	$1,810.00/mo
Philadelphia County, PA	1,579,706	$1,810.00/mo