HUD FMR Data · Updated April 2026
Biggest Rent Decreases by County
US counties with the largest year-over-year Fair Market Rent decreases. Based on the latest HUD Fair Market Rent data.
| Rank | County | State | 2BR FMR | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Butts County | Georgia | $1,075 | -14.3% |
| 2 | Pickens County | Alabama | $776 | -9.5% |
| 3 | Jacksonville | North Carolina | $1,173 | -7.9% |
| 4 | Hudspeth County | Texas | $973 | -7.6% |
| 5 | Montgomery | Alabama | $1,016 | -7.0% |
| 6 | Salinas | California | $2,684 | -6.8% |
| 7 | Holmes County | Mississippi | $842 | -6.8% |
| 8 | Asheville | North Carolina | $1,567 | -6.7% |
| 9 | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | $1,204 | -5.7% |
| 10 | Meriwether County | Georgia | $1,001 | -5.7% |
| 11 | Iberville Parish | Louisiana | $866 | -5.7% |
| 12 | Seattle-Bellevue | Washington | $2,501 | -5.4% |
| 13 | Greenville | North Carolina | $1,095 | -5.2% |
| 14 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro | Oregon | $1,922 | -5.0% |
| 15 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro | Washington | $1,922 | -5.0% |
| 16 | Simpson County | Mississippi | $858 | -5.0% |
| 17 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | $1,047 | -4.9% |
| 18 | Hoke County | North Carolina | $998 | -4.9% |
| 19 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson | Maryland | $1,857 | -4.4% |
| 20 | Boulder | Colorado | $2,124 | -4.2% |
| 21 | Binghamton | New York | $1,103 | -3.3% |
| 22 | Atascosa County | Texas | $1,098 | -3.3% |
| 23 | Fayetteville | North Carolina | $1,251 | -3.2% |
| 24 | Lincoln County | North Carolina | $1,054 | -3.2% |
| 25 | Le Sueur County | Minnesota | $1,078 | -2.9% |
| 26 | Assumption Parish | Louisiana | $967 | -2.8% |
| 27 | Macoupin County | Illinois | $916 | -2.8% |
| 28 | Flint | Michigan | $1,033 | -2.6% |
| 29 | New Orleans-Metairie | Louisiana | $1,331 | -2.3% |
| 30 | San Antonio-New Braunfels | Texas | $1,426 | -2.2% |
| 31 | Louisville | Indiana | $1,272 | -2.2% |
| 32 | Louisville | Kentucky | $1,272 | -2.2% |
| 33 | Grundy County | Illinois | $1,459 | -2.1% |
| 34 | Waco | Texas | $1,240 | -2.1% |
| 35 | Parkersburg-Vienna | West Virginia | $928 | -2.1% |
| 36 | Beaumont-Port Arthur | Texas | $1,103 | -2.0% |
| 37 | St. James Parish | Louisiana | $921 | -2.0% |
| 38 | Memphis | Mississippi | $1,274 | -1.8% |
| 39 | Memphis | Tennessee | $1,274 | -1.8% |
| 40 | Memphis | Arkansas | $1,274 | -1.8% |
| 41 | Kendall County | Texas | $1,650 | -1.6% |
| 42 | Teller County | Colorado | $1,493 | -1.6% |
| 43 | Lafayette | Louisiana | $1,019 | -1.5% |
| 44 | Lancaster County | South Carolina | $1,011 | -1.5% |
| 45 | Gadsden | Alabama | $927 | -1.4% |
| 46 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell | Georgia | $1,820 | -1.3% |
| 47 | Daphne-Fairhope-Foley | Alabama | $1,345 | -1.2% |
| 48 | Gulfport-Biloxi | Mississippi | $1,140 | -1.0% |
| 49 | Mobile | Alabama | $1,083 | -1.0% |
| 50 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | $1,067 | -0.9% |