HUD FMR Data · Updated April 2026
Biggest Rent Increases by County
US counties with the largest year-over-year Fair Market Rent increases. Based on the latest HUD Fair Market Rent data.
| Rank | County | State | 2BR FMR | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin County | Texas | $1,772 | 95.8% |
| 2 | Gates County | North Carolina | $1,709 | 62.8% |
| 3 | Lewiston-Auburn | Maine | $1,586 | 42.8% |
| 4 | Camden County | North Carolina | $1,287 | 41.0% |
| 5 | Missoula | Montana | $1,655 | 37.6% |
| 6 | Bangor | Maine | $1,659 | 33.9% |
| 7 | Penobscot County | Maine | $1,392 | 33.5% |
| 8 | Great Falls | Montana | $1,284 | 31.2% |
| 9 | Butte County | Idaho | $1,304 | 30.9% |
| 10 | Jasper County | South Carolina | $1,542 | 30.0% |
| 11 | York-Kittery-South Berwick | Maine | $2,202 | 29.8% |
| 12 | South Bend-Mishawaka | Indiana | $1,292 | 27.0% |
| 13 | Springfield | Massachusetts | $1,734 | 26.1% |
| 14 | Sagadahoc County | Maine | $1,577 | 26.1% |
| 15 | Brunswick County | North Carolina | $1,426 | 26.0% |
| 16 | Appleton | Wisconsin | $1,236 | 25.7% |
| 17 | Long County | Georgia | $1,133 | 24.6% |
| 18 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy | New York | $1,702 | 23.9% |
| 19 | Worcester | Massachusetts | $2,056 | 23.8% |
| 20 | Syracuse | New York | $1,392 | 23.6% |
| 21 | Madison | Wisconsin | $1,694 | 23.5% |
| 22 | Billings | Montana | $1,417 | 23.4% |
| 23 | Palm Coast | Florida | $1,806 | 23.3% |
| 24 | Erie | Pennsylvania | $1,212 | 23.3% |
| 25 | Hall County | Nebraska | $1,215 | 23.2% |
| 26 | Warren County | New Jersey | $1,895 | 23.1% |
| 27 | Coeur d'Alene | Idaho | $1,547 | 23.0% |
| 28 | Bismarck | North Dakota | $1,175 | 23.0% |
| 29 | Stillwater County | Montana | $1,257 | 22.9% |
| 30 | Bergen-Passaic | New Jersey | $2,324 | 22.8% |
| 31 | Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina | Hawaii | $2,624 | 22.7% |
| 32 | Rochester | Minnesota | $1,407 | 22.6% |
| 33 | Des Moines-West Des Moines | Iowa | $1,318 | 22.0% |
| 34 | Akron | Ohio | $1,268 | 22.0% |
| 35 | Western Rockingham County | New Hampshire | $2,220 | 21.8% |
| 36 | Monmouth-Ocean | New Jersey | $2,328 | 21.5% |
| 37 | York County | Maine | $1,716 | 21.2% |
| 38 | Twin Falls County | Idaho | $1,284 | 21.2% |
| 39 | Howard County | Missouri | $1,044 | 21.1% |
| 40 | Eugene-Springfield | Oregon | $1,688 | 20.8% |
| 41 | Montcalm County | Michigan | $1,203 | 20.8% |
| 42 | Holland-Grand Haven | Michigan | $1,519 | 20.6% |
| 43 | Knoxville | Tennessee | $1,471 | 20.5% |
| 44 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre | Pennsylvania | $1,252 | 20.5% |
| 45 | Rochester | New York | $1,573 | 20.4% |
| 46 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach | Florida | $1,700 | 20.3% |
| 47 | Howard County | Nebraska | $1,049 | 20.3% |
| 48 | Jersey City | New Jersey | $2,763 | 20.2% |
| 49 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | Arkansas | $1,347 | 20.2% |
| 50 | Cumberland County | Maine | $1,833 | 20.0% |