HUD FMR Data · Updated April 2026
Lowest Rent Burden Counties
US counties where rent takes the smallest share of household income. Based on the latest HUD Fair Market Rent data.
| Rank | County | State | 2BR FMR | Rent Burden |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jefferson County | West Virginia | $1,251 | 12.1% |
| 2 | Warren County | Virginia | $1,315 | 12.7% |
| 3 | Benton County | Iowa | $956 | 13.5% |
| 4 | Bremer County | Iowa | $978 | 14.1% |
| 5 | Le Sueur County | Minnesota | $1,078 | 14.3% |
| 6 | Seward County | Nebraska | $967 | 14.3% |
| 7 | Tooele County | Utah | $1,241 | 14.6% |
| 8 | Saunders County | Nebraska | $1,089 | 14.6% |
| 9 | McHenry County | North Dakota | $1,000 | 14.9% |
| 10 | Wabasha County | Minnesota | $1,001 | 15.0% |
| 11 | Jones County | Iowa | $919 | 15.1% |
| 12 | Jefferson City | Missouri | $910 | 15.1% |
| 13 | Brown County | Ohio | $1,008 | 15.2% |
| 14 | Boone County | Iowa | $1,026 | 15.4% |
| 15 | Oconto County | Wisconsin | $973 | 15.4% |
| 16 | Warren County | Indiana | $956 | 15.4% |
| 17 | Union County | Ohio | $1,433 | 15.7% |
| 18 | Grady County | Oklahoma | $1,004 | 15.9% |
| 19 | Grant County | Arkansas | $968 | 16.0% |
| 20 | Macoupin County | Illinois | $916 | 16.0% |
| 21 | Wise County | Texas | $1,205 | 16.1% |
| 22 | Lincoln County | North Carolina | $1,054 | 16.1% |
| 23 | Putnam County | West Virginia | $1,054 | 16.2% |
| 24 | Lancaster County | South Carolina | $1,011 | 16.2% |
| 25 | Washington County | Iowa | $962 | 16.2% |
| 26 | Fillmore County | Minnesota | $1,022 | 16.3% |
| 27 | Green County | Wisconsin | $1,097 | 16.4% |
| 28 | Rock County | Minnesota | $973 | 16.5% |
| 29 | Shelby County | Kentucky | $1,143 | 16.6% |
| 30 | Lampasas County | Texas | $1,067 | 16.6% |
| 31 | Franklin County | Virginia | $944 | 16.6% |
| 32 | Cedar Rapids | Iowa | $1,071 | 16.7% |
| 33 | Rappahannock County | Virginia | $1,375 | 16.8% |
| 34 | Bismarck | North Dakota | $1,175 | 16.8% |
| 35 | Iowa County | Wisconsin | $1,168 | 16.8% |
| 36 | Franklin County | Indiana | $1,117 | 16.8% |
| 37 | Bosque County | Texas | $973 | 16.8% |
| 38 | Vernon County | Wisconsin | $973 | 16.8% |
| 39 | Howard County | Nebraska | $1,049 | 16.9% |
| 40 | Monroe County | Georgia | $1,174 | 17.0% |
| 41 | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | $1,156 | 17.0% |
| 42 | Tipton County | Indiana | $1,109 | 17.0% |
| 43 | Renville County | North Dakota | $1,081 | 17.0% |
| 44 | Dubuque | Iowa | $1,077 | 17.0% |
| 45 | Cooper County | Missouri | $958 | 17.0% |
| 46 | Moniteau County | Missouri | $922 | 17.0% |
| 47 | Wells County | Indiana | $991 | 17.1% |
| 48 | St. James Parish | Louisiana | $921 | 17.1% |
| 49 | Custer County | South Dakota | $1,173 | 17.2% |
| 50 | Callaway County | Missouri | $1,042 | 17.2% |