Renting, by state
What rent you can genuinely carry, what a landlord will actually screen you on, and whether buying would cost less over the years you plan to stay. Rent figures are HUD’s own fair market rents. No listings, no referrals.
“The average rent in your state” is a nearly useless number
Rent varies more inside a state than between states. In California a two-bedroom fair market rent runs from $1,108 to $4,214 depending on which of its 51 HUD rent areas you are in — a gap of $3,106 a month within one state. We show the county figure where we have it and label the statewide median as a median rather than dressing it up as a local number.
Calculators for your state
Rent affordability calculator
What rent you can carry against take-home pay, what a landlord will screen you on, and the gap between the two.
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Rent vs. buy calculator
The honest break-even, including what selling costs and what the down payment would have earned if it stayed invested.
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Move-in cost calculator
Every dollar a move takes, split into what comes back and what never does — plus whether the deposit is one your state actually allows.
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Rent increase checker
What the increase costs a year, whether your state caps it, and the notice rule that decides most cases the percentage does not.
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Calculators that don’t depend on where you live
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Median two-bedroom fair market rent across each state’s HUD rent areas, FY2026 — unweighted by population, so a metro will run above it.
Alabama
$837 2-bed
55 rent areas
Alaska
$1,424 2-bed
30 rent areas
Arizona
$1,337 2-bed
14 rent areas
Arkansas
$880 2-bed
68 rent areas
California
$1,625 2-bed
51 rent areas
Colorado
$1,164 2-bed
55 rent areas
Connecticut
$1,827 2-bed
20 rent areas
Delaware
$1,470 2-bed
3 rent areas
Florida
$1,337 2-bed
52 rent areas
Georgia
$973 2-bed
112 rent areas
Hawaii
$2,492 2-bed
5 rent areas
Idaho
$1,079 2-bed
40 rent areas
Illinois
$916 2-bed
83 rent areas
Indiana
$971 2-bed
73 rent areas
Iowa
$919 2-bed
92 rent areas
Kansas
$877 2-bed
94 rent areas
Kentucky
$866 2-bed
101 rent areas
Louisiana
$866 2-bed
45 rent areas
Maine
$1,438 2-bed
19 rent areas
Maryland
$1,314 2-bed
15 rent areas
Massachusetts
$2,067 2-bed
20 rent areas
Michigan
$1,023 2-bed
77 rent areas
Minnesota
$973 2-bed
73 rent areas
Mississippi
$842 2-bed
76 rent areas
Missouri
$888 2-bed
95 rent areas
Montana
$1,307 2-bed
55 rent areas
Nebraska
$961 2-bed
90 rent areas
Nevada
$1,393 2-bed
16 rent areas
New Hampshire
$1,950 2-bed
14 rent areas
New Jersey
$1,950 2-bed
11 rent areas
New Mexico
$1,006 2-bed
30 rent areas
New York
$1,185 2-bed
39 rent areas
North Carolina
$998 2-bed
83 rent areas
North Dakota
$873 2-bed
51 rent areas
Ohio
$978 2-bed
68 rent areas
Oklahoma
$937 2-bed
69 rent areas
Oregon
$1,346 2-bed
31 rent areas
Pennsylvania
$1,033 2-bed
52 rent areas
Rhode Island
$1,729 2-bed
3 rent areas
South Carolina
$1,002 2-bed
38 rent areas
South Dakota
$929 2-bed
63 rent areas
Tennessee
$933 2-bed
72 rent areas
Texas
$1,015 2-bed
215 rent areas
Utah
$1,153 2-bed
26 rent areas
Vermont
$1,354 2-bed
12 rent areas
Virginia
$1,022 2-bed
64 rent areas
Washington
$1,354 2-bed
35 rent areas
West Virginia
$869 2-bed
49 rent areas
Wisconsin
$975 2-bed
65 rent areas
Wyoming
$980 2-bed
23 rent areas
Fair market rents are the 40th percentile of gross rent including tenant-paid utilities, so roughly 60% of units rent for more and they are not directly comparable to an advertised rent that excludes utilities. Estimates only — not housing or legal advice. How we source every figure