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Fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly) in Lancaster County

Fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly) in Lancaster County was $1,152 in 2027, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. That is up 4.5% from 2026. That is the 14th highest of 67 counties in 2027.

2027, USD1,152
Change on 2026+4.5%
Rank14th of 67Counties in Pennsylvania ranked
Series high1,1522027
Series low5312010

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Fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly) in Lancaster County, 2010 to 2027

4006008001,0001,2002010201320162019202220272010: 531 USD2011: 564 USD2012: 560 USD2013: 605 USD2014: 616 USD2015: 580 USD2016: 597 USD2017: 629 USD2018: 661 USD2019: 724 USD2020: 684 USD2021: 684 USD2022: 783 USD2023: 893 USD2024: 938 USD2025: 986 USD2026: 1,102 USD2027: 1,152 USD4006008001,0001,20020102016202220272010: 531 USD2011: 564 USD2012: 560 USD2013: 605 USD2014: 616 USD2015: 580 USD2016: 597 USD2017: 629 USD2018: 661 USD2019: 724 USD2020: 684 USD2021: 684 USD2022: 783 USD2023: 893 USD2024: 938 USD2025: 986 USD2026: 1,102 USD2027: 1,152 USD
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
All 18 values
PeriodUSD
20271,152
20261,102
2025986
2024938
2023893
2022783
2021684
2020684
2019724
2018661
2017629
2016597
2015580
2014616
2013605
2012560
2011564
2010531

Lancaster County compared with nearby places

Adams County: 1,047 USDAllegheny County: 1,075 USDArmstrong County: 726 USDBeaver County: 1,075 USDBedford County: 737 USDBerks County: 978 USDBlair County: 805 USDBradford County: 843 USDBucks County: 1,438 USDButler County: 1,075 USDCambria County: 832 USDCameron County: 749 USDCarbon County: 1,302 USDCentre County: 1,274 USDChester County: 1,438 USDClarion County: 781 USDClearfield County: 728 USDClinton County: 778 USDColumbia County: 791 USDCrawford County: 780 USDCumberland County: 1,166 USDDauphin County: 1,166 USDDelaware County: 1,438 USDElk County: 749 USDErie County: 753 USDFayette County: 1,075 USDForest County: 749 USDFranklin County: 923 USDFulton County: 749 USDGreene County: 862 USDHuntingdon County: 822 USDIndiana County: 738 USDJefferson County: 706 USDJuniata County: 732 USDLackawanna County: 949 USDLancaster County: 1,152 USDLawrence County: 763 USDLebanon County: 991 USDLehigh County: 1,302 USDLuzerne County: 949 USDLycoming County: 847 USDMcKean County: 749 USDMercer County: 716 USDMifflin County: 821 USDMonroe County: 1,258 USDMontgomery County: 1,438 USDMontour County: 1,000 USDNorthampton County: 1,302 USDNorthumberland County: 729 USDPerry County: 1,166 USDPhiladelphia County: 1,438 USDPike County: 1,123 USDPotter County: 770 USDSchuylkill County: 744 USDSnyder County: 755 USDSomerset County: 749 USDSullivan County: 749 USDSusquehanna County: 783 USDTioga County: 728 USDUnion County: 759 USDVenango County: 706 USDWarren County: 839 USDWashington County: 1,075 USDWayne County: 874 USDWestmoreland County: 1,075 USDWyoming County: 949 USDYork County: 951 USD
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  • 750 to 770
  • 770 to 840
  • 840 to 1,000
  • 1,000 to 1,200
  • 1,200 and over
Fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2027, USD. Lancaster County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for an efficiency (a unit with no separate bedroom) in the HUD area that contains the county.

More on how it is measured
  • Gross rent is the rent plus all utilities paid by the tenant except telephone, cable or satellite television and internet.
  • HUD sets Fair Market Rents at the 40th percentile of gross rents paid by recent movers for standard-quality rental units, from American Community Survey data brought forward to the fiscal year; until 2018 a few metropolitan areas were set at the 50th percentile.
  • They set payment standards for Housing Choice Vouchers and rent ceilings in other HUD programs.

A policy benchmark, not a measured rent: it is lower than the median rent by design and differs from the Census Bureau median gross rent. HUD sets one value per HUD area, a metropolitan area (sometimes split into HUD Metro FMR Areas) or a non-metropolitan county, so every county of a metropolitan area shows the same figure. Counties in the six New England states have no value, because HUD defines their areas by town and a county can span several areas. Where HUD splits off part of a county, the county value is the rest of the county: Howard County, Maryland, without Columbia until FY2015, and Crawford County, Missouri, without its part of Sullivan. The year is HUD's federal fiscal year: FY2027 runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (n.d.). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars (Fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), Lancaster County, 2010 to 2027) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx

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HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars, Fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), Lancaster County, 2010 to 2027. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/fair-market-rent-efficiency/lancaster-county-pennsylvania. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. n.d. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. Fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), Lancaster County, 2010 to 2027. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/fair-market-rent-efficiency/lancaster-county-pennsylvania.

Harvard

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (no date) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars, Fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), Lancaster County, 2010 to 2027 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/fair-market-rent-efficiency/lancaster-county-pennsylvania (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly) in Lancaster County?

Fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly) in Lancaster County was $1,152 in 2027, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. That is up 4.5% from 2026. That is the 14th highest of 67 counties in 2027.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly) in Lancaster County?

$1,152 in 2027, the highest value since 2010 in this series.

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