Counties in Utah by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2027

Summit County had the highest fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly) of 29 counties in 2027, at $1,851. Carbon County had the lowest, at $730. The median was $867. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

Highest1,851Summit County

Lowest730Carbon County

Median86729 counties

All counties, 2027

USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2027 USD	Change on 2026
1	Summit County	1,851	+4.5%
2	Wasatch County	1,284	+0.5%
3	Washington County	1,258	+4%
4	Salt Lake County	1,202	-4.5%
5	Juab County	1,186	-5.6%
5	Utah County	1,186	-5.6%
7	Davis County	1,184	-2%
7	Morgan County	1,184	-2%
7	Weber County	1,184	-2%
10	Kane County	1,165	-4%
11	Grand County	1,104	-3.4%
12	Cache County	961	+2.2%
13	Tooele County	873	-3.2%
14	Iron County	869	+6.1%
15	Daggett County	867	+2.8%
15	Piute County	867	+2.8%
15	Rich County	867	+21.9%
18	Beaver County	860	-0.8%
19	Sanpete County	857	-0.7%
20	Duchesne County	821	-0.5%
21	Millard County	806	-1.8%
22	Sevier County	785	+4.9%
23	San Juan County	780	-6.7%
24	Box Elder County	770	-0.1%
25	Wayne County	766	+7.7%
26	Emery County	759	+6.8%
26	Garfield County	759	+5.6%
26	Uintah County	759	+0.7%
29	Carbon County	730	-4.1%

Other periods

About this ranking

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. 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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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 (Counties in Utah by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 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, Counties in Utah by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 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/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/utah-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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. Counties in Utah by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2027. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/utah-counties.

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, Counties in Utah by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2027 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/utah-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly)?

Summit County, with $1,851 in 2027, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

Which county has the lowest fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly)?

Carbon County, with $730 in 2027.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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 2026-10-12.