Counties in Missouri by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly)

Caldwell County had the highest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly) of 115 counties in 2022, at $875. Worth County had the lowest, at $521. The median was $548. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

Highest875Caldwell County
Lowest521Worth County
Median548115 counties

Top 40 counties, 2022

Caldwell County: 875 USDCaldwell County875Cass County: 875 USDCass County875Clay County: 875 USDClay County875Clinton County: 875 USDClinton County875Jackson County: 875 USDJackson County875Lafayette County: 875 USDLafayette County875Platte County: 875 USDPlatte County875Ray County: 875 USDRay County875Franklin County: 745 USDFranklin County745Jefferson County: 745 USDJefferson County745Lincoln County: 745 USDLincoln County745St. Charles County: 745 USDSt. Charles County745St. Louis city: 745 USDSt. Louis city745St. Louis County: 745 USDSt. Louis County745Warren County: 745 USDWarren County745Boone County: 718 USDBoone County718Pulaski County: 637 USDPulaski County637Andrew County: 626 USDAndrew County626Buchanan County: 626 USDBuchanan County626DeKalb County: 626 USDDeKalb County626Miller County: 623 USDMiller County623Bollinger County: 622 USDBollinger County622Cape Girardeau County: 622 USDCape Girardeau County622Taney County: 620 USDTaney County620Johnson County: 611 USDJohnson County611Christian County: 605 USDChristian County605Greene County: 605 USDGreene County605Webster County: 605 USDWebster County605Jasper County: 604 USDJasper County604Newton County: 604 USDNewton County604Maries County: 601 USDMaries County601McDonald County: 601 USDMcDonald County601Morgan County: 601 USDMorgan County601Phelps County: 601 USDPhelps County601Ralls County: 597 USDRalls County597Iron County: 593 USDIron County593Pettis County: 587 USDPettis County587Barton County: 586 USDBarton County586Callaway County: 585 USDCallaway County585Ozark County: 585 USDOzark County585
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2022
USD
Change on 2021
1Caldwell County875+2.1%
1Cass County875+2.1%
1Clay County875+2.1%
1Clinton County875+2.1%
1Jackson County875+2.1%
1Lafayette County875+2.1%
1Platte County875+2.1%
1Ray County875+2.1%
9Franklin County745+1.9%
9Jefferson County745+1.9%
9Lincoln County745+1.9%
9St. Charles County745+1.9%
9St. Louis city745+1.9%
9St. Louis County745+1.9%
9Warren County745+1.9%
16Boone County718-0.6%
17Pulaski County637-2%
18Andrew County626+1%
18Buchanan County626+1%
18DeKalb County626+1%
21Miller County623+8.9%
22Bollinger County622+1.6%
22Cape Girardeau County622+1.6%
24Taney County620+2.5%
25Johnson County611+8.1%
26Christian County605+1.7%
26Greene County605+1.7%
26Webster County605+1.7%
29Jasper County604-1.1%
29Newton County604-1.1%
31Maries County601+3.4%
31McDonald County601+3.4%
31Morgan County601+10.5%
31Phelps County601+8.1%
35Ralls County597+4%
36Iron County593+5.9%
37Pettis County587+2.4%
38Barton County586+0.9%
39Callaway County585+3%
39Ozark County585+9.1%
41Ste. Genevieve County583+7.8%
42Dallas County580-0.2%
43Camden County573+4%
44Cedar County572+5.7%
45Scott County570+8%
46Nodaway County569+8.6%
47Stone County567+4.6%
48Cole County565+3.5%
48Osage County565+3.5%
50Vernon County562+6.4%
51Pike County559+4.9%
52Pemiscot County558+9%
53Marion County557+2.4%
54Chariton County551+6.2%
55Henry County550+0.5%
55Lawrence County550+6.4%
57Livingston County548+5.8%
57Madison County548+4.4%
59Texas County545+8.6%
60Cooper County543+4.8%
60Perry County543+5.8%
62Crawford County542+0.2%
63Putnam County540+7.6%
64St. Francois County538+6.3%
65Harrison County536+5.7%
66Macon County535+4.3%
67Bates County534-0.4%
68Shannon County532+6%
69Butler County530+4.3%
69Sullivan County530+1.7%
71Audrain County529+3.3%
72Wright County528+5.2%
73Carter County526+4.6%
73New Madrid County526+4.8%
75Hickory County525+4.6%
76Howard County5240%
76Polk County524-0.8%
76Saline County524+4.4%
79Montgomery County523+4.2%
80Adair County521+3.8%
80Atchison County521+3.8%
80Barry County521+3.8%
80Benton County521+3.8%
80Carroll County521+3.8%
80Clark County521+3.8%
80Dade County521+2%
80Daviess County521+3.8%
80Dent County521+3.8%
80Douglas County521+3.8%
80Dunklin County521+3.8%
80Gasconade County521+3.8%
80Gentry County521+3.8%
80Grundy County521+3.8%
80Holt County521+3.8%
80Howell County521+3.8%
80Knox County521+3.8%
80Laclede County521+3.8%
80Lewis County521+3.8%
80Linn County521+1.4%
80Mercer County521+3.8%
80Mississippi County521+3.8%
80Moniteau County521+3.8%
80Monroe County521+3.8%
80Oregon County521+1.8%
80Randolph County521+3.8%
80Reynolds County521+3.8%
80Ripley County521+1.8%
80Schuyler County521+3.8%
80Scotland County521+3.8%
80Shelby County521+3.8%
80St. Clair County521+3.4%
80Stoddard County521+3.8%
80Washington County521+3.8%
80Wayne County521+3.8%
80Worth County521+3.8%

Other periods

About this ranking

Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for a one-bedroom unit 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: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2022/FY22_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2022). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Missouri by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2022/FY22_FMRs_revised.xlsx

MLA 9

HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Missouri by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2022. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 28 Feb. 2022, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2022/FY22_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/missouri-counties?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2022. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Missouri by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2022/FY22_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/missouri-counties?period=2022.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2022) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Missouri by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2022/FY22_FMRs_revised.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/missouri-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Caldwell County, with $875 in 2022, 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, one bedroom (HUD, monthly)?

Worth County, with $521 in 2022.

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