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

Delaware County had the highest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly) of 88 counties in 2018, at $714. Van Wert County had the lowest, at $523. The median was $570. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest714Delaware County
Median57088 counties

Map of counties, 2018

Adams County: 547 USDAllen County: 549 USDAshland County: 540 USDAshtabula County: 523 USDAthens County: 669 USDAuglaize County: 535 USDBelmont County: 569 USDBrown County: 526 USDButler County: 643 USDCarroll County: 539 USDChampaign County: 546 USDClark County: 572 USDClermont County: 643 USDClinton County: 573 USDColumbiana County: 561 USDCoshocton County: 539 USDCrawford County: 523 USDCuyahoga County: 634 USDDarke County: 542 USDDefiance County: 530 USDDelaware County: 714 USDErie County: 588 USDFairfield County: 714 USDFayette County: 571 USDFranklin County: 714 USDFulton County: 557 USDGallia County: 605 USDGeauga County: 634 USDGreene County: 583 USDGuernsey County: 572 USDHamilton County: 643 USDHancock County: 552 USDHardin County: 528 USDHarrison County: 523 USDHenry County: 596 USDHighland County: 583 USDHocking County: 586 USDHolmes County: 558 USDHuron County: 542 USDJackson County: 573 USDJefferson County: 558 USDKnox County: 553 USDLake County: 634 USDLawrence County: 575 USDLicking County: 714 USDLogan County: 568 USDLorain County: 634 USDLucas County: 557 USDMadison County: 714 USDMahoning County: 555 USDMarion County: 580 USDMedina County: 634 USDMeigs County: 529 USDMercer County: 523 USDMiami County: 583 USDMonroe County: 592 USDMontgomery County: 583 USDMorgan County: 605 USDMorrow County: 714 USDMuskingum County: 570 USDNoble County: 532 USDOttawa County: 599 USDPaulding County: 561 USDPerry County: 535 USDPickaway County: 714 USDPike County: 550 USDPortage County: 629 USDPreble County: 539 USDPutnam County: 573 USDRichland County: 523 USDRoss County: 566 USDSandusky County: 555 USDScioto County: 605 USDSeneca County: 523 USDShelby County: 586 USDStark County: 539 USDSummit County: 629 USDTrumbull County: 555 USDTuscarawas County: 564 USDUnion County: 668 USDVan Wert County: 523 USDVinton County: 605 USDWarren County: 643 USDWashington County: 544 USDWayne County: 571 USDWilliams County: 546 USDWood County: 557 USDWyandot County: 548 USD
  • Under 540
  • 540 to 550
  • 550 to 570
  • 570 to 590
  • 590 to 630
  • 630 and over
USD, 2018. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2018

Delaware County: 714 USDDelaware County714Fairfield County: 714 USDFairfield County714Franklin County: 714 USDFranklin County714Licking County: 714 USDLicking County714Madison County: 714 USDMadison County714Morrow County: 714 USDMorrow County714Pickaway County: 714 USDPickaway County714Athens County: 669 USDAthens County669Union County: 668 USDUnion County668Butler County: 643 USDButler County643Clermont County: 643 USDClermont County643Hamilton County: 643 USDHamilton County643Warren County: 643 USDWarren County643Cuyahoga County: 634 USDCuyahoga County634Geauga County: 634 USDGeauga County634Lake County: 634 USDLake County634Lorain County: 634 USDLorain County634Medina County: 634 USDMedina County634Portage County: 629 USDPortage County629Summit County: 629 USDSummit County629Gallia County: 605 USDGallia County605Morgan County: 605 USDMorgan County605Scioto County: 605 USDScioto County605Vinton County: 605 USDVinton County605Ottawa County: 599 USDOttawa County599Henry County: 596 USDHenry County596Monroe County: 592 USDMonroe County592Erie County: 588 USDErie County588Hocking County: 586 USDHocking County586Shelby County: 586 USDShelby County586Greene County: 583 USDGreene County583Highland County: 583 USDHighland County583Miami County: 583 USDMiami County583Montgomery County: 583 USDMontgomery County583Marion County: 580 USDMarion County580Lawrence County: 575 USDLawrence County575Clinton County: 573 USDClinton County573Jackson County: 573 USDJackson County573Putnam County: 573 USDPutnam County573Clark County: 572 USDClark County572Delaware County: 714 USDDelaware County714Fairfield County: 714 USDFairfield County714Franklin County: 714 USDFranklin County714Licking County: 714 USDLicking County714Madison County: 714 USDMadison County714Morrow County: 714 USDMorrow County714Pickaway County: 714 USDPickaway County714Athens County: 669 USDAthens County669Union County: 668 USDUnion County668Butler County: 643 USDButler County643Clermont County: 643 USDClermont County643Hamilton County: 643 USDHamilton County643Warren County: 643 USDWarren County643Cuyahoga County: 634 USDCuyahoga County634Geauga County: 634 USDGeauga County634Lake County: 634 USDLake County634Lorain County: 634 USDLorain County634Medina County: 634 USDMedina County634Portage County: 629 USDPortage County629Summit County: 629 USDSummit County629Gallia County: 605 USDGallia County605Morgan County: 605 USDMorgan County605Scioto County: 605 USDScioto County605Vinton County: 605 USDVinton County605Ottawa County: 599 USDOttawa County599Henry County: 596 USDHenry County596Monroe County: 592 USDMonroe County592Erie County: 588 USDErie County588Hocking County: 586 USDHocking County586Shelby County: 586 USDShelby County586Greene County: 583 USDGreene County583Highland County: 583 USDHighland County583Miami County: 583 USDMiami County583Montgomery County: 583 USDMontgomery County583Marion County: 580 USDMarion County580Lawrence County: 575 USDLawrence County575Clinton County: 573 USDClinton County573Jackson County: 573 USDJackson County573Putnam County: 573 USDPutnam County573Clark County: 572 USDClark County572
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2018
USD
Change on 2017
1Delaware County714+3.9%
1Fairfield County714+3.9%
1Franklin County714+3.9%
1Licking County714+3.9%
1Madison County714+3.9%
1Morrow County714+3.9%
1Pickaway County714+3.9%
8Athens County669+2.3%
9Union County668+1.7%
10Butler County643+4.9%
10Clermont County643+4.9%
10Hamilton County643+4.9%
10Warren County643+4.9%
14Cuyahoga County634+1.3%
14Geauga County634+1.3%
14Lake County634+1.3%
14Lorain County634+1.3%
14Medina County634+1.3%
19Portage County629+5.9%
19Summit County629+5.9%
21Gallia County605+2.5%
21Morgan County605+2.5%
21Scioto County605+2.5%
21Vinton County605+2.5%
25Ottawa County599+3.1%
26Henry County596+5.5%
27Monroe County592+7.4%
28Erie County588-10%
29Hocking County586+1.7%
29Shelby County586+2.4%
31Greene County583-0.3%
31Highland County583+5.6%
31Miami County583-0.3%
31Montgomery County583-0.3%
35Marion County580+4.3%
36Lawrence County575+1.1%
37Clinton County573-0.5%
37Jackson County573-2.9%
37Putnam County573-2.4%
40Clark County572+7.1%
40Guernsey County572+2.7%
42Fayette County571+0.4%
42Wayne County571-1.6%
44Muskingum County570-3.6%
45Belmont County569-9.3%
46Logan County568+0.7%
47Ross County566-5.4%
48Tuscarawas County564-0.5%
49Columbiana County561+3.3%
49Paulding County561+3.3%
51Holmes County5580%
51Jefferson County558-4%
53Fulton County557-0.4%
53Lucas County557-0.4%
53Wood County557-0.4%
56Mahoning County555+1.5%
56Sandusky County555-0.2%
56Trumbull County555+1.5%
59Knox County553-1.8%
60Hancock County552+2.8%
61Pike County550+6%
62Allen County549+5.6%
63Wyandot County548-1.3%
64Adams County547+1.3%
65Champaign County546+1.9%
65Williams County546-2.3%
67Washington County544+0.6%
68Darke County542-1.3%
68Huron County542+2.7%
70Ashland County540+3.4%
71Carroll County539-6.4%
71Coshocton County5390%
71Preble County539+0.6%
71Stark County539-6.4%
75Auglaize County535+0.2%
75Perry County535-1.5%
77Noble County532+0.4%
78Defiance County530+3.5%
79Meigs County529+1.7%
80Hardin County528+3.1%
81Brown County526+2.7%
82Ashtabula County523+0.4%
82Crawford County523+2.1%
82Harrison County523+2.1%
82Mercer County523+2.1%
82Richland County523+2.1%
82Seneca County523+0.8%
82Van Wert County523+2.1%

Other periods

About this ranking

Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for a one-bedroom unit 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.

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.

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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/fmr2018/FY18_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2018). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Ohio by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2018/FY18_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx

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HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Ohio by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2018. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 13 Feb. 2018, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2018/FY18_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/ohio-counties?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2018. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Ohio by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2018/FY18_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/ohio-counties?period=2018.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2018) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Ohio by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2018/FY18_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/ohio-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/ohio-counties?period=2018. Publisher attribution: 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/fmr2018/FY18\_4050\_FMRs\_rev.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly)?

Delaware County, with $714 in 2018, 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)?

Van Wert County, with $523 in 2018.

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