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Counties in Minnesota by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2027

Anoka County had the highest fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly) of 87 counties in 2027, at $2,264. Norman County had the lowest, at $1,208. The median was $1,404. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest2,264Anoka County
Lowest1,208Norman County
Median1,40487 counties

Map of counties, 2027

Aitkin County: 1,451 USDAnoka County: 2,264 USDBecker County: 1,451 USDBeltrami County: 1,466 USDBenton County: 1,656 USDBig Stone County: 1,208 USDBlue Earth County: 1,703 USDBrown County: 1,282 USDCarlton County: 1,671 USDCarver County: 2,264 USDCass County: 1,335 USDChippewa County: 1,404 USDChisago County: 2,264 USDClay County: 1,529 USDClearwater County: 1,210 USDCook County: 1,415 USDCottonwood County: 1,404 USDCrow Wing County: 1,407 USDDakota County: 2,264 USDDodge County: 1,969 USDDouglas County: 1,422 USDFaribault County: 1,386 USDFillmore County: 1,328 USDFreeborn County: 1,355 USDGoodhue County: 1,613 USDGrant County: 1,260 USDHennepin County: 2,264 USDHouston County: 1,721 USDHubbard County: 1,412 USDIsanti County: 2,264 USDItasca County: 1,509 USDJackson County: 1,328 USDKanabec County: 1,404 USDKandiyohi County: 1,421 USDKittson County: 1,208 USDKoochiching County: 1,238 USDLac qui Parle County: 1,404 USDLake County: 1,618 USDLake of the Woods County: 1,375 USDLe Sueur County: 1,520 USDLincoln County: 1,291 USDLyon County: 1,404 USDMcLeod County: 1,278 USDMahnomen County: 1,270 USDMarshall County: 1,281 USDMartin County: 1,328 USDMeeker County: 1,490 USDMille Lacs County: 1,351 USDMorrison County: 1,404 USDMower County: 1,440 USDMurray County: 1,208 USDNicollet County: 1,703 USDNobles County: 1,426 USDNorman County: 1,208 USDOlmsted County: 1,969 USDOtter Tail County: 1,476 USDPennington County: 1,564 USDPine County: 1,306 USDPipestone County: 1,209 USDPolk County: 1,404 USDPope County: 1,325 USDRamsey County: 2,264 USDRed Lake County: 1,328 USDRedwood County: 1,389 USDRenville County: 1,404 USDRice County: 1,621 USDRock County: 1,404 USDRoseau County: 1,343 USDSt. Louis County: 1,671 USDScott County: 2,264 USDSherburne County: 2,264 USDSibley County: 1,404 USDStearns County: 1,656 USDSteele County: 1,703 USDStevens County: 1,422 USDSwift County: 1,373 USDTodd County: 1,310 USDTraverse County: 1,404 USDWabasha County: 1,328 USDWadena County: 1,302 USDWaseca County: 1,349 USDWashington County: 2,264 USDWatonwan County: 1,261 USDWilkin County: 1,404 USDWinona County: 1,352 USDWright County: 2,264 USDYellow Medicine County: 1,290 USD
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  • 1,300 to 1,400
  • 1,400 to 1,500
  • 1,500 to 1,700
  • 1,700 and over
USD, 2027. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2027

Anoka County: 2,264 USDAnoka County2,264Carver County: 2,264 USDCarver County2,264Chisago County: 2,264 USDChisago County2,264Dakota County: 2,264 USDDakota County2,264Hennepin County: 2,264 USDHennepin County2,264Isanti County: 2,264 USDIsanti County2,264Ramsey County: 2,264 USDRamsey County2,264Scott County: 2,264 USDScott County2,264Sherburne County: 2,264 USDSherburne County2,264Washington County: 2,264 USDWashington County2,264Wright County: 2,264 USDWright County2,264Dodge County: 1,969 USDDodge County1,969Olmsted County: 1,969 USDOlmsted County1,969Houston County: 1,721 USDHouston County1,721Blue Earth County: 1,703 USDBlue Earth County1,703Nicollet County: 1,703 USDNicollet County1,703Steele County: 1,703 USDSteele County1,703Carlton County: 1,671 USDCarlton County1,671St. Louis County: 1,671 USDSt. Louis County1,671Benton County: 1,656 USDBenton County1,656Stearns County: 1,656 USDStearns County1,656Rice County: 1,621 USDRice County1,621Lake County: 1,618 USDLake County1,618Goodhue County: 1,613 USDGoodhue County1,613Pennington County: 1,564 USDPennington County1,564Clay County: 1,529 USDClay County1,529Le Sueur County: 1,520 USDLe Sueur County1,520Itasca County: 1,509 USDItasca County1,509Meeker County: 1,490 USDMeeker County1,490Otter Tail County: 1,476 USDOtter Tail County1,476Beltrami County: 1,466 USDBeltrami County1,466Aitkin County: 1,451 USDAitkin County1,451Becker County: 1,451 USDBecker County1,451Mower County: 1,440 USDMower County1,440Nobles County: 1,426 USDNobles County1,426Douglas County: 1,422 USDDouglas County1,422Stevens County: 1,422 USDStevens County1,422Kandiyohi County: 1,421 USDKandiyohi County1,421Cook County: 1,415 USDCook County1,415Hubbard County: 1,412 USDHubbard County1,412Anoka County: 2,264 USDAnoka County2,264Carver County: 2,264 USDCarver County2,264Chisago County: 2,264 USDChisago County2,264Dakota County: 2,264 USDDakota County2,264Hennepin County: 2,264 USDHennepin County2,264Isanti County: 2,264 USDIsanti County2,264Ramsey County: 2,264 USDRamsey County2,264Scott County: 2,264 USDScott County2,264Sherburne County: 2,264 USDSherburne County2,264Washington County: 2,264 USDWashington County2,264Wright County: 2,264 USDWright County2,264Dodge County: 1,969 USDDodge County1,969Olmsted County: 1,969 USDOlmsted County1,969Houston County: 1,721 USDHouston County1,721Blue Earth County: 1,703 USDBlue Earth County1,703Nicollet County: 1,703 USDNicollet County1,703Steele County: 1,703 USDSteele County1,703Carlton County: 1,671 USDCarlton County1,671St. Louis County: 1,671 USDSt. Louis County1,671Benton County: 1,656 USDBenton County1,656Stearns County: 1,656 USDStearns County1,656Rice County: 1,621 USDRice County1,621Lake County: 1,618 USDLake County1,618Goodhue County: 1,613 USDGoodhue County1,613Pennington County: 1,564 USDPennington County1,564Clay County: 1,529 USDClay County1,529Le Sueur County: 1,520 USDLe Sueur County1,520Itasca County: 1,509 USDItasca County1,509Meeker County: 1,490 USDMeeker County1,490Otter Tail County: 1,476 USDOtter Tail County1,476Beltrami County: 1,466 USDBeltrami County1,466Aitkin County: 1,451 USDAitkin County1,451Becker County: 1,451 USDBecker County1,451Mower County: 1,440 USDMower County1,440Nobles County: 1,426 USDNobles County1,426Douglas County: 1,422 USDDouglas County1,422Stevens County: 1,422 USDStevens County1,422Kandiyohi County: 1,421 USDKandiyohi County1,421Cook County: 1,415 USDCook County1,415Hubbard County: 1,412 USDHubbard County1,412
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2027
USD		Change on 2026
1Anoka County2,264+0.1%
1Carver County2,264+0.1%
1Chisago County2,264+0.1%
1Dakota County2,264+0.1%
1Hennepin County2,264+0.1%
1Isanti County2,264+0.1%
1Ramsey County2,264+0.1%
1Scott County2,264+0.1%
1Sherburne County2,264+0.1%
1Washington County2,264+0.1%
1Wright County2,264+0.1%
12Dodge County1,969+0.6%
12Olmsted County1,969+0.6%
14Houston County1,721+13.6%
15Blue Earth County1,703+4.5%
15Nicollet County1,703+4.5%
15Steele County1,703+9.9%
18Carlton County1,671-1.1%
18St. Louis County1,671-1.1%
20Benton County1,656+3.2%
20Stearns County1,656+3.2%
22Rice County1,621+5.7%
23Lake County1,618+5.7%
24Goodhue County1,613+5.9%
25Pennington County1,564+4.5%
26Clay County1,529-1.2%
27Le Sueur County1,520+1.4%
28Itasca County1,509+7.7%
29Meeker County1,490+7.4%
30Otter Tail County1,476+8%
31Beltrami County1,466+7.7%
32Aitkin County1,451+7.2%
32Becker County1,451+8.2%
34Mower County1,440+6.7%
35Nobles County1,426+10.2%
36Douglas County1,422+3.2%
36Stevens County1,422+3.2%
38Kandiyohi County1,421+5%
39Cook County1,415+9.9%
40Hubbard County1,412+1.2%
41Crow Wing County1,407+4.6%
42Chippewa County1,404+3.8%
42Cottonwood County1,404+3.8%
42Kanabec County1,404+3.8%
42Lac qui Parle County1,404+3.8%
42Lyon County1,404+3.8%
42Morrison County1,404+3.8%
42Polk County1,404-7.3%
42Renville County1,404+3.8%
42Rock County1,404+3.8%
42Sibley County1,404+8.1%
42Traverse County1,404+3.8%
42Wilkin County1,404+9.4%
54Redwood County1,389+5.1%
55Faribault County1,386+5.6%
56Lake of the Woods County1,375+13.1%
57Swift County1,373+6.8%
58Freeborn County1,355+5.6%
59Winona County1,352+1.2%
60Mille Lacs County1,351+0.4%
61Waseca County1,349-0.3%
62Roseau County1,343+6.9%
63Cass County1,335+2.7%
64Fillmore County1,328-3.1%
64Jackson County1,328+3.5%
64Martin County1,328+3.5%
64Red Lake County1,328+4%
64Wabasha County1,328-0.4%
69Pope County1,325+4.9%
70Todd County1,310-0.6%
71Pine County1,306-1.1%
72Wadena County1,302+6.9%
73Lincoln County1,291+0.6%
74Yellow Medicine County1,290+10.4%
75Brown County1,282+8.9%
76Marshall County1,281+8.4%
77McLeod County1,278+6.7%
78Mahnomen County1,270+4.4%
79Watonwan County1,261-1.7%
80Grant County1,260-6.9%
81Koochiching County1,238-0.4%
82Clearwater County1,210+2.6%
83Pipestone County1,209+0.5%
84Big Stone County1,208+2.5%
84Kittson County1,208+3.5%
84Murray County1,208-1.9%
84Norman County1,208+3.5%

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Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for a three-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: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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

Anoka County, with $2,264 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, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

Norman County, with $1,208 in 2027.

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