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Counties in Hawaii by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly)

Honolulu County had the highest fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly) of 5 counties in 2016, at $1,985. Kalawao County had the lowest, at $658. The median was $1,420. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,985Honolulu County
Lowest658Kalawao County
Median1,4205 counties

Map of counties, 2016

Hawaii County: 1,194 USDHonolulu County: 1,985 USDKalawao County: 658 USDKauai County: 1,420 USDMaui County: 1,522 USD
  • Under 1,100
  • 1,100 to 1,300
  • 1,300 to 1,500
  • 1,500 to 1,600
  • 1,600 and over
USD, 2016. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2016

Honolulu County: 1,985 USDHonolulu County1,985Maui County: 1,522 USDMaui County1,522Kauai County: 1,420 USDKauai County1,420Hawaii County: 1,194 USDHawaii County1,194Kalawao County: 658 USDKalawao County658Honolulu County: 1,985 USDHonolulu County1,985Maui County: 1,522 USDMaui County1,522Kauai County: 1,420 USDKauai County1,420Hawaii County: 1,194 USDHawaii County1,194Kalawao County: 658 USDKalawao County658
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016
USD		Change on 2015
1Honolulu County1,985+9.7%
2Maui County1,522+20.4%
3Kauai County1,420+16.2%
4Hawaii County1,194+3.7%
5Kalawao County658+2.3%

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 two-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.

How to cite

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2016). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Hawaii by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx

MLA 9

HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Hawaii by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2016. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 25 July 2016, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/hawaii-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2016. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Hawaii by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/hawaii-counties?period=2016.

Harvard

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2016) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Hawaii by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/hawaii-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Questions

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

Honolulu County, with $1,985 in 2016, 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, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

Kalawao County, with $658 in 2016.

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: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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