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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 2020, at $2,160. Hawaii County had the lowest, at $1,429. The median was $1,759. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest2,160Honolulu County
Lowest1,429Hawaii County
Median1,7595 counties

Map of counties, 2020

Hawaii County: 1,429 USDHonolulu County: 2,160 USDKalawao County: 1,759 USDKauai County: 1,881 USDMaui County: 1,759 USD
  • Under 1,800
  • 1,800 to 1,900
  • 1,900 and over
USD, 2020. 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, 2020

Honolulu County: 2,160 USDHonolulu County2,160Kauai County: 1,881 USDKauai County1,881Kalawao County: 1,759 USDKalawao County1,759Maui County: 1,759 USDMaui County1,759Hawaii County: 1,429 USDHawaii County1,429Honolulu County: 2,160 USDHonolulu County2,160Kauai County: 1,881 USDKauai County1,881Kalawao County: 1,759 USDKalawao County1,759Maui County: 1,759 USDMaui County1,759Hawaii County: 1,429 USDHawaii County1,429
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2020
USD		Change on 2019
1Honolulu County2,160+4.5%
2Kauai County1,881+22.9%
3Kalawao County1,759+5%
3Maui County1,759+5%
5Hawaii County1,429+6.2%

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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/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs_rev.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. (2020). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Hawaii by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs_rev.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), 2020. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 2 Mar. 2020, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/hawaii-counties?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2020. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Hawaii by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/hawaii-counties?period=2020.

Harvard

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2020) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Hawaii by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/hawaii-counties?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Honolulu County, with $2,160 in 2020, 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)?

Hawaii County, with $1,429 in 2020.

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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