# Counties in Iowa by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2027

All 99 values come from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research for 2027, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `fair_market_rent_2br`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: 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. 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.
- Source: 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 (https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/department-of-housing-and-urban-development
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/iowa-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Harrison County | 1,450 |
| 1 | Mills County | 1,450 |
| 1 | Pottawattamie County | 1,450 |
| 4 | Dallas County | 1,360 |
| 4 | Guthrie County | 1,360 |
| 4 | Madison County | 1,360 |
| 4 | Polk County | 1,360 |
| 4 | Warren County | 1,360 |
| 9 | Woodbury County | 1,194 |
| 10 | Johnson County | 1,180 |
| 11 | Dubuque County | 1,131 |
| 12 | Des Moines County | 1,104 |
| 13 | Black Hawk County | 1,096 |
| 13 | Grundy County | 1,096 |
| 13 | Jefferson County | 1,096 |
| 16 | Muscatine County | 1,093 |
| 17 | Dickinson County | 1,091 |
| 18 | Wapello County | 1,076 |
| 19 | Davis County | 1,066 |
| 20 | Story County | 1,061 |
| 21 | Scott County | 1,056 |
| 22 | Linn County | 1,054 |
| 23 | Buena Vista County | 1,031 |
| 24 | Bremer County | 1,023 |
| 25 | Marion County | 1,021 |
| 26 | Plymouth County | 1,018 |
| 27 | Poweshiek County | 1,014 |
| 28 | Hamilton County | 1,004 |
| 29 | Washington County | 1,002 |
| 30 | Sioux County | 1,000 |
| 31 | Jasper County | 989 |
| 32 | Benton County | 982 |
| 33 | Lee County | 976 |
| 34 | Cedar County | 969 |
| 35 | Boone County | 967 |
| 36 | Henry County | 958 |
| 37 | Adair County | 954 |
| 37 | Kossuth County | 954 |
| 39 | Lucas County | 951 |
| 40 | Van Buren County | 950 |
| 41 | Clarke County | 946 |
| 41 | Mahaska County | 946 |
| 43 | Lyon County | 945 |
| 43 | Tama County | 945 |
| 45 | Wright County | 944 |
| 46 | Adams County | 943 |
| 47 | Fayette County | 940 |
| 47 | Marshall County | 940 |
| 49 | Buchanan County | 937 |
| 50 | Allamakee County | 927 |
| 50 | Appanoose County | 927 |
| 50 | Audubon County | 927 |
| 50 | Butler County | 927 |
| 50 | Calhoun County | 927 |
| 50 | Carroll County | 927 |
| 50 | Cass County | 927 |
| 50 | Cerro Gordo County | 927 |
| 50 | Cherokee County | 927 |
| 50 | Chickasaw County | 927 |
| 50 | Clay County | 927 |
| 50 | Clayton County | 927 |
| 50 | Clinton County | 927 |
| 50 | Crawford County | 927 |
| 50 | Decatur County | 927 |
| 50 | Delaware County | 927 |
| 50 | Emmet County | 927 |
| 50 | Floyd County | 927 |
| 50 | Franklin County | 927 |
| 50 | Fremont County | 927 |
| 50 | Greene County | 927 |
| 50 | Hancock County | 927 |
| 50 | Hardin County | 927 |
| 50 | Howard County | 927 |
| 50 | Humboldt County | 927 |
| 50 | Ida County | 927 |
| 50 | Iowa County | 927 |
| 50 | Jackson County | 927 |
| 50 | Jones County | 927 |
| 50 | Keokuk County | 927 |
| 50 | Louisa County | 927 |
| 50 | Mitchell County | 927 |
| 50 | Monona County | 927 |
| 50 | Monroe County | 927 |
| 50 | Montgomery County | 927 |
| 50 | O'Brien County | 927 |
| 50 | Osceola County | 927 |
| 50 | Page County | 927 |
| 50 | Palo Alto County | 927 |
| 50 | Pocahontas County | 927 |
| 50 | Ringgold County | 927 |
| 50 | Sac County | 927 |
| 50 | Shelby County | 927 |
| 50 | Taylor County | 927 |
| 50 | Union County | 927 |
| 50 | Wayne County | 927 |
| 50 | Webster County | 927 |
| 50 | Winnebago County | 927 |
| 50 | Winneshiek County | 927 |
| 50 | Worth County | 927 |