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

Boone County had the highest fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly) of 120 counties in 2026, at $1,353. Wolfe County had the lowest, at $866. The median was $900. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

Highest1,353Boone County

Lowest866Wolfe County

Median900120 counties

Top 40 counties, 2026

USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2026 USD	Change on 2025
1	Boone County	1,353	+5.1%
1	Bracken County	1,353	+5.1%
1	Campbell County	1,353	+5.1%
1	Gallatin County	1,353	+5.1%
1	Kenton County	1,353	+5.1%
1	Pendleton County	1,353	+5.1%
7	Christian County	1,346	+9.5%
7	Trigg County	1,346	+9.5%
9	Bourbon County	1,272	+9.2%
9	Bullitt County	1,272	-4.4%
9	Clark County	1,272	+9.2%
9	Fayette County	1,272	+9.2%
9	Henry County	1,272	-4.4%
9	Jefferson County	1,272	-4.4%
9	Jessamine County	1,272	+9.2%
9	Oldham County	1,272	-4.4%
9	Scott County	1,272	+9.2%
9	Spencer County	1,272	-4.4%
9	Woodford County	1,272	+9.2%
20	Livingston County	1,158	+31.3%
21	Grant County	1,155	+5.2%
22	Edmonson County	1,153	-1.7%
22	Warren County	1,153	-1.7%
24	Shelby County	1,143	-0.5%
25	Daviess County	1,110	-1.6%
25	McLean County	1,110	-1.6%
27	Calloway County	1,098	+2.6%
28	Franklin County	1,083	+1.8%
29	Meade County	1,075	-3.2%
30	Ballard County	1,072	+15.1%
31	McCracken County	1,058	+4.6%
32	Hardin County	1,056	-1.8%
32	Larue County	1,056	-1.8%
34	Simpson County	1,055	+3.2%
35	Anderson County	1,042	+4.4%
36	Hancock County	1,016	-9.9%
36	Nelson County	1,016	+11.2%
38	Trimble County	1,001	+11.3%
39	Allen County	996	+1%
40	Owen County	995	+4.8%
41	Pike County	977	-0.4%
42	Carroll County	974	+7.3%
43	Boyd County	973	+0.2%
43	Greenup County	973	+0.2%
45	Perry County	959	+1.8%
46	Henderson County	949	-10%
47	Lee County	939	+8.3%
48	Washington County	929	+0.4%
49	Lawrence County	926	+5.1%
49	Pulaski County	926	-1.4%
51	Todd County	918	+5.9%
52	Carlisle County	915	+4.3%
53	Boyle County	913	+4.7%
53	Mason County	913	+1.6%
55	Rowan County	911	+4%
55	Union County	911	+3.1%
57	Montgomery County	905	+4.4%
58	Floyd County	904	+0.1%
58	Madison County	904	-4.2%
60	Garrard County	900	+0.1%
60	Hopkins County	900	-2.1%
62	Marshall County	884	-0.9%
63	Laurel County	881	-0.9%
64	Barren County	868	-0.6%
65	Adair County	866	-0.1%
65	Bath County	866	-0.1%
65	Bell County	866	-0.1%
65	Breathitt County	866	-0.1%
65	Breckinridge County	866	-0.1%
65	Butler County	866	-0.1%
65	Caldwell County	866	-0.1%
65	Carter County	866	-0.1%
65	Casey County	866	-0.1%
65	Clay County	866	-0.1%
65	Clinton County	866	-0.1%
65	Crittenden County	866	-0.1%
65	Cumberland County	866	-0.1%
65	Elliott County	866	-0.1%
65	Estill County	866	-0.1%
65	Fleming County	866	-0.1%
65	Fulton County	866	-0.1%
65	Graves County	866	-0.1%
65	Grayson County	866	-0.1%
65	Green County	866	-0.1%
65	Harlan County	866	-0.1%
65	Harrison County	866	-0.1%
65	Hart County	866	-0.1%
65	Hickman County	866	-0.1%
65	Jackson County	866	-0.1%
65	Johnson County	866	-0.1%
65	Knott County	866	-0.1%
65	Knox County	866	-0.1%
65	Leslie County	866	-0.1%
65	Letcher County	866	-0.1%
65	Lewis County	866	-0.1%
65	Lincoln County	866	-0.1%
65	Logan County	866	-0.1%
65	Lyon County	866	-0.1%
65	Magoffin County	866	-0.1%
65	Marion County	866	-0.1%
65	Martin County	866	-0.1%
65	McCreary County	866	-0.1%
65	Menifee County	866	-0.1%
65	Mercer County	866	-0.1%
65	Metcalfe County	866	-0.1%
65	Monroe County	866	-0.1%
65	Morgan County	866	-0.1%
65	Muhlenberg County	866	-0.1%
65	Nicholas County	866	-0.1%
65	Ohio County	866	-0.1%
65	Owsley County	866	-0.1%
65	Powell County	866	-0.1%
65	Robertson County	866	-0.1%
65	Rockcastle County	866	-0.1%
65	Russell County	866	-0.1%
65	Taylor County	866	-0.1%
65	Wayne County	866	-0.1%
65	Webster County	866	-0.1%
65	Whitley County	866	-0.1%
65	Wolfe County	866	-0.1%

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 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.

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: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2026/FY26_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2026). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Kentucky by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2026) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2026/FY26_FMRs_revised.xlsx

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HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Kentucky by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2026. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 21 Apr. 2026, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2026/FY26_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/kentucky-counties?period=2026. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2026. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Kentucky by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2026. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2026/FY26_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/kentucky-counties?period=2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2026) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Kentucky by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2026 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2026/FY26_FMRs_revised.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/kentucky-counties?period=2026 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research}},
  title = {{HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars: Counties in Kentucky by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2026}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2026/FY26_FMRs_revised.xlsx},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/kentucky-counties?period=2026. Publisher attribution: 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/fmr2026/FY26\_FMRs\_revised.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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

Boone County, with $1,353 in 2026, 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)?

Wolfe County, with $866 in 2026.

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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.