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

Union County had the highest fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly) of 88 counties in 2023, at $1,185. Wyandot County had the lowest, at $794. The median was $828. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,185Union County
Median82888 counties

Map of counties, 2023

Adams County: 794 USDAllen County: 854 USDAshland County: 794 USDAshtabula County: 794 USDAthens County: 926 USDAuglaize County: 794 USDBelmont County: 827 USDBrown County: 882 USDButler County: 1,093 USDCarroll County: 861 USDChampaign County: 822 USDClark County: 909 USDClermont County: 1,093 USDClinton County: 837 USDColumbiana County: 794 USDCoshocton County: 794 USDCrawford County: 794 USDCuyahoga County: 998 USDDarke County: 794 USDDefiance County: 831 USDDelaware County: 1,163 USDErie County: 912 USDFairfield County: 1,163 USDFayette County: 807 USDFranklin County: 1,163 USDFulton County: 906 USDGallia County: 794 USDGeauga County: 998 USDGreene County: 969 USDGuernsey County: 854 USDHamilton County: 1,093 USDHancock County: 905 USDHardin County: 794 USDHarrison County: 794 USDHenry County: 794 USDHighland County: 794 USDHocking County: 794 USDHolmes County: 794 USDHuron County: 810 USDJackson County: 794 USDJefferson County: 794 USDKnox County: 859 USDLake County: 998 USDLawrence County: 829 USDLicking County: 1,163 USDLogan County: 832 USDLorain County: 998 USDLucas County: 906 USDMadison County: 1,163 USDMahoning County: 794 USDMarion County: 889 USDMedina County: 998 USDMeigs County: 794 USDMercer County: 794 USDMiami County: 969 USDMonroe County: 794 USDMontgomery County: 969 USDMorgan County: 794 USDMorrow County: 1,163 USDMuskingum County: 806 USDNoble County: 794 USDOttawa County: 926 USDPaulding County: 794 USDPerry County: 798 USDPickaway County: 1,163 USDPike County: 794 USDPortage County: 1,027 USDPreble County: 820 USDPutnam County: 794 USDRichland County: 794 USDRoss County: 856 USDSandusky County: 804 USDScioto County: 794 USDSeneca County: 794 USDShelby County: 811 USDStark County: 861 USDSummit County: 1,027 USDTrumbull County: 794 USDTuscarawas County: 862 USDUnion County: 1,185 USDVan Wert County: 794 USDVinton County: 794 USDWarren County: 1,093 USDWashington County: 794 USDWayne County: 861 USDWilliams County: 794 USDWood County: 906 USDWyandot County: 794 USD
  • Under 830
  • 830 to 910
  • 910 to 1,000
  • 1,000 and over
USD, 2023. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2023

Union County: 1,185 USDUnion County1,185Delaware County: 1,163 USDDelaware County1,163Fairfield County: 1,163 USDFairfield County1,163Franklin County: 1,163 USDFranklin County1,163Licking County: 1,163 USDLicking County1,163Madison County: 1,163 USDMadison County1,163Morrow County: 1,163 USDMorrow County1,163Pickaway County: 1,163 USDPickaway County1,163Butler County: 1,093 USDButler County1,093Clermont County: 1,093 USDClermont County1,093Hamilton County: 1,093 USDHamilton County1,093Warren County: 1,093 USDWarren County1,093Portage County: 1,027 USDPortage County1,027Summit County: 1,027 USDSummit County1,027Cuyahoga County: 998 USDCuyahoga County998Geauga County: 998 USDGeauga County998Lake County: 998 USDLake County998Lorain County: 998 USDLorain County998Medina County: 998 USDMedina County998Greene County: 969 USDGreene County969Miami County: 969 USDMiami County969Montgomery County: 969 USDMontgomery County969Athens County: 926 USDAthens County926Ottawa County: 926 USDOttawa County926Erie County: 912 USDErie County912Clark County: 909 USDClark County909Fulton County: 906 USDFulton County906Lucas County: 906 USDLucas County906Wood County: 906 USDWood County906Hancock County: 905 USDHancock County905Marion County: 889 USDMarion County889Brown County: 882 USDBrown County882Tuscarawas County: 862 USDTuscarawas County862Carroll County: 861 USDCarroll County861Stark County: 861 USDStark County861Wayne County: 861 USDWayne County861Knox County: 859 USDKnox County859Ross County: 856 USDRoss County856Allen County: 854 USDAllen County854Guernsey County: 854 USDGuernsey County854Union County: 1,185 USDUnion County1,185Delaware County: 1,163 USDDelaware County1,163Fairfield County: 1,163 USDFairfield County1,163Franklin County: 1,163 USDFranklin County1,163Licking County: 1,163 USDLicking County1,163Madison County: 1,163 USDMadison County1,163Morrow County: 1,163 USDMorrow County1,163Pickaway County: 1,163 USDPickaway County1,163Butler County: 1,093 USDButler County1,093Clermont County: 1,093 USDClermont County1,093Hamilton County: 1,093 USDHamilton County1,093Warren County: 1,093 USDWarren County1,093Portage County: 1,027 USDPortage County1,027Summit County: 1,027 USDSummit County1,027Cuyahoga County: 998 USDCuyahoga County998Geauga County: 998 USDGeauga County998Lake County: 998 USDLake County998Lorain County: 998 USDLorain County998Medina County: 998 USDMedina County998Greene County: 969 USDGreene County969Miami County: 969 USDMiami County969Montgomery County: 969 USDMontgomery County969Athens County: 926 USDAthens County926Ottawa County: 926 USDOttawa County926Erie County: 912 USDErie County912Clark County: 909 USDClark County909Fulton County: 906 USDFulton County906Lucas County: 906 USDLucas County906Wood County: 906 USDWood County906Hancock County: 905 USDHancock County905Marion County: 889 USDMarion County889Brown County: 882 USDBrown County882Tuscarawas County: 862 USDTuscarawas County862Carroll County: 861 USDCarroll County861Stark County: 861 USDStark County861Wayne County: 861 USDWayne County861Knox County: 859 USDKnox County859Ross County: 856 USDRoss County856Allen County: 854 USDAllen County854Guernsey County: 854 USDGuernsey County854
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023
USD
Change on 2022
1Union County1,185+10.9%
2Delaware County1,163+12.7%
2Fairfield County1,163+12.7%
2Franklin County1,163+12.7%
2Licking County1,163+12.7%
2Madison County1,163+12.7%
2Morrow County1,163+12.7%
2Pickaway County1,163+12.7%
9Butler County1,093+12.9%
9Clermont County1,093+12.9%
9Hamilton County1,093+12.9%
9Warren County1,093+12.9%
13Portage County1,027+15.4%
13Summit County1,027+15.4%
15Cuyahoga County998+11.8%
15Geauga County998+11.8%
15Lake County998+11.8%
15Lorain County998+11.8%
15Medina County998+11.8%
20Greene County969+11.1%
20Miami County969+11.1%
20Montgomery County969+11.1%
23Athens County926+6.7%
23Ottawa County926+18%
25Erie County912+12.9%
26Clark County909+10.7%
27Fulton County906+12.4%
27Lucas County906+12.4%
27Wood County906+12.4%
30Hancock County905+10.4%
31Marion County889+7.5%
32Brown County882+11.2%
33Tuscarawas County862+6.3%
34Carroll County861+12.1%
34Stark County861+12.1%
34Wayne County861+9.4%
37Knox County859+15.1%
38Ross County856+9.2%
39Allen County854+11.3%
39Guernsey County854+15.7%
41Clinton County837+8.4%
42Logan County832+5.6%
43Defiance County831+9.6%
44Lawrence County829+4.8%
45Belmont County827+8.5%
46Champaign County822+9.6%
47Preble County820+7%
48Shelby County811+9.6%
49Huron County810+7.1%
50Fayette County807+7.6%
51Muskingum County806+7.2%
52Sandusky County804+8.1%
53Perry County798+8.1%
54Adams County794+7.6%
54Ashland County794+7.6%
54Ashtabula County794+7.6%
54Auglaize County794+7.6%
54Columbiana County794+7.6%
54Coshocton County794+7.6%
54Crawford County794+7.6%
54Darke County794+7.6%
54Gallia County794+7.6%
54Hardin County794+7.6%
54Harrison County794+7.6%
54Henry County794+7.6%
54Highland County794+7.6%
54Hocking County794+7.6%
54Holmes County794+7.6%
54Jackson County794+7.6%
54Jefferson County794+7.6%
54Mahoning County794+7.6%
54Meigs County794+7.6%
54Mercer County794+7.6%
54Monroe County794+7.6%
54Morgan County794+7.6%
54Noble County794+7.6%
54Paulding County794+7.6%
54Pike County794+7.6%
54Putnam County794+7.6%
54Richland County794+7.6%
54Scioto County794+7.6%
54Seneca County794+7.6%
54Trumbull County794+7.6%
54Van Wert County794+7.6%
54Vinton County794+7.6%
54Washington County794+7.6%
54Williams County794+7.6%
54Wyandot County794+7.6%

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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/fmr2023/FY23_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. (2023). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Ohio by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2023/FY23_FMRs_revised.xlsx

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HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Ohio by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2023. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 15 Mar. 2023, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2023/FY23_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/ohio-counties?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2023. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Ohio by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2023/FY23_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/ohio-counties?period=2023.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2023) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Ohio by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2023/FY23_FMRs_revised.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/ohio-counties?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars: Counties in Ohio by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2023}},
  year = {2023},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2023/FY23_FMRs_revised.xlsx},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/ohio-counties?period=2023. 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/fmr2023/FY23\_FMRs\_revised.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

Union County, with $1,185 in 2023, 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)?

Wyandot County, with $794 in 2023.

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