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HUD Fair Market Rent · FY 2026

Fair Market Rent in Idaho by county (FY 2026)

Idaho has 44 counties, and HUD sets a Fair Market Rent for every one of them. For FY 2026 the median two-bedroom is $1,101. The highest is Ada County at $1,655, the lowest Power County at $973.

Median 2BR

$1,101

Highest 2BR

$1,655

Ada County

Lowest 2BR

$973

Power County

Counties

44

14 in metro areas

Idaho's median two-bedroom FMR is $1,101. Ada County, home to Boise, sits highest at $1,655, a rate shared with Boise, Canyon, and Owyhee counties across the Boise City metro. Power County is lowest at $973. Fourteen of Idaho's 44 counties fall inside a metro area, which means their FMR is set by the region instead of the county line. Elmore County shows a different kind of gap: it sets its own single countywide rate, yet its ZIP-level Small Area FMRs still run from $970 to $1,780, the widest spread in the state. A renter in one Elmore ZIP code could be paying nearly double what a neighbor a few ZIPs over pays, even under that same single county rate.

14 of the 44 counties sit inside a HUD metro area and share that metro's rate. The other 30 get a county rate built from their own rents. The Idaho median of $1,101 is about 8% above the national median county ($1,018). HUD also publishes ZIP-level Small Area FMRs covering 44 of the 44 counties, which is where the real variation shows up. Pick a county below for the full studio-to-four-bedroom table, payment standard ranges and ZIP rates.

The median two-bedroom moved up 12% from FY 2025. 34 counties went up, 10 went down, and the rest held.

HUD has already published FY 2027, effective October 1, 2026. Two-bedroom rates go up in 32 counties, down in 11, and hold in the rest. The table shows both years.

Fair Market Rent by county

County
Area
Studio
1 BR
2 BR
3 BR
4 BR
YoYFY 2027 2BR
Population
Ada CountyMetro$1,170$1,381$1,655$2,318$2,772-10.0%$1,540497,494
Boise CountyMetro$1,170$1,381$1,655$2,318$2,772-10.0%$1,5407,809
Canyon CountyMetro$1,170$1,381$1,655$2,318$2,772-10.0%$1,540235,006
Owyhee CountyMetro$1,170$1,381$1,655$2,318$2,772-10.0%$1,54012,043
Blaine CountyRural$1,103$1,219$1,600$2,101$2,401+18.3%$1,67324,248
Kootenai CountyMetro$1,103$1,302$1,547$2,152$2,595+6.0%$1,507173,396
Teton CountyRural$1,136$1,143$1,323$1,769$2,219+11.4%$1,34311,813
Bonneville CountyMetro$1,034$1,095$1,305$1,815$2,189-0.5%$1,274124,490
Jefferson CountyMetro$1,034$1,095$1,305$1,815$2,189-0.5%$1,27431,383
Butte CountyMetro$1,020$1,094$1,304$1,814$2,188-0.5%$1,1742,605
Twin Falls CountyMetro$885$979$1,284$1,786$2,154-0.1%$1,28590,592
Bonner CountyRural$952$958$1,257$1,748$1,903+16.3%$1,32847,976
Franklin CountyMetro$940$946$1,241$1,726$2,082+6.2%$1,26514,376
Nez Perce CountyMetro$925$931$1,220$1,697$2,037+1.0%$1,23442,200
Elmore CountyRural$902$908$1,192$1,658$2,000+16.3%$1,28528,752
Gem CountyMetro$834$908$1,190$1,601$1,882-10.0%$1,07119,250
Valley CountyRural$1,037$1,086$1,190$1,655$1,996+10.1%$1,24911,830
Jerome CountyMetro$819$986$1,186$1,599$1,990+5.2%$1,16624,474
Bannock CountyMetro$809$894$1,173$1,631$1,968+3.0%$1,25187,434
Shoshone CountyRural$837$860$1,128$1,352$1,892+15.5%$1,20213,399
Washington CountyRural$853$859$1,127$1,471$1,891+8.8%$1,16310,612
Madison CountyRural$963$1,008$1,105$1,537$1,797+10.1%$1,15952,487
Oneida CountyRural$865$871$1,096$1,524$1,839+13.0%$1,1114,572
Benewah CountyRural$744$822$1,079$1,469$1,655+11.8%$1,1179,731
Custer CountyRural$909$914$1,079$1,501$1,810+11.0%$1,1364,344
Clearwater CountyRural$815$821$1,077$1,498$1,807+11.3%$1,1088,810
Camas CountyRural$846$851$1,071$1,490$1,797+9.4%$1,1111,133
Payette CountyRural$811$816$1,071$1,490$1,797+11.0%$1,07125,571
Idaho CountyRural$723$799$1,049$1,459$1,760+7.9%$1,03616,787
Cassia CountyRural$778$783$1,028$1,430$1,725+10.2%$1,08024,859
Gooding CountyRural$846$851$1,026$1,427$1,721+9.3%$1,05315,520
Minidoka CountyRural$884$889$1,022$1,421$1,714+9.5%$1,06221,626
Latah CountyRural$807$863$1,011$1,406$1,696+7.3%$1,04339,872
Lemhi CountyRural$864$883$992$1,380$1,664+6.3%$1,0378,043
Adams CountyRural$768$773$973$1,353$1,632+4.3%$1,0144,464
Bear Lake CountyRural$768$773$973$1,353$1,632+4.3%$1,0576,436
Bingham CountyRural$737$742$973$1,353$1,632+4.3%$1,01748,253
Boundary CountyRural$737$742$973$1,353$1,632+4.3%$1,02612,335
Caribou CountyRural$758$763$973$1,353$1,632+4.3%$1,0147,058
Clark CountyRural$768$773$973$1,353$1,632+4.3%$1,014756
Fremont CountyRural$848$884$973$1,353$1,632+4.3%$1,01413,519
Lewis CountyRural$737$742$973$1,353$1,632+4.3%$1,0143,630
Lincoln CountyRural$848$888$973$1,353$1,632+4.3%$1,0475,203
Power CountyRural$768$773$973$1,353$1,632-1.3%$1,0147,918

44 counties. HUD publishes studio through 4 bedroom rates. Tap a county for payment standards, ZIP-level rates and income needed.

Questions people ask

It depends on the county. For FY 2026 the median two-bedroom FMR across Idaho's 44 counties is $1,101, ranging from $973 in Power County to $1,655 in Ada County. Every county's full table is linked on this page.

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