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HUD Fair Market Rent · FY 2026

Fair Market Rent in Minnesota by county (FY 2026)

Minnesota has 87 counties, and HUD sets a Fair Market Rent for every one of them. For FY 2026 the median two-bedroom is $999. The highest is Anoka County at $1,709, the lowest Yellow Medicine County at $973.

Median 2BR

$999

Highest 2BR

$1,709

Anoka County

Lowest 2BR

$973

Yellow Medicine County

Counties

87

27 in metro areas

Minnesota's two-bedroom median FMR is $999, just under a thousand dollars, but that number sits in the middle of a real range. Anoka County, inside the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro, tops the state at $1,709. Yellow Medicine County, way out in the southwest, comes in lowest at $973. Eleven counties share the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro rate, more of the state's 87 counties than any other HUD area here. Zoom into ZIP codes and three of those counties, Hennepin, Carver, and Washington, tie for the widest spread in the state, with Small Area FMRs running from $1,520 up to $2,560 depending on the block. If your property sits in one of those three, the county number alone won't tell you much.

27 of the 87 counties sit inside a HUD metro area and share that metro's rate. The other 60 get a county rate built from their own rents. The Minnesota median of $999 is within a couple percent of the national median county ($1,018). HUD also publishes ZIP-level Small Area FMRs covering 87 of the 87 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 7% from FY 2025. 84 counties went up, 3 went down, and the rest held.

HUD has already published FY 2027, effective October 1, 2026. Two-bedroom rates go up in 81 counties, down in 6, 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
Anoka CountyMetro$1,242$1,405$1,709$2,262$2,531+1.4%$1,734363,985
Carver CountyMetro$1,242$1,405$1,709$2,262$2,531+1.4%$1,734107,216
Chisago CountyMetro$1,242$1,405$1,709$2,262$2,531+1.4%$1,73456,927
Dakota CountyMetro$1,242$1,405$1,709$2,262$2,531+1.4%$1,734439,179
Hennepin CountyMetro$1,242$1,405$1,709$2,262$2,531+1.4%$1,7341,270,787
Isanti CountyMetro$1,242$1,405$1,709$2,262$2,531+1.4%$1,73441,257
Ramsey CountyMetro$1,242$1,405$1,709$2,262$2,531+1.4%$1,734547,202
Scott CountyMetro$1,242$1,405$1,709$2,262$2,531+1.4%$1,734151,347
Sherburne CountyMetro$1,242$1,405$1,709$2,262$2,531+1.4%$1,73497,820
Washington CountyMetro$1,242$1,405$1,709$2,262$2,531+1.4%$1,734268,651
Wright CountyMetro$1,242$1,405$1,709$2,262$2,531+1.4%$1,734142,543
Dodge CountyMetro$1,112$1,189$1,407$1,957$2,360+4.9%$1,42220,893
Olmsted CountyMetro$1,112$1,189$1,407$1,957$2,360+4.9%$1,422162,307
Lake CountyRural$880$973$1,277$1,531$1,869+3.3%$1,35810,915
Carlton CountyMetro$849$978$1,232$1,689$2,067+8.1%$1,20736,362
St. Louis CountyMetro$849$978$1,232$1,689$2,067+8.1%$1,207200,122
Benton CountyMetro$874$919$1,206$1,604$1,873+4.8%$1,23341,300
Stearns CountyMetro$874$919$1,206$1,604$1,873+4.8%$1,233158,622
Rice CountyRural$899$905$1,187$1,534$1,991+0.8%$1,22667,152
Blue Earth CountyMetro$971$977$1,171$1,629$1,916-0.3%$1,23069,022
Nicollet CountyMetro$971$977$1,171$1,629$1,916-0.3%$1,23034,380
Houston CountyMetro$804$889$1,166$1,515$1,903-2.6%$1,34318,826
Steele CountyRural$787$870$1,142$1,549$1,816+11.4%$1,24437,396
Beltrami CountyRural$870$876$1,135$1,361$1,715+3.9%$1,23046,274
Mille Lacs CountyMetro$850$856$1,123$1,346$1,884+2.5%$1,12426,680
Pennington CountyRural$774$855$1,122$1,496$1,631+3.9%$1,14213,995
Crow Wing CountyRural$772$854$1,120$1,345$1,569+7.2%$1,17266,558
Clay CountyMetro$768$917$1,112$1,547$1,865+9.9%$1,10465,307
Pine CountyRural$834$839$1,101$1,320$1,458+4.2%$1,09629,090
Goodhue CountyRural$755$901$1,095$1,523$1,837+5.4%$1,17247,697
Polk CountyMetro$863$868$1,089$1,515$1,827+10.7%$1,01431,128
Le Sueur CountyMetro$816$822$1,078$1,499$1,748+0.3%$1,09828,795
Itasca CountyRural$754$860$1,074$1,401$1,516+6.7%$1,16445,054
Winona CountyRural$791$868$1,066$1,336$1,543+12.3%$1,11849,792
Pope CountyRural$726$803$1,053$1,263$1,394+2.8%$1,08811,312
Mower CountyRural$723$799$1,049$1,350$1,461+1.5%$1,08040,082
Nobles CountyRural$723$799$1,049$1,294$1,389+1.8%$1,07622,194
Becker CountyRural$708$783$1,027$1,341$1,474+5.2%$1,10535,202
Fillmore CountyMetro$774$779$1,022$1,370$1,375+8.4%$1,01421,251
Wadena CountyRural$701$783$1,016$1,218$1,345+8.4%$1,05914,108
Lake of the Woods CountyRural$699$773$1,014$1,216$1,474+8.7%$1,1543,786
Hubbard CountyRural$695$768$1,008$1,395$1,642+8.0%$1,02021,479
Wabasha CountyMetro$872$913$1,001$1,334$1,679+7.3%$1,01421,460
McLeod CountyRural$823$865$999$1,198$1,662+7.1%$1,07336,727
Meeker CountyRural$687$854$997$1,387$1,407+6.9%$1,08923,352
Douglas CountyRural$737$772$991$1,378$1,441+5.5%$1,02739,081
Stevens CountyRural$683$755$991$1,378$1,662+6.2%$1,0279,682
Otter Tail CountyRural$678$749$983$1,367$1,432+3.9%$1,07160,072
Freeborn CountyRural$672$742$974$1,283$1,432+4.4%$1,03330,857
Aitkin CountyRural$737$742$973$1,353$1,471+4.3%$1,04815,859
Big Stone CountyRural$671$816$973$1,178$1,329+4.3%$1,0145,161
Brown CountyRural$671$742$973$1,177$1,609+4.3%$1,07125,880
Cass CountyRural$729$768$973$1,300$1,632+3.1%$1,01430,288
Chippewa CountyRural$671$772$973$1,353$1,382+4.3%$1,01412,466
Clearwater CountyRural$671$785$973$1,179$1,632+4.3%$1,0148,541
Cook CountyRural$671$888$973$1,288$1,415+4.3%$1,0225,611
Cottonwood CountyRural$671$766$973$1,353$1,415+4.3%$1,01411,481
Faribault CountyRural$671$790$973$1,312$1,317+4.3%$1,01413,931
Grant CountyRural$671$742$973$1,353$1,632+4.3%$1,0146,091
Jackson CountyRural$671$846$973$1,283$1,288+4.3%$1,0149,990
Kanabec CountyRural$671$858$973$1,353$1,387+4.3%$1,01416,145
Kandiyohi CountyRural$782$787$973$1,353$1,632+4.3%$1,02643,686
Kittson CountyRural$684$745$973$1,167$1,415+4.3%$1,0144,191
Koochiching CountyRural$671$742$973$1,243$1,415+4.3%$1,01412,072
Lac qui Parle CountyRural$671$833$973$1,353$1,415+4.3%$1,0146,736
Lincoln CountyRural$671$742$973$1,283$1,288+4.3%$1,0145,630
Lyon CountyRural$678$834$973$1,353$1,632+4.3%$1,01425,352
Mahnomen CountyRural$671$742$973$1,217$1,488+4.3%$1,0145,389
Marshall CountyRural$671$742$973$1,182$1,632+4.3%$1,0149,017
Martin CountyRural$671$803$973$1,283$1,288+4.3%$1,01419,960
Morrison CountyRural$671$757$973$1,353$1,454+2.7%$1,01434,023
Murray CountyRural$671$852$973$1,232$1,573+4.3%$1,0148,170
Norman CountyRural$671$742$973$1,167$1,288+4.3%$1,0146,457
Pipestone CountyRural$671$742$973$1,203$1,538+4.3%$1,0149,380
Red Lake CountyRural$671$742$973$1,277$1,288+4.3%$1,0143,912
Redwood CountyRural$671$742$973$1,321$1,566+4.3%$1,01415,428
Renville CountyRural$776$781$973$1,353$1,602+4.3%$1,01414,707
Rock CountyMetro$727$742$973$1,353$1,357+4.3%$1,0149,659
Roseau CountyRural$671$867$973$1,256$1,450+4.3%$1,01415,294
Sibley CountyRural$671$742$973$1,299$1,304+4.3%$1,01414,950
Swift CountyRural$671$768$973$1,285$1,314+4.3%$1,0149,806
Todd CountyRural$737$742$973$1,318$1,550+4.3%$1,02525,277
Traverse CountyRural$671$742$973$1,353$1,609+4.3%$1,0143,345
Waseca CountyRural$677$742$973$1,353$1,495+4.3%$1,03018,953
Watonwan CountyRural$671$842$973$1,283$1,288+4.3%$1,01411,205
Wilkin CountyRural$671$751$973$1,283$1,288+4.3%$1,0146,454
Yellow Medicine CountyRural$671$753$973$1,169$1,312+4.3%$1,0149,569

87 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 Minnesota's 87 counties is $999, ranging from $973 in Yellow Medicine County to $1,709 in Anoka County. Every county's full table is linked on this page.

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