HUD Fair Market Rent · FY 2026
Fair Market Rent in New Hampshire by county (FY 2026)
New Hampshire has 10 counties, and HUD sets a Fair Market Rent for every one of them. For FY 2026 the median two-bedroom is $1,918. The highest is Rockingham County at $2,256, the lowest Coos County at $1,287.
Median 2BR
$1,918
Highest 2BR
$2,256
Rockingham County
Lowest 2BR
$1,287
Coos County
Counties
10
3 in metro areas
New Hampshire's median two-bedroom FMR is $1,918, way above the $1,018 national number. HUD sets some county rents by town here, so two towns a few miles apart can land in different brackets. Rockingham County has the highest 2BR rate at $2,256, covering over 317,000 people. It's actually part of the Lawrence, MA-NH metro area, so its rate ties to pricing across the Massachusetts border. Coos County sits at the other end at $1,287, with just under 31,400 residents and no metro area pulling it up. If you manage ZIP-level units, Hillsborough County is where the SAFMR math gets interesting. Rates there stretch from $1,530 to $3,190 across 39 ZIP codes, the widest range in the state, driven by Manchester's metro designation.
3 of the 10 counties sit inside a HUD metro area and share that metro's rate. The other 7 get a county rate built from their own rents. The New Hampshire median of $1,918 is about 88% above the national median county ($1,018). HUD also publishes ZIP-level Small Area FMRs covering 10 of the 10 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.
New Hampshire is one of the six New England states where HUD publishes rates by town rather than county. The county figures here fold those towns together. Open a county to see every town listed with its own rate.
The median two-bedroom moved up 25% from FY 2025. 10 counties went up, 0 went down, and the rest held.
HUD has already published FY 2027, effective October 1, 2026. Two-bedroom rates go up in 2 counties, down in 8, 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 | YoY | FY 2027 2BR | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockingham County | Metro | $1,620 | $1,728 | $2,256 | $2,792 | $3,022 | +13.0% | $2,289 | 317,163 |
| Strafford County | Metro | $1,601 | $1,677 | $2,194 | $2,693 | $2,941 | +11.9% | $2,093 | 131,743 |
| Hillsborough County | Metro | $1,428 | $1,596 | $2,058 | $2,611 | $2,869 | +2.3% | $2,179 | 424,732 |
| Merrimack County | Rural | $1,361 | $1,504 | $1,974 | $2,604 | $2,614 | +22.3% | $1,800 | 155,018 |
| Cheshire County | Rural | $1,328 | $1,468 | $1,926 | $2,518 | $2,550 | +24.4% | $1,734 | 76,945 |
| Grafton County | Rural | $1,445 | $1,455 | $1,909 | $2,590 | $2,630 | +25.9% | $1,719 | 91,759 |
| Belknap County | Rural | $1,241 | $1,425 | $1,800 | $2,219 | $2,676 | +21.7% | $1,620 | 64,300 |
| Sullivan County | Rural | $1,216 | $1,332 | $1,747 | $2,418 | $2,694 | +22.9% | $1,596 | 43,529 |
| Carroll County | Rural | $1,190 | $1,343 | $1,709 | $2,353 | $2,834 | +22.5% | $1,566 | 51,259 |
| Coos County | Rural | $988 | $994 | $1,287 | $1,702 | $1,708 | +20.1% | $1,195 | 31,386 |
10 counties. HUD publishes studio through 4 bedroom rates. Tap a county for payment standards, ZIP-level rates and income needed.
Highest 2BR rates
Questions people ask
It depends on the county. For FY 2026 the median two-bedroom FMR across New Hampshire's 10 counties is $1,918, ranging from $1,287 in Coos County to $2,256 in Rockingham County. Every county's full table is linked on this page.
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