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HUD Fair Market Rent · FY 2026

Fair Market Rent in Pennsylvania by county (FY 2026)

Pennsylvania has 67 counties, and HUD sets a Fair Market Rent for every one of them. For FY 2026 the median two-bedroom is $1,138. The highest is Bucks County at $1,810, the lowest Warren County at $973.

Median 2BR

$1,138

Highest 2BR

$1,810

Bucks County

Lowest 2BR

$973

Warren County

Counties

67

33 in metro areas

Pennsylvania's two-bedroom FMR lands at $1,138. Bucks County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro, sets the high end at $1,810. Warren County, up near the New York border, holds the low end at $973, an $837 gap across one state. Pittsburgh pulls six counties onto its metro rate, the biggest cluster here. Philadelphia isn't far behind with five. Chester County, also in the Philadelphia metro, shows how much that base number hides: its ZIP-level Small Area FMRs run from $1,250 to $2,720, the widest range in Pennsylvania and tied for the highest ceiling in the state.

33 of the 67 counties sit inside a HUD metro area and share that metro's rate. The other 34 get a county rate built from their own rents. The Pennsylvania median of $1,138 is about 12% above the national median county ($1,018). HUD also publishes ZIP-level Small Area FMRs covering 67 of the 67 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. 61 counties went up, 6 went down, and the rest held.

HUD has already published FY 2027, effective October 1, 2026. Two-bedroom rates go up in 58 counties, down in 9, 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
Bucks CountyMetro$1,397$1,520$1,810$2,170$2,423+0.4%$1,860645,163
Chester CountyMetro$1,397$1,520$1,810$2,170$2,423+0.4%$1,860536,474
Delaware CountyMetro$1,397$1,520$1,810$2,170$2,423+0.4%$1,860575,312
Montgomery CountyMetro$1,397$1,520$1,810$2,170$2,423+0.4%$1,860856,399
Philadelphia CountyMetro$1,397$1,520$1,810$2,170$2,423+0.4%$1,8601,593,208
Carbon CountyMetro$1,130$1,341$1,634$2,087$2,195+8.4%$1,83965,018
Lehigh CountyMetro$1,130$1,341$1,634$2,087$2,195+8.4%$1,839374,110
Northampton CountyMetro$1,130$1,341$1,634$2,087$2,195+8.4%$1,839314,299
Berks CountyMetro$1,086$1,237$1,575$1,937$2,085+16.4%$1,418428,483
Monroe CountyRural$1,085$1,165$1,529$1,974$2,203-1.5%$1,550168,128
Lancaster CountyMetro$1,102$1,220$1,526$1,980$2,020+9.5%$1,553553,202
Pike CountyRural$1,143$1,205$1,496$2,063$2,510-9.7%$1,52158,996
Cumberland CountyMetro$1,058$1,212$1,493$1,920$1,977+8.9%$1,598261,269
Dauphin CountyMetro$1,058$1,212$1,493$1,920$1,977+8.9%$1,598286,108
Perry CountyMetro$1,058$1,212$1,493$1,920$1,977+8.9%$1,59845,941
Lebanon CountyMetro$1,035$1,112$1,411$1,797$1,959+11.2%$1,353143,258
Centre CountyMetro$1,187$1,194$1,406$1,760$1,862-1.7%$1,537158,665
Franklin CountyMetro$1,014$1,119$1,379$1,825$1,991+15.6%$1,325156,084
Adams CountyMetro$1,006$1,099$1,374$1,834$1,939+6.6%$1,354104,604
Montour CountyRural$946$1,046$1,372$1,873$2,061+11.5%$1,43618,165
York CountyMetro$925$1,060$1,335$1,796$1,850-0.5%$1,327457,051
Allegheny CountyMetro$1,001$1,077$1,299$1,661$1,789+1.5%$1,3891,245,310
Beaver CountyMetro$1,001$1,077$1,299$1,661$1,789+1.5%$1,389167,629
Butler CountyMetro$1,001$1,077$1,299$1,661$1,789+1.5%$1,389194,562
Fayette CountyMetro$1,001$1,077$1,299$1,661$1,789+1.5%$1,389128,417
Washington CountyMetro$1,001$1,077$1,299$1,661$1,789+1.5%$1,389209,631
Westmoreland CountyMetro$1,001$1,077$1,299$1,661$1,789+1.5%$1,389354,414
Lackawanna CountyMetro$863$1,028$1,252$1,631$1,766+11.5%$1,363215,672
Luzerne CountyMetro$863$1,028$1,252$1,631$1,766+11.5%$1,363325,396
Wyoming CountyMetro$863$1,028$1,252$1,631$1,766+11.5%$1,36326,219
Erie CountyMetro$836$945$1,212$1,499$1,683+8.4%$1,091270,495
Lycoming CountyMetro$824$995$1,195$1,586$1,737+6.2%$1,217114,022
Columbia CountyRural$786$941$1,140$1,367$1,572+7.0%$1,13664,924
Blair CountyMetro$802$948$1,138$1,458$1,705+7.2%$1,151122,640
Wayne CountyRural$824$927$1,132$1,417$1,899+3.9%$1,18451,227
Greene CountyRural$830$835$1,096$1,314$1,451+12.9%$1,13535,781
Bradford CountyRural$838$844$1,066$1,341$1,522+10.4%$1,10060,159
Snyder CountyRural$770$894$1,059$1,321$1,566+12.1%$1,08439,797
Tioga CountyRural$725$826$1,051$1,362$1,405+8.2%$1,04541,186
Susquehanna CountyRural$760$805$1,045$1,342$1,409+6.6%$1,06038,540
Cambria CountyMetro$840$846$1,035$1,431$1,484+10.7%$1,014133,263
Schuylkill CountyRural$727$786$1,030$1,341$1,409+8.3%$1,068143,201
Lawrence CountyMetro$705$780$1,023$1,423$1,610+7.1%$1,09585,907
Armstrong CountyMetro$691$767$1,002$1,300$1,399-1.9%$1,04365,538
Union CountyRural$728$913$1,001$1,392$1,679+8.7%$1,02842,908
Mercer CountyRural$704$792$996$1,385$1,538+9.7%$1,028110,600
Clinton CountyRural$770$775$995$1,258$1,669-0.8%$1,01437,860
Cameron CountyRural$714$748$981$1,179$1,453+8.0%$1,0144,536
Indiana CountyRural$763$851$981$1,329$1,510+8.0%$1,01483,394
Clearfield CountyRural$721$779$975$1,289$1,293+7.4%$1,01479,707
Bedford CountyRural$677$742$973$1,226$1,476+7.2%$1,01447,613
Clarion CountyRural$757$762$973$1,182$1,632+6.3%$1,01437,489
Crawford CountyRural$723$787$973$1,306$1,476+7.2%$1,01483,876
Elk CountyRural$708$825$973$1,283$1,288+7.2%$1,01430,886
Forest CountyRural$708$888$973$1,236$1,632+7.2%$1,0146,959
Fulton CountyRural$708$751$973$1,167$1,548+7.2%$1,01414,545
Huntingdon CountyRural$790$833$973$1,320$1,632+7.2%$1,01444,123
Jefferson CountyRural$671$768$973$1,197$1,379+7.0%$1,01444,326
Juniata CountyRural$680$742$973$1,250$1,478+7.2%$1,01423,535
McKean CountyRural$708$832$973$1,219$1,447+7.2%$1,01440,459
Mifflin CountyRural$770$786$973$1,283$1,288+7.2%$1,01446,146
Northumberland CountyRural$671$843$973$1,241$1,288+7.2%$1,01491,340
Potter CountyRural$708$742$973$1,223$1,352+7.2%$1,01416,390
Somerset CountyRural$830$835$973$1,307$1,469+7.2%$1,01473,802
Sullivan CountyRural$708$775$973$1,353$1,595+7.2%$1,0145,880
Venango CountyRural$671$742$973$1,221$1,393+7.2%$1,01450,475
Warren CountyRural$809$814$973$1,304$1,363+7.2%$1,01438,492

67 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 Pennsylvania's 67 counties is $1,138, ranging from $973 in Warren County to $1,810 in Bucks County. Every county's full table is linked on this page.

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