Fair Market Rent in Rhode Island by county (FY 2026)

Rhode Island prices its FMRs by town in some places instead of by county. HUD still groups the state into five counties, but inside Newport and Washington counties the rate actually shifts town by town rather than staying flat. The statewide two-bedroom median is $1,729. Newport County tops the state at $2,139, and Washington County comes in lowest at $1,727, just two dollars under the median. Four of the five counties, Bristol, Kent, Providence, and Washington, cluster around the same Providence-Fall River metro rate, leaving Newport as the standalone HUD area. Zoom into Providence County's ZIP-level numbers and rents span $1,460 to $2,590, the widest range in the state.

5 of the 5 counties sit inside a HUD metro area and share that metro's rate. The other 0 get a county rate built from their own rents. The Rhode Island median of $1,729 is about 70% above the national median county ($1,018). HUD also publishes ZIP-level Small Area FMRs covering 5 of the 5 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.

Rhode Island 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 7% from FY 2025. 5 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 5 counties, down in 0, and hold in the rest. The table shows both years.