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HUD Fair Market Rent · FY 2026

Fair Market Rent in Washington by county (FY 2026)

Washington has 39 counties, and HUD sets a Fair Market Rent for every one of them. For FY 2026 the median two-bedroom is $1,374. The highest is King County at $2,501, the lowest Ferry County at $973.

Median 2BR

$1,374

Highest 2BR

$2,501

King County

Lowest 2BR

$973

Ferry County

Counties

39

19 in metro areas

Washington's two-bedroom fair market rent for FY 2026 sits at $1,374 statewide, but King County pulls that number up hard. King tops the list at $2,501, more than double Ferry County's $973 at the bottom. King shares its rate with only one other county, Snohomish, under the Seattle-Bellevue, WA HUD Metro FMR Area. That's one of four two-county metro pairs in the state. In all, 19 of Washington's 39 counties carry a metro-area rate. Inside King County itself, the ZIP-level Small Area FMRs stretch from $2,160 to $3,750, a $1,590 range across 113 of its 120 ZIP codes. If you're pricing a rental there, the county rate alone won't tell you much. You need the ZIP code.

19 of the 39 counties sit inside a HUD metro area and share that metro's rate. The other 20 get a county rate built from their own rents. The Washington median of $1,374 is about 35% above the national median county ($1,018). HUD also publishes ZIP-level Small Area FMRs covering 39 of the 39 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 4% from FY 2025. 31 counties went up, 7 went down, and the rest held.

HUD has already published FY 2027, effective October 1, 2026. Two-bedroom rates go up in 26 counties, down in 13, 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
King CountyMetro$2,074$2,146$2,501$3,272$3,847-6.4%$2,5492,254,371
Snohomish CountyMetro$2,074$2,146$2,501$3,272$3,847-6.4%$2,549828,337
Kitsap CountyMetro$1,400$1,548$2,031$2,676$2,941-1.3%$1,967275,411
Pierce CountyMetro$1,428$1,605$1,971$2,733$3,102-4.2%$2,064918,993
Thurston CountyMetro$1,538$1,682$1,960$2,613$3,288+6.3%$1,946294,272
Clark CountyMetro$1,570$1,677$1,922$2,619$3,109-3.8%$1,878504,091
Skamania CountyMetro$1,570$1,677$1,922$2,619$3,109-3.8%$1,87812,118
Whatcom CountyMetro$1,463$1,493$1,794$2,495$3,010+9.3%$1,872226,523
San Juan CountyRural$1,215$1,343$1,762$2,332$2,333+4.1%$2,02218,001
Skagit CountyMetro$1,186$1,311$1,720$2,392$2,599+1.1%$1,668129,480
Island CountyRural$1,172$1,356$1,671$2,324$2,733+4.4%$1,82486,510
Walla Walla CountyMetro$1,074$1,181$1,550$2,118$2,600+4.2%$1,56162,150
Benton CountyMetro$1,122$1,268$1,538$2,071$2,385+2.3%$1,487207,560
Franklin CountyMetro$1,122$1,268$1,538$2,071$2,385+2.3%$1,48796,692
Spokane CountyMetro$1,103$1,193$1,531$2,088$2,506+6.0%$1,494538,711
Chelan CountyMetro$1,034$1,143$1,500$2,063$2,516+0.8%$1,46779,076
Douglas CountyMetro$1,034$1,143$1,500$2,063$2,516+0.8%$1,46743,189
Kittitas CountyRural$1,002$1,108$1,454$2,022$2,439+10.4%$1,65544,424
Cowlitz CountyMetro$1,000$1,199$1,451$2,018$2,434+3.3%$1,398110,621
Yakima CountyMetro$1,040$1,047$1,374$1,911$2,093+2.9%$1,313256,143
Jefferson CountyRural$1,119$1,165$1,367$1,901$2,293+10.9%$1,58833,006
Mason CountyRural$1,030$1,032$1,354$1,883$2,097+7.4%$1,57266,053
Klickitat CountyRural$921$1,018$1,336$1,602$1,825+10.0%$1,44722,798
Lewis CountyRural$882$975$1,279$1,688$1,832+1.8%$1,43582,663
Clallam CountyRural$880$966$1,266$1,761$2,026+1.7%$1,42977,333
Grant CountyRural$933$939$1,232$1,707$2,067+4.8%$1,36199,145
Asotin CountyMetro$925$931$1,220$1,697$2,037+1.0%$1,23422,370
Grays Harbor CountyRural$838$927$1,216$1,691$1,869+4.5%$1,34575,672
Whitman CountyRural$806$891$1,169$1,626$1,961+0.2%$1,26947,141
Wahkiakum CountyRural$798$1,021$1,137$1,581$1,907+6.5%$1,1834,476
Pacific CountyRural$796$926$1,134$1,557$1,902+2.6%$1,28223,396
Adams CountyRural$795$863$1,133$1,576$1,901+5.2%$1,26220,557
Stevens CountyMetro$879$885$1,131$1,573$1,897+7.8%$1,12146,774
Pend Oreille CountyRural$759$838$1,099$1,379$1,844+6.4%$1,29813,570
Columbia CountyRural$738$951$1,052$1,463$1,765+1.6%$1,1903,980
Garfield CountyRural$735$798$1,047$1,456$1,756+4.5%$1,1432,310
Okanogan CountyRural$732$828$1,043$1,428$1,559-0.9%$1,20242,336
Lincoln CountyRural$716$778$1,021$1,420$1,7130.0%$1,09111,036
Ferry CountyRural$683$742$973$1,353$1,632+4.3%$1,0587,260

39 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 Washington's 39 counties is $1,374, ranging from $973 in Ferry County to $2,501 in King County. Every county's full table is linked on this page.

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