Fair market rents · FY 2027 · effective October 1, 2026
Georgia fair market rents, FY 2027
The 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent in the median Georgia county is $1,058 a month for FY 2027, from $1,002 to $1,762 across the state. The typical county moved +2.6% from FY 2026 and +42.3% over five years; weighted by population, the state average moved −1.5%. The most populous HUD area, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, is at $1,762 for a 2-bedroom.
FMRs are HUD's estimate of the 40th percentile gross rent (rent plus utilities) paid by recent movers into standard-quality units. Housing agencies set voucher payment standards from them. Source: HUD FY 2027 FMR file, 91 FR 56156 (published September 1, 2026). This site is not HUD.
| FY | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2BR | $877 | $915 | $963 | $998 | $1,012 | $1,094 | $1,287 | $1,508 | $1,532 | $1,552 | $1,528 |
ZIP-level rents required: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA; Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC; Chattanooga, TN-GA are mandatory Small Area FMR metros, so voucher payment standards there come from the ZIP figure, not the area figure below. Use the ZIP lookup, or see all 65 mandatory metros.
Every HUD rent area in Georgia, FY 2027
112 HUD FMR areas cover 159 counties; 27 are metro areas. Monthly gross rent by bedroom count. The trend line is the 2-bedroom FMR from FY 2017 to FY 2027 for the most populous member.
Biggest one-year move up: Charlton County, GA, +14.9%. Biggest move down: Morgan County, GA, −8.0%. HUD caps a one-year drop at 10%.
| HUD area | Studio | 1BR | 2BR | 3BR | 4BR | 1 yr | 5 yr | FY17 to FY27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlbanyDougherty, Lee, Terrell, Worth | 953 | 972 | 1,103 | 1,482 | 1,829 | −2.3% | +36.2% | |
| Appling County | 825 | 920 | 1,002 | 1,387 | 1,675 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Athens-Clarke CountyClarke, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 1,097 | 1,103 | 1,285 | 1,610 | 1,689 | −3.5% | +42.9% | |
| Atkinson County | 761 | 766 | 1,002 | 1,194 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-RoswellZ24 counties | 1,554 | 1,619 | 1,762 | 2,099 | 2,493 | −3.2% | +36.7% | |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SCZBurke, Columbia, McDuffie, Richmond | 997 | 1,202 | 1,329 | 1,672 | 2,035 | +5.4% | +46.7% | |
| Bacon County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,387 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Baker County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,387 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Baldwin County | 790 | 869 | 1,104 | 1,315 | 1,451 | +2.9% | +51.0% | |
| Banks County | 825 | 920 | 1,002 | 1,280 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +31.5% | |
| Ben Hill County | 846 | 851 | 1,002 | 1,194 | 1,675 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Berrien County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,377 | 1,550 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Bleckley County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,225 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Brunswick-St. SimonsBrantley, Glynn, McIntosh | 991 | 1,114 | 1,378 | 1,642 | 1,938 | +6.6% | +54.1% | |
| Bulloch County | 808 | 887 | 1,160 | 1,436 | 1,647 | −1.5% | +50.3% | |
| Butts County | 884 | 920 | 1,002 | 1,376 | 1,675 | −6.8% | +6.7% | |
| Calhoun County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,387 | 1,518 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Camden County | 1,071 | 1,194 | 1,300 | 1,800 | 2,111 | +6.1% | +48.6% | |
| Candler County | 772 | 777 | 1,002 | 1,387 | 1,675 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Charlton County | 904 | 910 | 1,190 | 1,418 | 1,718 | +14.9% | +69.0% | |
| Chattanooga, TN-GAZCatoosa, Dade, Walker | 1,181 | 1,231 | 1,340 | 1,657 | 1,761 | −3.6% | +51.8% | |
| Chattooga County | 791 | 796 | 1,002 | 1,387 | 1,667 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Clay County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,246 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Clinch County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,387 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Coffee County | 698 | 920 | 1,002 | 1,387 | 1,675 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Colquitt County | 761 | 766 | 1,002 | 1,194 | 1,561 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Columbus, GA-ALChattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee | 1,026 | 1,053 | 1,212 | 1,611 | 1,876 | +11.4% | +46.6% | |
| Cook County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,312 | 1,317 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Crisp County | 788 | 793 | 1,002 | 1,194 | 1,317 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Dalton | 881 | 1,009 | 1,127 | 1,470 | 1,884 | +0.5% | +39.8% | |
| Decatur County | 792 | 797 | 1,002 | 1,273 | 1,317 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Dodge County | 761 | 766 | 1,002 | 1,194 | 1,317 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Dooly County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,387 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Early County | 812 | 920 | 1,002 | 1,387 | 1,532 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Elbert County | 823 | 828 | 1,013 | 1,311 | 1,597 | −5.7% | +43.1% | |
| Emanuel County | 825 | 920 | 1,002 | 1,337 | 1,675 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Evans County | 761 | 766 | 1,002 | 1,201 | 1,317 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Fannin County | 761 | 766 | 1,002 | 1,322 | 1,327 | +3.0% | +35.6% | |
| Franklin County | 784 | 789 | 1,032 | 1,230 | 1,490 | +1.5% | +46.6% | |
| Gainesville | 1,185 | 1,417 | 1,543 | 1,860 | 2,222 | +1.9% | +50.1% | |
| Gilmer County | 840 | 845 | 1,047 | 1,363 | 1,750 | +1.1% | +32.9% | |
| Glascock County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,246 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Gordon County | 705 | 859 | 1,013 | 1,403 | 1,646 | +0.2% | +43.9% | |
| Grady County | 761 | 766 | 1,002 | 1,369 | 1,571 | +3.0% | +38.6% | |
| Greene County | 825 | 855 | 1,002 | 1,359 | 1,364 | +3.0% | +35.0% | |
| Habersham County | 829 | 865 | 1,007 | 1,318 | 1,323 | −1.1% | +35.9% | |
| Hancock County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,387 | 1,469 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Haralson County | 777 | 782 | 1,023 | 1,219 | 1,578 | −7.6% | +27.7% | |
| Hart County | 825 | 829 | 1,002 | 1,194 | 1,446 | −3.8% | +30.0% | |
| Hinesville | 1,221 | 1,228 | 1,396 | 1,815 | 2,333 | −0.7% | +37.4% | |
| Irwin County | 860 | 865 | 1,080 | 1,287 | 1,559 | −0.8% | +53.4% | |
| Jackson County | 993 | 1,041 | 1,205 | 1,438 | 2,014 | +4.5% | +47.0% | |
| Jeff Davis County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,194 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Jefferson County | 786 | 791 | 1,002 | 1,194 | 1,317 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Jenkins County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,387 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Johnson County | 786 | 800 | 1,002 | 1,194 | 1,498 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Lamar County | 790 | 795 | 1,002 | 1,387 | 1,451 | +3.0% | +25.6% | |
| Laurens County | 701 | 770 | 1,007 | 1,286 | 1,600 | +3.5% | +43.0% | |
| Lincoln County | 772 | 784 | 1,026 | 1,343 | 1,348 | +3.1% | +45.7% | |
| Long County | 1,026 | 1,067 | 1,163 | 1,395 | 1,923 | +2.6% | +55.1% | |
| Lumpkin County | 1,012 | 1,055 | 1,148 | 1,445 | 1,919 | −7.8% | +27.8% | |
| Macon County | 761 | 766 | 1,002 | 1,194 | 1,497 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Macon-Bibb CountyBibb, Crawford, Jones, Twiggs | 1,109 | 1,162 | 1,309 | 1,560 | 1,720 | +0.2% | +54.7% | |
| Meriwether County | 761 | 766 | 1,002 | 1,387 | 1,515 | +0.1% | +17.9% | |
| Miller County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,387 | 1,491 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Mitchell County | 825 | 920 | 1,002 | 1,372 | 1,610 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Monroe County | 986 | 1,057 | 1,151 | 1,371 | 1,513 | −2.0% | +50.7% | |
| Montgomery County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,387 | 1,675 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Morgan County | 1,170 | 1,219 | 1,327 | 1,581 | 2,178 | −8.0% | +42.8% | |
| Murray County | 779 | 784 | 1,006 | 1,385 | 1,681 | −0.3% | +30.1% | |
| Peach County | 806 | 1,027 | 1,118 | 1,437 | 1,469 | −1.0% | +45.4% | |
| Pierce County | 803 | 809 | 1,058 | 1,261 | 1,390 | +1.5% | +47.6% | |
| Polk County | 772 | 777 | 1,017 | 1,296 | 1,439 | −0.1% | +38.6% | |
| Pulaski County | 825 | 910 | 1,002 | 1,194 | 1,446 | −0.1% | +42.3% | |
| Putnam County | 928 | 1,035 | 1,127 | 1,522 | 1,627 | −0.6% | +36.1% | |
| Quitman County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,246 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Rabun County | 785 | 862 | 1,127 | 1,561 | 1,740 | +0.9% | +51.5% | |
| Randolph County | 772 | 777 | 1,017 | 1,212 | 1,468 | −1.1% | +44.5% | |
| Rome | 838 | 972 | 1,204 | 1,576 | 1,582 | +1.0% | +39.4% | |
| SavannahBryan, Chatham, Effingham | 1,481 | 1,542 | 1,679 | 2,185 | 2,484 | −0.1% | +57.4% | |
| Schley County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,348 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Screven County | 767 | 772 | 1,002 | 1,215 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Seminole County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,349 | 1,419 | +3.0% | +30.1% | |
| Stephens County | 761 | 766 | 1,002 | 1,287 | 1,675 | −0.4% | +41.3% | |
| Stewart County | 851 | 875 | 1,002 | 1,334 | 1,432 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Sumter County | 865 | 871 | 1,139 | 1,357 | 1,497 | +4.7% | +52.3% | |
| Talbot County | 851 | 875 | 1,002 | 1,387 | 1,549 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Taliaferro County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,246 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Tattnall County | 761 | 766 | 1,002 | 1,194 | 1,675 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Taylor County | 761 | 800 | 1,002 | 1,387 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Telfair County | 825 | 882 | 1,002 | 1,194 | 1,317 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Thomas County | 1,087 | 1,093 | 1,233 | 1,492 | 1,620 | +7.3% | +47.0% | |
| Tift County | 844 | 849 | 1,002 | 1,252 | 1,502 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Toombs County | 825 | 829 | 1,002 | 1,291 | 1,317 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Towns County | 825 | 920 | 1,002 | 1,387 | 1,666 | +3.0% | +35.2% | |
| Treutlen County | 761 | 766 | 1,002 | 1,194 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Troup County | 831 | 1,023 | 1,194 | 1,480 | 1,935 | +2.3% | +43.5% | |
| Turner County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,312 | 1,317 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Union County | 791 | 797 | 1,042 | 1,403 | 1,742 | +5.9% | +48.0% | |
| Upson County | 825 | 881 | 1,002 | 1,312 | 1,317 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| ValdostaBrooks, Echols, Lanier, Lowndes | 898 | 904 | 1,179 | 1,575 | 1,923 | −1.1% | +41.5% | |
| Ware County | 768 | 773 | 1,011 | 1,205 | 1,564 | −1.9% | +39.3% | |
| Warner Robins | 1,122 | 1,248 | 1,396 | 1,860 | 2,238 | +2.5% | +43.3% | |
| Warren County | 772 | 777 | 1,002 | 1,223 | 1,675 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Washington County | 795 | 800 | 1,002 | 1,194 | 1,341 | +0.3% | +42.3% | |
| Wayne County | 761 | 766 | 1,002 | 1,250 | 1,624 | −1.9% | +42.3% | |
| Webster County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,246 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Wheeler County | 761 | 766 | 1,002 | 1,387 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| White County | 983 | 985 | 1,194 | 1,423 | 1,865 | +1.4% | +52.5% | |
| Wilcox County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,228 | 1,675 | +3.0% | +42.3% | |
| Wilkes County | 825 | 920 | 1,002 | 1,194 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +38.2% | |
| Wilkinson County | 798 | 803 | 1,002 | 1,291 | 1,446 | +3.0% | +42.3% |
Dollars per month, FY 2027 file as published September 1, 2026; rows marked R show FY 2026. "1 yr" compares the FY 2027 2BR with FY 2026, "5 yr" with FY 2022. HUD's methods changed over these years, so part of any move is method, not market. Area names are HUD's.
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The FMR sets the range for voucher payments; it is not a rent estimate for your unit. A housing agency picks a payment standard between 90% and 110% of it, then checks your asking rent against similar unassisted units nearby. Both figures cover rent plus utilities, so the agency's allowance for any utilities the tenant pays comes off the top.
Take a 2-bedroom at $1,058, a payment standard at 100% of FMR, and a $150 utility allowance (an example; each agency publishes its own schedule). Then the voucher can cover a contract rent of up to $908 ($1,058 minus $150), with the tenant paying the usual 30% of income. How to underwrite with FMR works through the rest.