Fair market rents · FY 2027 · effective October 1, 2026
Missouri fair market rents, FY 2027
The 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent in the median Missouri county is $962 a month for FY 2027, from $962 to $1,546 across the state. The typical county moved +8.3% from FY 2026 and +40.4% over five years; weighted by population, the state average moved +9.8%. The most populous HUD area, St. Louis, MO-IL, is at $1,349 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 | $812 | $801 | $829 | $830 | $860 | $874 | $951 | $1,069 | $1,108 | $1,138 | $1,250 |
ZIP-level rents required: Kansas City, MO-KS; St. Louis, MO-IL 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 Missouri, FY 2027
95 HUD FMR areas cover 116 counties; 15 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: Joplin, MO, +21.8%. Biggest move down: Columbia, MO, −7.2%. HUD caps a one-year drop at 10%.
| HUD area | Studio | 1BR | 2BR | 3BR | 4BR | 1 yr | 5 yr | FY17 to FY27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair County | 738 | 798 | 962 | 1,332 | 1,608 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Atchison County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,146 | 1,596 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Audrain County | 709 | 775 | 962 | 1,283 | 1,501 | +8.3% | +38.2% | |
| Barry County | 731 | 735 | 962 | 1,332 | 1,443 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Barton County | 709 | 775 | 962 | 1,262 | 1,267 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Bates County | 834 | 839 | 1,098 | 1,402 | 1,835 | +18.4% | +56.2% | |
| Benton County | 739 | 767 | 1,003 | 1,318 | 1,436 | +8.0% | +46.4% | |
| Butler County | 710 | 735 | 962 | 1,259 | 1,264 | +7.5% | +37.8% | |
| Callaway County | 853 | 858 | 1,123 | 1,338 | 1,570 | +7.8% | +45.8% | |
| Camden County | 761 | 790 | 1,033 | 1,430 | 1,593 | +10.0% | +37.0% | |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-ILBollinger, Cape Girardeau | 757 | 833 | 1,012 | 1,401 | 1,692 | +2.0% | +25.4% | |
| Carroll County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,190 | 1,540 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Carter County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,146 | 1,443 | +8.3% | +39.0% | |
| Cedar County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,324 | 1,443 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Chariton County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,332 | 1,443 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Clark County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,238 | 1,443 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Columbia | 749 | 959 | 1,076 | 1,459 | 1,676 | −7.2% | +22.6% | |
| Cooper County | 695 | 735 | 962 | 1,278 | 1,387 | +0.4% | +34.9% | |
| Crawford County | 753 | 758 | 962 | 1,305 | 1,518 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Dade County | 709 | 784 | 962 | 1,253 | 1,608 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Dallas County | 805 | 845 | 962 | 1,332 | 1,608 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Daviess County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,193 | 1,366 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Dent County | 735 | 763 | 998 | 1,189 | 1,497 | +11.9% | +45.7% | |
| Douglas County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,146 | 1,443 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Dunklin County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,332 | 1,573 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Gasconade County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,332 | 1,353 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Gentry County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,332 | 1,608 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Grundy County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,283 | 1,442 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Harrison County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,249 | 1,264 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Henry County | 670 | 735 | 962 | 1,259 | 1,264 | +8.3% | +32.9% | |
| Hickory County | 709 | 864 | 962 | 1,332 | 1,443 | +8.3% | +39.2% | |
| Holt County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,200 | 1,443 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Howard County | 689 | 757 | 990 | 1,180 | 1,536 | −5.2% | +43.7% | |
| Howell County | 670 | 735 | 962 | 1,306 | 1,608 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Iron County | 709 | 880 | 962 | 1,187 | 1,479 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Jefferson CityCole, Osage | 731 | 735 | 962 | 1,332 | 1,548 | +5.7% | +38.6% | |
| Johnson County | 761 | 856 | 1,033 | 1,430 | 1,727 | +7.0% | +35.7% | |
| JoplinJasper, Newton | 904 | 910 | 1,153 | 1,501 | 1,635 | +21.8% | +50.7% | |
| Kansas City, MO-KSZCaldwell, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte, Ray | 1,257 | 1,366 | 1,546 | 2,020 | 2,419 | +13.8% | +50.1% | |
| Knox County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,146 | 1,443 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Laclede County | 735 | 763 | 998 | 1,323 | 1,638 | +10.5% | +45.7% | |
| Lawrence County | 719 | 746 | 976 | 1,292 | 1,505 | +9.9% | +42.5% | |
| Lewis County | 670 | 735 | 962 | 1,332 | 1,443 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Linn County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,146 | 1,264 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Livingston County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,230 | 1,608 | +8.3% | +33.4% | |
| Macon County | 750 | 778 | 1,018 | 1,223 | 1,494 | +8.8% | +48.6% | |
| Madison County | 783 | 813 | 1,063 | 1,267 | 1,595 | +13.7% | +55.2% | |
| Maries County | 709 | 862 | 962 | 1,312 | 1,443 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Marion County | 781 | 810 | 1,060 | 1,376 | 1,393 | +11.3% | +50.6% | |
| McDonald County | 731 | 735 | 962 | 1,332 | 1,608 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Mercer County | 717 | 744 | 973 | 1,263 | 1,460 | +9.6% | +42.0% | |
| Miller County | 717 | 890 | 973 | 1,269 | 1,340 | +8.4% | +31.7% | |
| Mississippi County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,311 | 1,544 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Moniteau County | 731 | 736 | 963 | 1,333 | 1,508 | +4.4% | +40.6% | |
| Monroe County | 709 | 768 | 962 | 1,146 | 1,449 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Montgomery County | 731 | 735 | 962 | 1,327 | 1,406 | +8.3% | +39.8% | |
| Morgan County | 709 | 809 | 962 | 1,259 | 1,264 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| New Madrid County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,176 | 1,264 | +8.1% | +39.0% | |
| Nodaway County | 767 | 772 | 991 | 1,269 | 1,656 | +9.4% | +33.6% | |
| Oregon County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,293 | 1,421 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Ozark County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,146 | 1,264 | +8.3% | +24.9% | |
| Pemiscot County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,302 | 1,337 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Perry County | 770 | 960 | 1,045 | 1,368 | 1,373 | +9.8% | +46.4% | |
| Pettis County | 816 | 821 | 1,068 | 1,403 | 1,521 | +9.2% | +43.9% | |
| Phelps County | 756 | 781 | 973 | 1,299 | 1,374 | +4.3% | +23.0% | |
| Pike County | 755 | 784 | 1,025 | 1,221 | 1,347 | +11.7% | +39.5% | |
| Polk County | 773 | 778 | 962 | 1,330 | 1,516 | +8.3% | +40.2% | |
| Pulaski County | 866 | 898 | 1,175 | 1,627 | 1,868 | +10.6% | +41.7% | |
| Putnam County | 709 | 835 | 962 | 1,271 | 1,443 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Ralls County | 714 | 741 | 969 | 1,217 | 1,454 | +9.1% | +23.4% | |
| Randolph County | 709 | 742 | 962 | 1,332 | 1,551 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Reynolds County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,146 | 1,264 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Ripley County | 709 | 830 | 962 | 1,312 | 1,582 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Saline County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,231 | 1,264 | +8.3% | +39.4% | |
| Schuyler County | 682 | 748 | 979 | 1,166 | 1,287 | +10.2% | +42.9% | |
| Scotland County | 709 | 836 | 962 | 1,332 | 1,608 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Scott County | 757 | 785 | 1,027 | 1,243 | 1,372 | +10.4% | +36.9% | |
| Shannon County | 688 | 735 | 962 | 1,163 | 1,443 | +8.3% | +37.4% | |
| Shelby County | 709 | 751 | 962 | 1,332 | 1,559 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| SpringfieldChristian, Greene, Webster | 908 | 913 | 1,113 | 1,539 | 1,768 | +1.6% | +43.6% | |
| St. Clair County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,146 | 1,443 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| St. Francois County | 750 | 755 | 988 | 1,195 | 1,298 | +9.3% | +39.5% | |
| St. Joseph, MO-KSAndrew, Buchanan, DeKalb | 850 | 857 | 1,101 | 1,406 | 1,629 | +2.2% | +33.6% | |
| St. Louis, MO-ILZSullivan city part of Crawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis, Warren, St. Louis city | 1,064 | 1,104 | 1,349 | 1,731 | 1,997 | +10.8% | +42.4% | |
| Ste. Genevieve County | 717 | 840 | 974 | 1,161 | 1,628 | +5.6% | +27.0% | |
| Stoddard County | 670 | 735 | 962 | 1,281 | 1,286 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Stone County | 719 | 789 | 1,032 | 1,429 | 1,725 | +11.8% | +50.7% | |
| Sullivan County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,250 | 1,443 | +8.3% | +37.8% | |
| Taney County | 855 | 861 | 1,126 | 1,437 | 1,582 | +9.4% | +44.5% | |
| Texas County | 670 | 735 | 962 | 1,279 | 1,608 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Vernon County | 732 | 760 | 994 | 1,256 | 1,491 | +7.7% | +37.7% | |
| Washington County | 709 | 884 | 962 | 1,146 | 1,511 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Wayne County | 709 | 884 | 962 | 1,146 | 1,608 | +8.3% | +40.4% | |
| Worth County | 739 | 767 | 1,003 | 1,302 | 1,505 | +13.0% | +46.4% | |
| Wright County | 709 | 735 | 962 | 1,332 | 1,443 | +8.3% | +40.4% |
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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Using these numbers on a rental
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 $962, 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 $812 ($962 minus $150), with the tenant paying the usual 30% of income. How to underwrite with FMR works through the rest.