Average Rent in Florida (2026) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in Florida is $1,933 per month by HUD's FY 2026 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $973 to $2,504 across 52 rent areas.
Fair Market Rent is HUD's annual estimate of what a modest rental costs in each local market — the 40th percentile of gross rents (rent plus tenant-paid utilities) for recent movers, published for studio through four-bedroom units and used to set Section 8 / Housing Choice Voucher payment standards. FMRs are a federal benchmark, not an asking-rent average: use them to sanity-check your pricing (statewide, Florida's typical two-bedroom FMR moved +2.0% versus FY 2025).
All 52 Florida FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 30 metro areas; the rest are non-metro county areas. "vs FY 2025" is the two-bedroom change from last year's FMR for the same area.
| Area | Studio | 1 BR | 2 BR | 3 BR | 4 BR | 2 BR vs FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe County, FL Non-metro | $1,726 | $2,211 | $2,504 | $3,303 | $3,315 | +10.1% |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,828 | $1,995 | $2,436 | $3,127 | $3,613 | +4.6% |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,737 | $1,900 | $2,333 | $3,216 | $3,810 | -2.3% |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,788 | $1,901 | $2,254 | $2,920 | $3,388 | +3.1% |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL MSA Metro | $1,396 | $1,797 | $1,986 | $2,581 | $2,805 | +6.8% |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA Metro 4 countiesHernando County · Hillsborough County · Pasco County · Pinellas County | $1,593 | $1,696 | $1,977 | $2,527 | $3,077 | -0.1% |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA Metro 4 countiesLake County · Orange County · Osceola County · Seminole County | $1,650 | $1,731 | $1,972 | $2,476 | $2,924 | +0.7% |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA Metro | $1,629 | $1,638 | $1,961 | $2,560 | $2,836 | +6.4% |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA Metro 2 countiesManatee County · Sarasota County | $1,418 | $1,686 | $1,958 | $2,537 | $3,027 | +6.1% |
| Palm Coast, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,278 | $1,433 | $1,806 | $2,468 | $2,797 | +6.7% |
| Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,362 | $1,581 | $1,785 | $2,448 | $2,979 | +13.6% |
Port St. Lucie, FL MSA Metro 2 countiesMartin County · St. Lucie County | $1,455 | $1,467 | $1,757 | $2,421 | $2,579 | +8.2% |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA Metro | $1,266 | $1,478 | $1,709 | $2,330 | $2,645 | +4.5% |
| Gulf County, FL Non-metro | $1,289 | $1,297 | $1,702 | $2,041 | $2,253 | +19.3% |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,205 | $1,385 | $1,700 | $2,241 | $2,429 | -1.0% |
| Panama City, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,426 | $1,480 | $1,682 | $2,169 | $2,689 | +4.5% |
Jacksonville, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 4 countiesClay County · Duval County · Nassau County · St. Johns County | $1,355 | $1,382 | $1,658 | $2,043 | $2,561 | -4.2% |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL MSA Metro | $1,214 | $1,222 | $1,604 | $1,956 | $2,691 | +2.4% |
| Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL MSA Metro | $1,226 | $1,230 | $1,497 | $2,023 | $2,511 | +12.0% |
Gainesville, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 2 countiesAlachua County · Gilchrist County | $1,154 | $1,246 | $1,493 | $1,868 | $1,977 | -5.7% |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL MSA Metro 2 countiesEscambia County · Santa Rosa County | $1,112 | $1,257 | $1,471 | $1,952 | $2,380 | -8.3% |
| Punta Gorda, FL MSA Metro | $1,159 | $1,167 | $1,470 | $2,041 | $2,326 | +0.6% |
| Ocala, FL MSA Metro | $1,126 | $1,172 | $1,373 | $1,772 | $1,905 | +3.8% |
| Walton County, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,058 | $1,244 | $1,364 | $1,897 | $2,288 | +12.7% |
Tallahassee, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 3 countiesGadsden County · Jefferson County · Leon County | $1,097 | $1,204 | $1,352 | $1,674 | $1,790 | +2.3% |
| Okeechobee County, FL Non-metro | $1,025 | $1,032 | $1,346 | $1,650 | $1,782 | +21.0% |
| Wildwood-The Villages, FL MSA Metro | $1,076 | $1,139 | $1,328 | $1,655 | $1,937 | — |
| Lafayette County, FL Non-metro | $1,152 | $1,181 | $1,323 | $1,586 | $1,752 | +30.0% |
| Columbia County, FL Non-metro | $990 | $1,034 | $1,318 | $1,580 | $1,745 | +22.5% |
| Hendry County, FL Non-metro | $1,071 | $1,077 | $1,271 | $1,567 | $1,875 | +31.7% |
| Sebring, FL MSA Metro | $876 | $1,006 | $1,271 | $1,538 | $2,017 | +2.5% |
| Glades County, FL Non-metro | $1,091 | $1,117 | $1,252 | $1,516 | $1,658 | +18.0% |
| Hardee County, FL Non-metro | $1,058 | $1,064 | $1,248 | $1,691 | $2,094 | +24.4% |
| Homosassa Springs, FL MSA Metro | $981 | $988 | $1,225 | $1,704 | $2,016 | +2.3% |
| DeSoto County, FL Non-metro | $1,053 | $1,060 | $1,209 | $1,663 | $1,865 | +24.3% |
| Wakulla County, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $979 | $1,073 | $1,199 | $1,561 | $1,588 | +6.1% |
| Franklin County, FL Non-metro | $1,033 | $1,058 | $1,186 | $1,564 | $1,570 | +16.4% |
| Dixie County, FL Non-metro | $875 | $881 | $1,156 | $1,525 | $1,531 | +23.9% |
| Putnam County, FL Non-metro | $874 | $880 | $1,155 | $1,452 | $1,529 | +16.0% |
| Union County, FL Non-metro | $857 | $863 | $1,132 | $1,421 | $1,499 | +21.3% |
| Bradford County, FL Non-metro | $976 | $1,022 | $1,120 | $1,433 | $1,879 | +20.0% |
| Suwannee County, FL Non-metro | $967 | $1,013 | $1,110 | $1,484 | $1,573 | +19.0% |
| Baker County, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $903 | $922 | $1,103 | $1,512 | $1,708 | -2.3% |
| Madison County, FL Non-metro | $873 | $969 | $1,086 | $1,400 | $1,543 | +16.4% |
| Liberty County, FL Non-metro | $943 | $966 | $1,083 | $1,488 | $1,817 | +16.1% |
| Holmes County, FL Non-metro | $939 | $983 | $1,078 | $1,423 | $1,427 | +15.5% |
| Jackson County, FL Non-metro | $736 | $814 | $1,068 | $1,404 | $1,414 | +14.5% |
| Taylor County, FL Non-metro | $887 | $908 | $1,018 | $1,343 | $1,386 | +9.1% |
| Washington County, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $866 | $928 | $1,017 | $1,257 | $1,603 | — |
| Hamilton County, FL Non-metro | $855 | $875 | $981 | $1,294 | $1,299 | +5.1% |
| Levy County, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $735 | $831 | $974 | $1,238 | $1,290 | -1.5% |
| Calhoun County, FL Non-metro | $848 | $888 | $973 | $1,283 | $1,288 | +4.3% |
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About this data
Source: HUD FY 2026 Fair Market Rents, county-level file (revised), published at huduser.gov — a U.S. government work in the public domain, republished here unmodified. The typical-rent figure is the population-weighted average across the areas above (county populations from HUD's file); year-over-year comparisons match each area with last year's file by HUD area code. Effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026; last regenerated from HUD's file on 2026-07-20. FMRs cap what a housing authority can pay under the voucher program; your local Public Housing Authority's payment standard may be set between 90% and 110% of FMR. Full method notes: how the rent figures are computed.
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