Average Rent in Idaho (2026) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in Idaho is $1,404 per month by HUD's FY 2026 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $973 to $1,655 across 40 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, Idaho's typical two-bedroom FMR moved -2.6% versus FY 2025).
All 40 Idaho FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boise City, ID HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 4 countiesAda County · Boise County · Canyon County · Owyhee County | $1,170 | $1,381 | $1,655 | $2,318 | $2,772 | -10.0% |
| Blaine County, ID Non-metro | $1,103 | $1,219 | $1,600 | $2,101 | $2,401 | +18.3% |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID MSA Metro | $1,103 | $1,302 | $1,547 | $2,152 | $2,595 | +6.0% |
| Teton County, ID Non-metro | $1,136 | $1,143 | $1,323 | $1,769 | $2,219 | +11.4% |
Idaho Falls, ID HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 2 countiesBonneville County · Jefferson County | $1,034 | $1,095 | $1,305 | $1,815 | $2,189 | -0.5% |
| Butte County, ID HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,020 | $1,094 | $1,304 | $1,814 | $2,188 | -0.5% |
| Twin Falls County, ID HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $885 | $979 | $1,284 | $1,786 | $2,154 | -0.1% |
| Bonner County, ID Non-metro | $952 | $958 | $1,257 | $1,748 | $1,903 | +16.3% |
| Logan, UT-ID MSA Metro | $940 | $946 | $1,241 | $1,726 | $2,082 | +6.2% |
| Lewiston, ID-WA MSA Metro | $925 | $931 | $1,220 | $1,697 | $2,037 | +1.0% |
| Elmore County, ID Non-metro | $902 | $908 | $1,192 | $1,658 | $2,000 | +16.3% |
| Gem County, ID HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $834 | $908 | $1,190 | $1,601 | $1,882 | -10.0% |
| Valley County, ID Non-metro | $1,037 | $1,086 | $1,190 | $1,655 | $1,996 | +10.1% |
| Jerome County, ID HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $819 | $986 | $1,186 | $1,599 | $1,990 | +5.2% |
| Pocatello, ID MSA Metro | $809 | $894 | $1,173 | $1,631 | $1,968 | +3.0% |
| Shoshone County, ID Non-metro | $837 | $860 | $1,128 | $1,352 | $1,892 | +15.5% |
| Washington County, ID Non-metro | $853 | $859 | $1,127 | $1,471 | $1,891 | +8.8% |
| Madison County, ID Non-metro | $963 | $1,008 | $1,105 | $1,537 | $1,797 | +10.1% |
| Oneida County, ID Non-metro | $865 | $871 | $1,096 | $1,524 | $1,839 | +13.0% |
| Benewah County, ID Non-metro | $744 | $822 | $1,079 | $1,469 | $1,655 | +11.8% |
| Custer County, ID Non-metro | $909 | $914 | $1,079 | $1,501 | $1,810 | +11.0% |
| Clearwater County, ID Non-metro | $815 | $821 | $1,077 | $1,498 | $1,807 | +11.3% |
| Camas County, ID Non-metro | $846 | $851 | $1,071 | $1,490 | $1,797 | +9.4% |
| Payette County, ID Non-metro | $811 | $816 | $1,071 | $1,490 | $1,797 | +11.0% |
| Idaho County, ID Non-metro | $723 | $799 | $1,049 | $1,459 | $1,760 | +7.9% |
| Cassia County, ID Non-metro | $778 | $783 | $1,028 | $1,430 | $1,725 | +10.2% |
| Gooding County, ID Non-metro | $846 | $851 | $1,026 | $1,427 | $1,721 | +9.3% |
| Minidoka County, ID Non-metro | $884 | $889 | $1,022 | $1,421 | $1,714 | +9.5% |
| Latah County, ID Non-metro | $807 | $863 | $1,011 | $1,406 | $1,696 | +7.3% |
| Lemhi County, ID Non-metro | $864 | $883 | $992 | $1,380 | $1,664 | +6.3% |
| Adams County, ID Non-metro | $768 | $773 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,632 | +4.3% |
| Bear Lake County, ID Non-metro | $768 | $773 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,632 | +4.3% |
| Bingham County, ID Non-metro | $737 | $742 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,632 | +4.3% |
| Boundary County, ID Non-metro | $737 | $742 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,632 | +4.3% |
| Caribou County, ID Non-metro | $758 | $763 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,632 | +4.3% |
| Clark County, ID Non-metro | $768 | $773 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,632 | +4.3% |
| Fremont County, ID Non-metro | $848 | $884 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,632 | +4.3% |
| Lewis County, ID Non-metro | $737 | $742 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,632 | +4.3% |
| Lincoln County, ID Non-metro | $848 | $888 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,632 | +4.3% |
| Power County, ID Non-metro | $768 | $773 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,632 | — |
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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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