Average Rent in Kansas (2026) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in Kansas is $1,122 per month by HUD's FY 2026 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $877 to $1,426 across 94 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, Kansas's typical two-bedroom FMR moved +3.8% versus FY 2025).
All 94 Kansas FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kearny County, KS Non-metro | $1,045 | $1,087 | $1,426 | $1,710 | $1,888 | +9.9% |
Kansas City, MO-KS HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 5 countiesJohnson County · Leavenworth County · Linn County · Miami County · Wyandotte County | $1,095 | $1,197 | $1,358 | $1,769 | $2,103 | +0.9% |
| Lawrence, KS MSA Metro | $895 | $1,006 | $1,182 | $1,644 | $1,983 | +3.9% |
Wichita, KS HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 3 countiesButler County · Harvey County · Sedgwick County | $782 | $849 | $1,099 | $1,444 | $1,784 | +10.5% |
| Hamilton County, KS Non-metro | $790 | $822 | $1,079 | $1,294 | $1,570 | +2.4% |
| St. Joseph, MO-KS MSA Metro | $774 | $832 | $1,077 | $1,363 | $1,566 | +4.1% |
Manhattan, KS HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 2 countiesPottawatomie County · Riley County | $870 | $875 | $1,068 | $1,485 | $1,792 | +7.3% |
| Sumner County, KS HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $751 | $812 | $1,065 | $1,277 | $1,410 | +12.3% |
Topeka, KS MSA Metro 5 countiesJackson County · Jefferson County · Osage County · Shawnee County · Wabaunsee County | $792 | $820 | $1,057 | $1,392 | $1,411 | +7.3% |
| Geary County, KS HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $843 | $848 | $1,048 | $1,458 | $1,758 | +5.4% |
| Finney County, KS Non-metro | $788 | $793 | $1,041 | $1,435 | $1,705 | +1.0% |
| Franklin County, KS Non-metro | $784 | $789 | $1,020 | $1,223 | $1,360 | +3.7% |
| Saline County, KS Non-metro | $765 | $770 | $1,009 | $1,222 | $1,336 | +1.2% |
| Seward County, KS Non-metro | $733 | $771 | $1,000 | $1,344 | $1,505 | +2.2% |
| Lane County, KS Non-metro | $725 | $754 | $989 | $1,277 | $1,439 | +8.0% |
| Ford County, KS Non-metro | $668 | $739 | $969 | $1,256 | $1,384 | +3.6% |
| Reno County, KS Non-metro | $660 | $729 | $957 | $1,168 | $1,326 | +0.7% |
| Rawlins County, KS Non-metro | $697 | $726 | $952 | $1,141 | $1,385 | +9.2% |
| Clay County, KS Non-metro | $696 | $724 | $950 | $1,253 | $1,258 | +8.9% |
| Ellis County, KS Non-metro | $649 | $717 | $941 | $1,288 | $1,579 | +3.0% |
| Bourbon County, KS Non-metro | $645 | $713 | $936 | $1,122 | $1,352 | +2.9% |
| Ottawa County, KS Non-metro | $684 | $711 | $933 | $1,143 | $1,357 | +0.6% |
| Sherman County, KS Non-metro | $683 | $710 | $932 | $1,117 | $1,356 | +2.4% |
| McPherson County, KS Non-metro | $674 | $701 | $920 | $1,176 | $1,356 | +2.2% |
| Logan County, KS Non-metro | $668 | $832 | $912 | $1,093 | $1,208 | -4.8% |
| Stevens County, KS Non-metro | $662 | $688 | $903 | $1,100 | $1,196 | -0.2% |
| Crawford County, KS Non-metro | $682 | $687 | $901 | $1,253 | $1,511 | -0.6% |
| Coffey County, KS Non-metro | $644 | $670 | $879 | $1,064 | $1,164 | +0.8% |
| Dickinson County, KS Non-metro | $665 | $669 | $878 | $1,153 | $1,162 | +0.7% |
| Allen County, KS Non-metro | $689 | $727 | $877 | $1,216 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Anderson County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,146 | $1,471 | +0.6% |
| Atchison County, KS Non-metro | $631 | $668 | $877 | $1,220 | $1,471 | +0.6% |
| Barber County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $730 | $877 | $1,103 | $1,471 | +0.6% |
| Barton County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $693 | $877 | $1,220 | $1,296 | +0.6% |
| Brown County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,143 | $1,162 | +0.6% |
| Chase County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $712 | $877 | $1,184 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Chautauqua County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,108 | $1,161 | +0.6% |
| Cherokee County, KS HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $664 | $668 | $877 | $1,157 | $1,161 | — |
| Cheyenne County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $682 | $877 | $1,052 | $1,249 | +0.6% |
| Clark County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $752 | $877 | $1,075 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Cloud County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $676 | $877 | $1,052 | $1,275 | +0.6% |
| Comanche County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,144 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Cowley County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,139 | $1,323 | -0.3% |
| Decatur County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,220 | $1,318 | +0.6% |
| Edwards County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,134 | $1,348 | +0.6% |
| Elk County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,132 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Ellsworth County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $708 | $877 | $1,052 | $1,285 | +0.6% |
| Gove County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $800 | $877 | $1,157 | $1,161 | +0.6% |
| Graham County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,115 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Grant County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,220 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Gray County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $800 | $877 | $1,090 | $1,161 | +0.6% |
| Greeley County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,052 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Greenwood County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,052 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Harper County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $740 | $877 | $1,093 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Haskell County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,089 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Hodgeman County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $714 | $877 | $1,220 | $1,450 | +0.6% |
| Jewell County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $712 | $877 | $1,132 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Kingman County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,220 | $1,470 | +0.6% |
| Kiowa County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,088 | $1,161 | +0.6% |
| Labette County, KS Non-metro | $605 | $668 | $877 | $1,052 | $1,209 | +0.6% |
| Lincoln County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,073 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Lyon County, KS Non-metro | $624 | $668 | $877 | $1,142 | $1,381 | +0.1% |
| Marion County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $688 | $877 | $1,157 | $1,161 | +0.6% |
| Marshall County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,164 | $1,471 | +0.6% |
| Meade County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,078 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Mitchell County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,220 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Montgomery County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,101 | $1,417 | +0.6% |
| Morris County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $679 | $877 | $1,052 | $1,424 | +0.6% |
| Morton County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,052 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Nemaha County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $722 | $877 | $1,132 | $1,471 | +0.6% |
| Neosho County, KS Non-metro | $687 | $691 | $877 | $1,125 | $1,349 | +0.6% |
| Ness County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,163 | $1,168 | +0.6% |
| Norton County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $678 | $877 | $1,132 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Osborne County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,108 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Pawnee County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,183 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Phillips County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $695 | $877 | $1,185 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Pratt County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $766 | $877 | $1,157 | $1,161 | +0.6% |
| Republic County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $800 | $877 | $1,200 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Rice County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,178 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Rooks County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,052 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Rush County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $710 | $877 | $1,220 | $1,302 | +0.6% |
| Russell County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $765 | $877 | $1,062 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Scott County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,132 | $1,471 | +0.6% |
| Sheridan County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $699 | $877 | $1,052 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Smith County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $762 | $877 | $1,134 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Stafford County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $682 | $877 | $1,167 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Stanton County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,132 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Thomas County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $688 | $877 | $1,116 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Trego County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $782 | $877 | $1,052 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Wallace County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $758 | $877 | $1,220 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Washington County, KS Non-metro | $696 | $701 | $877 | $1,157 | $1,161 | +0.6% |
| Wichita County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $800 | $877 | $1,220 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
| Wilson County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $668 | $877 | $1,103 | $1,419 | +0.6% |
| Woodson County, KS Non-metro | $643 | $777 | $877 | $1,194 | $1,276 | +0.6% |
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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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