Average Rent in Minnesota (2026) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in Minnesota is $1,478 per month by HUD's FY 2026 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $973 to $1,709 across 73 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, Minnesota's typical two-bedroom FMR moved +2.5% versus FY 2025).
All 73 Minnesota FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 11 countiesAnoka County · Carver County · Chisago County · Dakota County · Hennepin County · Isanti County · Ramsey County · Scott County · Sherburne County · Washington County · Wright County | $1,242 | $1,405 | $1,709 | $2,262 | $2,531 | +1.4% |
Rochester, MN HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 2 countiesDodge County · Olmsted County | $1,112 | $1,189 | $1,407 | $1,957 | $2,360 | +4.9% |
| Lake County, MN Non-metro | $880 | $973 | $1,277 | $1,531 | $1,869 | — |
Duluth, MN-WI MSA Metro 2 countiesCarlton County · St. Louis County | $849 | $978 | $1,232 | $1,689 | $2,067 | +8.1% |
St. Cloud, MN MSA Metro 2 countiesBenton County · Stearns County | $874 | $919 | $1,206 | $1,604 | $1,873 | +4.8% |
| Rice County, MN Non-metro | $899 | $905 | $1,187 | $1,534 | $1,991 | +0.8% |
Mankato, MN MSA Metro 2 countiesBlue Earth County · Nicollet County | $971 | $977 | $1,171 | $1,629 | $1,916 | -0.3% |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $804 | $889 | $1,166 | $1,515 | $1,903 | -2.6% |
| Steele County, MN Non-metro | $787 | $870 | $1,142 | $1,549 | $1,816 | +11.4% |
| Beltrami County, MN Non-metro | $870 | $876 | $1,135 | $1,361 | $1,715 | +3.9% |
| Mille Lacs County, MN HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $850 | $856 | $1,123 | $1,346 | $1,884 | +2.5% |
| Pennington County, MN Non-metro | $774 | $855 | $1,122 | $1,496 | $1,631 | +3.9% |
| Crow Wing County, MN Non-metro | $772 | $854 | $1,120 | $1,345 | $1,569 | +7.2% |
| Fargo, ND-MN MSA Metro | $768 | $917 | $1,112 | $1,547 | $1,865 | +9.9% |
| Pine County, MN Non-metro | $834 | $839 | $1,101 | $1,320 | $1,458 | +4.2% |
| Goodhue County, MN Non-metro | $755 | $901 | $1,095 | $1,523 | $1,837 | +5.4% |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN MSA Metro | $863 | $868 | $1,089 | $1,515 | $1,827 | +10.7% |
| Le Sueur County, MN HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $816 | $822 | $1,078 | $1,499 | $1,748 | +0.3% |
| Itasca County, MN Non-metro | $754 | $860 | $1,074 | $1,401 | $1,516 | +6.7% |
| Winona County, MN Non-metro | $791 | $868 | $1,066 | $1,336 | $1,543 | +12.3% |
| Pope County, MN Non-metro | $726 | $803 | $1,053 | $1,263 | $1,394 | +2.8% |
| Mower County, MN Non-metro | $723 | $799 | $1,049 | $1,350 | $1,461 | +1.5% |
| Nobles County, MN Non-metro | $723 | $799 | $1,049 | $1,294 | $1,389 | +1.8% |
| Becker County, MN Non-metro | $708 | $783 | $1,027 | $1,341 | $1,474 | +5.2% |
| Fillmore County, MN HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $774 | $779 | $1,022 | $1,370 | $1,375 | +8.4% |
| Wadena County, MN Non-metro | $701 | $783 | $1,016 | $1,218 | $1,345 | +8.4% |
| Lake of the Woods County, MN Non-metro | $699 | $773 | $1,014 | $1,216 | $1,474 | +8.7% |
| Hubbard County, MN Non-metro | $695 | $768 | $1,008 | $1,395 | $1,642 | +8.0% |
| Wabasha County, MN HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $872 | $913 | $1,001 | $1,334 | $1,679 | +7.3% |
| McLeod County, MN Non-metro | $823 | $865 | $999 | $1,198 | $1,662 | +7.1% |
| Meeker County, MN Non-metro | $687 | $854 | $997 | $1,387 | $1,407 | +6.9% |
| Douglas County, MN Non-metro | $737 | $772 | $991 | $1,378 | $1,441 | +5.5% |
| Stevens County, MN Non-metro | $683 | $755 | $991 | $1,378 | $1,662 | +6.2% |
| Otter Tail County, MN Non-metro | $678 | $749 | $983 | $1,367 | $1,432 | +3.9% |
| Freeborn County, MN Non-metro | $672 | $742 | $974 | $1,283 | $1,432 | +4.4% |
| Aitkin County, MN Non-metro | $737 | $742 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,471 | +4.3% |
| Big Stone County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $816 | $973 | $1,178 | $1,329 | +4.3% |
| Brown County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $742 | $973 | $1,177 | $1,609 | +4.3% |
| Cass County, MN Non-metro | $729 | $768 | $973 | $1,300 | $1,632 | +3.1% |
| Chippewa County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $772 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,382 | +4.3% |
| Clearwater County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $785 | $973 | $1,179 | $1,632 | +4.3% |
| Cook County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $888 | $973 | $1,288 | $1,415 | +4.3% |
| Cottonwood County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $766 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,415 | +4.3% |
| Faribault County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $790 | $973 | $1,312 | $1,317 | +4.3% |
| Grant County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $742 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,632 | +4.3% |
| Jackson County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $846 | $973 | $1,283 | $1,288 | +4.3% |
| Kanabec County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $858 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,387 | +4.3% |
| Kandiyohi County, MN Non-metro | $782 | $787 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,632 | +4.3% |
| Kittson County, MN Non-metro | $684 | $745 | $973 | $1,167 | $1,415 | +4.3% |
| Koochiching County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $742 | $973 | $1,243 | $1,415 | +4.3% |
| Lac qui Parle County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $833 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,415 | +4.3% |
| Lincoln County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $742 | $973 | $1,283 | $1,288 | +4.3% |
| Lyon County, MN Non-metro | $678 | $834 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,632 | +4.3% |
| Mahnomen County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $742 | $973 | $1,217 | $1,488 | +4.3% |
| Marshall County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $742 | $973 | $1,182 | $1,632 | +4.3% |
| Martin County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $803 | $973 | $1,283 | $1,288 | +4.3% |
| Morrison County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $757 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,454 | +2.7% |
| Murray County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $852 | $973 | $1,232 | $1,573 | +4.3% |
| Norman County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $742 | $973 | $1,167 | $1,288 | +4.3% |
| Pipestone County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $742 | $973 | $1,203 | $1,538 | +4.3% |
| Red Lake County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $742 | $973 | $1,277 | $1,288 | +4.3% |
| Redwood County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $742 | $973 | $1,321 | $1,566 | +4.3% |
| Renville County, MN Non-metro | $776 | $781 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,602 | +4.3% |
| Rock County, MN HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $727 | $742 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,357 | — |
| Roseau County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $867 | $973 | $1,256 | $1,450 | +4.3% |
| Sibley County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $742 | $973 | $1,299 | $1,304 | +4.3% |
| Swift County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $768 | $973 | $1,285 | $1,314 | +4.3% |
| Todd County, MN Non-metro | $737 | $742 | $973 | $1,318 | $1,550 | +4.3% |
| Traverse County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $742 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,609 | +4.3% |
| Waseca County, MN Non-metro | $677 | $742 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,495 | +4.3% |
| Watonwan County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $842 | $973 | $1,283 | $1,288 | +4.3% |
| Wilkin County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $751 | $973 | $1,283 | $1,288 | +4.3% |
| Yellow Medicine County, MN Non-metro | $671 | $753 | $973 | $1,169 | $1,312 | +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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