Average Rent in Utah (2026) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in Utah is $1,566 per month by HUD's FY 2026 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $973 to $2,185 across 26 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, Utah's typical two-bedroom FMR moved +4.3% versus FY 2025).
All 26 Utah FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summit County, UT Non-metro | $1,771 | $1,887 | $2,185 | $2,958 | $3,492 | +20.9% |
| Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,259 | $1,456 | $1,747 | $2,333 | $2,666 | -0.1% |
| Wasatch County, UT Non-metro | $1,277 | $1,594 | $1,747 | $2,430 | $2,931 | +19.9% |
| Kane County, UT Non-metro | $1,213 | $1,265 | $1,660 | $1,990 | $2,785 | +18.5% |
Ogden, UT MSA Metro 3 countiesDavis County · Morgan County · Weber County | $1,208 | $1,281 | $1,614 | $2,163 | $2,612 | +5.4% |
| St. George, UT MSA Metro | $1,210 | $1,218 | $1,575 | $2,072 | $2,624 | +6.1% |
| Grand County, UT Non-metro | $1,143 | $1,303 | $1,564 | $2,128 | $2,624 | +11.0% |
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT MSA Metro 2 countiesJuab County · Utah County | $1,257 | $1,265 | $1,460 | $2,031 | $2,449 | +7.7% |
| Logan, UT-ID MSA Metro | $940 | $946 | $1,241 | $1,726 | $2,082 | +6.2% |
| Tooele County, UT HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $902 | $946 | $1,241 | $1,667 | $2,082 | +3.2% |
| Beaver County, UT Non-metro | $867 | $988 | $1,186 | $1,466 | $1,635 | +22.0% |
| Sanpete County, UT Non-metro | $863 | $900 | $1,181 | $1,441 | $1,564 | +18.2% |
| Daggett County, UT Non-metro | $843 | $960 | $1,153 | $1,569 | $1,934 | +19.1% |
| Piute County, UT Non-metro | $843 | $960 | $1,153 | $1,569 | $1,934 | +23.6% |
| San Juan County, UT Non-metro | $836 | $872 | $1,144 | $1,372 | $1,626 | +10.4% |
| Duchesne County, UT Non-metro | $825 | $940 | $1,129 | $1,481 | $1,571 | +19.9% |
| Millard County, UT Non-metro | $821 | $857 | $1,124 | $1,550 | $1,555 | +20.5% |
| Iron County, UT Non-metro | $819 | $888 | $1,120 | $1,558 | $1,879 | +2.0% |
| Box Elder County, UT Non-metro | $771 | $983 | $1,118 | $1,555 | $1,875 | — |
| Sevier County, UT Non-metro | $748 | $945 | $1,085 | $1,440 | $1,547 | +16.3% |
| Carbon County, UT Non-metro | $761 | $857 | $1,041 | $1,323 | $1,628 | +11.6% |
| Uintah County, UT Non-metro | $754 | $846 | $1,032 | $1,406 | $1,731 | +10.6% |
| Garfield County, UT Non-metro | $719 | $898 | $984 | $1,211 | $1,651 | +5.5% |
| Emery County, UT Non-metro | $711 | $888 | $973 | $1,310 | $1,632 | +4.3% |
| Rich County, UT Non-metro | $711 | $810 | $973 | $1,299 | $1,632 | +4.3% |
| Wayne County, UT Non-metro | $711 | $810 | $973 | $1,228 | $1,632 | +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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