Average Rent in Wisconsin (2026) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in Wisconsin is $1,250 per month by HUD's FY 2026 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $973 to $1,709 across 65 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, Wisconsin's typical two-bedroom FMR moved +6.6% versus FY 2025).
All 65 Wisconsin FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 20 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 2 countiesPierce County · St. Croix County | $1,242 | $1,405 | $1,709 | $2,262 | $2,531 | +1.4% |
| Madison, WI HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,268 | $1,482 | $1,694 | $2,236 | $2,509 | +15.1% |
| Kenosha, WI MSA Metro | $1,085 | $1,092 | $1,402 | $1,899 | $2,174 | — |
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI MSA Metro 4 countiesMilwaukee County · Ozaukee County · Washington County · Waukesha County | $1,027 | $1,119 | $1,338 | $1,648 | $1,784 | +6.4% |
| Janesville-Beloit, WI MSA Metro | $900 | $955 | $1,246 | $1,596 | $1,650 | +8.1% |
Appleton, WI MSA Metro 2 countiesCalumet County · Outagamie County | $858 | $960 | $1,236 | $1,701 | $1,776 | +11.8% |
| Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI MSA Metro | $851 | $988 | $1,235 | $1,592 | $1,962 | +7.5% |
| Duluth, MN-WI MSA Metro | $849 | $978 | $1,232 | $1,689 | $2,067 | +8.1% |
| Walworth County, WI Non-metro | $831 | $919 | $1,206 | $1,517 | $1,956 | +1.9% |
| Columbia County, WI HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $824 | $911 | $1,195 | $1,645 | $1,798 | +9.9% |
Eau Claire, WI MSA Metro 2 countiesChippewa County · Eau Claire County | $932 | $962 | $1,181 | $1,582 | $1,588 | +8.2% |
| Fond du Lac, WI MSA Metro | $811 | $946 | $1,176 | $1,522 | $1,665 | +9.5% |
| Iowa County, WI HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $884 | $890 | $1,168 | $1,535 | $1,959 | +13.3% |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $804 | $889 | $1,166 | $1,515 | $1,903 | -2.6% |
Green Bay, WI HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 2 countiesBrown County · Kewaunee County | $867 | $931 | $1,164 | $1,545 | $1,618 | +1.5% |
| Jefferson County, WI Non-metro | $797 | $917 | $1,156 | $1,530 | $1,536 | +3.0% |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI MSA Metro | $875 | $889 | $1,149 | $1,543 | $1,651 | +8.9% |
| Wausau, WI MSA Metro | $791 | $889 | $1,147 | $1,511 | $1,519 | +8.8% |
| Door County, WI Non-metro | $810 | $870 | $1,141 | $1,386 | $1,511 | +0.6% |
| Sheboygan, WI MSA Metro | $769 | $888 | $1,116 | $1,351 | $1,527 | +5.8% |
| Sauk County, WI Non-metro | $807 | $951 | $1,111 | $1,404 | $1,482 | +2.5% |
| Green County, WI HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $794 | $840 | $1,097 | $1,315 | $1,452 | +8.6% |
| Polk County, WI Non-metro | $756 | $836 | $1,097 | $1,357 | $1,669 | -1.0% |
| Dodge County, WI Non-metro | $745 | $873 | $1,080 | $1,454 | $1,485 | +3.2% |
| Sawyer County, WI Non-metro | $771 | $801 | $1,051 | $1,260 | $1,392 | +5.3% |
| Portage County, WI Non-metro | $715 | $794 | $1,037 | $1,243 | $1,373 | +0.8% |
| Monroe County, WI Non-metro | $714 | $828 | $1,036 | $1,360 | $1,413 | -2.2% |
| Dunn County, WI Non-metro | $781 | $787 | $1,024 | $1,363 | $1,718 | +1.9% |
| Oneida County, WI Non-metro | $719 | $887 | $1,013 | $1,215 | $1,455 | +3.6% |
| Florence County, WI Non-metro | $715 | $767 | $1,007 | $1,241 | $1,384 | +1.0% |
| Trempealeau County, WI Non-metro | $748 | $753 | $988 | $1,303 | $1,308 | +0.4% |
| Barron County, WI Non-metro | $704 | $750 | $984 | $1,262 | $1,590 | +0.5% |
| Washburn County, WI Non-metro | $672 | $743 | $975 | $1,169 | $1,291 | +1.8% |
| Burnett County, WI Non-metro | $691 | $742 | $974 | $1,168 | $1,469 | -0.2% |
| Adams County, WI Non-metro | $767 | $818 | $973 | $1,236 | $1,288 | +4.3% |
| Ashland County, WI Non-metro | $737 | $742 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,613 | +4.3% |
| Bayfield County, WI Non-metro | $671 | $742 | $973 | $1,283 | $1,288 | +4.3% |
| Buffalo County, WI Non-metro | $691 | $742 | $973 | $1,184 | $1,539 | +1.4% |
| Clark County, WI Non-metro | $723 | $754 | $973 | $1,238 | $1,399 | +4.3% |
| Crawford County, WI Non-metro | $691 | $888 | $973 | $1,167 | $1,325 | +4.3% |
| Forest County, WI Non-metro | $694 | $742 | $973 | $1,182 | $1,288 | +4.3% |
| Grant County, WI Non-metro | $745 | $762 | $973 | $1,213 | $1,594 | +4.3% |
| Green Lake County, WI Non-metro | $691 | $742 | $973 | $1,167 | $1,288 | +4.3% |
| Iron County, WI Non-metro | $691 | $758 | $973 | $1,214 | $1,499 | +4.3% |
| Jackson County, WI Non-metro | $671 | $787 | $973 | $1,167 | $1,479 | +4.3% |
| Juneau County, WI Non-metro | $737 | $742 | $973 | $1,195 | $1,288 | +3.6% |
| Lafayette County, WI Non-metro | $691 | $819 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,466 | +4.3% |
| Langlade County, WI Non-metro | $691 | $742 | $973 | $1,167 | $1,288 | +4.3% |
| Lincoln County, WI Non-metro | $741 | $747 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,417 | — |
| Manitowoc County, WI Non-metro | $737 | $742 | $973 | $1,167 | $1,288 | +4.3% |
| Marinette County, WI Non-metro | $741 | $745 | $973 | $1,167 | $1,457 | +4.3% |
| Marquette County, WI Non-metro | $691 | $772 | $973 | $1,247 | $1,385 | +4.3% |
| Menominee County, WI Non-metro | $691 | $888 | $973 | $1,314 | $1,319 | -2.4% |
| Oconto County, WI HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $723 | $793 | $973 | $1,272 | $1,288 | +4.3% |
| Pepin County, WI Non-metro | $691 | $742 | $973 | $1,329 | $1,632 | +4.3% |
| Price County, WI Non-metro | $737 | $742 | $973 | $1,211 | $1,288 | +4.3% |
| Richland County, WI Non-metro | $671 | $815 | $973 | $1,167 | $1,461 | +4.3% |
| Rusk County, WI Non-metro | $737 | $742 | $973 | $1,196 | $1,288 | +4.3% |
| Shawano County, WI Non-metro | $692 | $814 | $973 | $1,245 | $1,288 | +4.3% |
| Taylor County, WI Non-metro | $691 | $778 | $973 | $1,245 | $1,570 | +4.3% |
| Vernon County, WI HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $671 | $760 | $973 | $1,221 | $1,485 | — |
| Vilas County, WI Non-metro | $775 | $780 | $973 | $1,167 | $1,288 | +4.3% |
| Waupaca County, WI Non-metro | $764 | $779 | $973 | $1,283 | $1,288 | +4.3% |
| Waushara County, WI Non-metro | $691 | $742 | $973 | $1,291 | $1,493 | +4.3% |
| Wood County, WI Non-metro | $691 | $742 | $973 | $1,220 | $1,288 | -0.8% |
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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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