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The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent in the Dayton metro is $1,273.

Census median gross rent is $1,039 (margin of error $13). Every HUD county schedule in this metro publishes that 2-bedroom rent.

HUD Fair Market Rent, Census rent, value, and income, and building permits for Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH.

2-bedroom FMR
$1,273
FY2026
Census rent
$1,039
ACS B25064
Gross yield
6.20%
Rent times 12 / value
2025 permits
1,986
Units authorized
Population
826,554
July 1, 2025
Median value
$201,100
ACS B25077
Renter income
$44,545
ACS B25119
Rent-to-income
27.99%
Annual rent / renter income

Rent by bedroom

BedroomsFair Market RentCensus medianMargin of error
Studio$928$733$44
1 BR$1,009$821$17
2 BR$1,273$1,021$20
3 BR$1,651$1,214$20
4 BR$1,817$1,338$73
5+ BR$1,478$180

Small Area FMR range

BedroomsSmall Area FMR
Studio$710 to $1,310
1 BR$770 to $1,430
2 BR$970 to $1,800
3 BR$1,260 to $2,330
4 BR$1,390 to $2,570

Rental vacancy is 4.48%, from 5,657 vacant-for-rent units and 120,585 renter-occupied units.

Counties

CountyPopulation2BR FMRSection 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Montgomery County539,598$1,273Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Greene County174,322$1,273Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Miami County112,634$1,273Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield

Building permits, 2025

StructureBuildingsUnitsValuation, thousands of dollars
1 unit1,3091,309470,581
2 units481,393
3 and 4 units4413715,876
5 or more units3853272,256
Total1,986560,106

Method

The 100 metros are the 100 metropolitan statistical areas with the largest POPESTIMATE2025 in the Census Bureau Vintage 2025 population estimates. Component counties are the county rows in that file. The metro Fair Market Rent by bedroom is the July 1, 2025 population-weighted mean of the FY2026 county Fair Market Rent, rounded half up. A county with town schedules uses the population-weighted mean of those town rents. Census median rent, home value, and renter income are the ACS 2024 5-year estimates for the metropolitan statistical area. Gross rent yield equals median gross rent (B25064) times 12, divided by median home value (B25077), in percent rounded half up to 0.01. Rent-to-income equals median gross rent times 12, divided by renter median household income (B25119 renter column), on the same rounding. Rental vacancy equals vacant-for-rent units (B25004) divided by renter-occupied units (B25003) plus vacant-for-rent units, on the same rounding. Building permits are housing units authorized in the Census Building Permits Survey 2025 annual CBSA file, survey date 202599. Units are the sum of 1-unit, 2-unit, 3-and-4-unit, and 5-or-more-unit units. Valuation is the sum of the published values, which the survey reports in thousands of dollars. The Small Area FMR range is the lowest and highest ZIP Small Area FMR among component counties that have one.

Source: HUD FY2026 Fair Market Rents, effective 2025-10-01, retrieved 2026-10-09, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr.html; U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Vintage 2025, as of 2025-07-01, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/metro/totals/cbsa-est2025-alldata.csv; American Community Survey 2024 5-year tables B25031, B25064, B25077, B25119, B25003, and B25004, as of 2024-07-01 (data years 2020-2024), retrieved 2026-10-09, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25064; and the Census Bureau Building Permits Survey 2025 annual CBSA file, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/CBSA%20(beginning%20Jan%202024)/cbsa2025a.txt.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent in the Dayton metro?

The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent in the Dayton metro is $1,273.

What is the Census median gross rent in the Dayton metro?

ACS 2024 5-year median gross rent in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH is $1,039 (margin of error $13).

What is the gross rent yield in the Dayton metro?

Gross rent yield is 6.20%, from median gross rent $1,039 and median home value $201,100.

How many housing units were authorized by permits in the Dayton metro in 2025?

The Census Building Permits Survey authorized 1,986 housing units in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH in 2025.