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The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent in the New York metro is $2,693.

Census median gross rent is $1,830 (margin of error $5). That figure is the population-weighted mean of the county Fair Market Rents.

HUD Fair Market Rent, Census rent, value, and income, and building permits for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.

2-bedroom FMR
$2,693
FY2026
Census rent
$1,830
ACS B25064
Gross yield
3.58%
Rent times 12 / value
2025 permits
44,444
Units authorized
Population
20,112,448
July 1, 2025
Median value
$614,200
ACS B25077
Renter income
$65,433
ACS B25119
Rent-to-income
33.56%
Annual rent / renter income

Rent by bedroom

BedroomsFair Market RentCensus medianMargin of error
Studio$2,185$1,592$21
1 BR$2,374$1,686$7
2 BR$2,693$1,869$8
3 BR$3,381$2,162$15
4 BR$3,733$2,466$41
5+ BR$2,419$73

Small Area FMR range

BedroomsSmall Area FMR
Studio$890 to $3,610
1 BR$1,000 to $3,680
2 BR$1,230 to $4,140
3 BR$1,610 to $5,050
4 BR$1,780 to $5,930

Rental vacancy is 3.51%, from 130,671 vacant-for-rent units and 3,594,730 renter-occupied units.

Counties

CountyPopulation2BR FMRSection 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Kings County2,653,963$2,910Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Queens County2,358,182$2,910Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
New York County1,664,862$2,910Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Suffolk County1,546,090$2,747Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Bronx County1,406,332$2,910Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Nassau County1,398,939$2,747Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Westchester County1,015,743$2,910Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Bergen County977,026$2,324Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Essex County896,379$2,205Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Middlesex County883,335$2,486Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Hudson County735,033$2,763Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Ocean County673,746$2,328Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Monmouth County651,035$2,328Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Union County601,863$2,205Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Passaic County531,624$2,324Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Morris County524,251$2,205Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Richmond County501,290$2,910Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Rockland County357,397$2,910Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Somerset County356,486$2,486Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Sussex County148,063$2,205Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Hunterdon County131,781$2,486Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Putnam County99,028$2,910Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield

Building permits, 2025

StructureBuildingsUnitsValuation, thousands of dollars
1 unit10,47710,4773,915,745
2 units7521,504251,474
3 and 4 units279913127,637
5 or more units99031,5505,082,950
Total44,4449,377,806

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 New York metro?

The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent in the New York metro is $2,693.

What is the Census median gross rent in the New York metro?

ACS 2024 5-year median gross rent in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $1,830 (margin of error $5).

What is the gross rent yield in the New York metro?

Gross rent yield is 3.58%, from median gross rent $1,830 and median home value $614,200.

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

The Census Building Permits Survey authorized 44,444 housing units in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ in 2025.