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The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent in the Orlando metro is $1,972.

Census median gross rent is $1,760 (margin of error $11). 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 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL.

2-bedroom FMR
$1,972
FY2026
Census rent
$1,760
ACS B25064
Gross yield
5.71%
Rent times 12 / value
2025 permits
27,845
Units authorized
Population
2,957,672
July 1, 2025
Median value
$369,800
ACS B25077
Renter income
$57,872
ACS B25119
Rent-to-income
36.49%
Annual rent / renter income

Rent by bedroom

BedroomsFair Market RentCensus medianMargin of error
Studio$1,650$1,498$51
1 BR$1,731$1,538$21
2 BR$1,972$1,723$14
3 BR$2,476$1,993$31
4 BR$2,924$2,292$44
5+ BR$2,898$194

Small Area FMR range

BedroomsSmall Area FMR
Studio$1,270 to $2,310
1 BR$1,340 to $2,420
2 BR$1,520 to $2,760
3 BR$1,920 to $3,460
4 BR$2,320 to $4,090

Rental vacancy is 8.82%, from 36,514 vacant-for-rent units and 377,641 renter-occupied units.

Counties

CountyPopulation2BR FMRSection 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Orange County1,528,002$1,972Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Seminole County491,884$1,972Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Osceola County481,718$1,972Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield
Lake County456,068$1,972Section 8Voucher premiumRent-to-incomeGross yield

Building permits, 2025

StructureBuildingsUnitsValuation, thousands of dollars
1 unit14,19814,1984,697,688
2 units6613223,979
3 and 4 units145213,971
5 or more units28513,4632,179,721
Total27,8456,915,359

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 Orlando metro?

The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent in the Orlando metro is $1,972.

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

ACS 2024 5-year median gross rent in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL is $1,760 (margin of error $11).

What is the gross rent yield in the Orlando metro?

Gross rent yield is 5.71%, from median gross rent $1,760 and median home value $369,800.

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

The Census Building Permits Survey authorized 27,845 housing units in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL in 2025.