HUD voucher rents by county and bedroom count, from the current Fair Market Rent and Small Area FMR release.
Source: HUD FY2026 Fair Market Rents and Small Area FMRs, effective 2025-10-01, retrieved 2026-10-09, with ZIP placement from the HUD-USPS ZIP Crosswalk 2021-Q4. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr.html
| Hudson County | $2,407 | $2,458 | $2,763 | $3,367 | $3,955 | 21 |
| Hunterdon County | $1,804 | $1,978 | $2,486 | $2,981 | $3,296 | 28 |
| Middlesex County | $1,804 | $1,978 | $2,486 | $2,981 | $3,296 | 42 |
| Somerset County | $1,804 | $1,978 | $2,486 | $2,981 | $3,296 | 29 |
| Monmouth County | $1,676 | $1,889 | $2,328 | $3,043 | $3,371 | 55 |
| Ocean County | $1,676 | $1,889 | $2,328 | $3,043 | $3,371 | 31 |
| Bergen County | $1,778 | $2,024 | $2,324 | $2,835 | $3,618 | 71 |
| Passaic County | $1,778 | $2,024 | $2,324 | $2,835 | $3,618 | 35 |
| Essex County | $1,612 | $1,822 | $2,205 | $2,761 | $3,137 | 36 |
| Morris County | $1,612 | $1,822 | $2,205 | $2,761 | $3,137 | 56 |
| Sussex County | $1,612 | $1,822 | $2,205 | $2,761 | $3,137 | 26 |
| Union County | $1,612 | $1,822 | $2,205 | $2,761 | $3,137 | 30 |
| Mercer County | $1,344 | $1,545 | $1,950 | $2,338 | $2,670 | 32 |
| Warren County | $1,517 | $1,527 | $1,895 | $2,404 | $2,800 | 16 |
| Atlantic County | $1,346 | $1,537 | $1,867 | $2,586 | $2,851 | 32 |
| Burlington County | $1,397 | $1,520 | $1,810 | $2,170 | $2,423 | 33 |
| Camden County | $1,397 | $1,520 | $1,810 | $2,170 | $2,423 | 37 |
| Gloucester County | $1,397 | $1,520 | $1,810 | $2,170 | $2,423 | 28 |
| Salem County | $1,397 | $1,520 | $1,810 | $2,170 | $2,423 | 11 |
| Cape May County | $1,320 | $1,366 | $1,792 | $2,396 | $2,405 | 21 |
| Cumberland County | $1,280 | $1,375 | $1,673 | $2,303 | $2,311 | 21 |
HUD uses the Fair Market Rent to set the Housing Choice Voucher payment standard, the maximum monthly subsidy base for a bedroom count. The FY2026 2-bedroom rent on this page is $2,229. 24 CFR 982.503 sets the basic range from 90 percent to 110 percent of the applicable Fair Market Rent. In a metro on HUD's designated Small Area FMR list, that rent is the ZIP Small Area FMR. Elsewhere it is the metro or county Fair Market Rent (HUD Fair Market Rents, Small Area FMRs).
The population-weighted FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent in New Jersey is $2,229.
The highest FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent row in New Jersey is $2,763 in Hudson County.
HUD uses the Fair Market Rent to set the Housing Choice Voucher payment standard, the maximum monthly subsidy base for a bedroom count. The FY2026 2-bedroom rent on this page is $2,229. 24 CFR 982.503 sets the basic range from 90 percent to 110 percent of the applicable Fair Market Rent. In a metro on HUD's designated Small Area FMR list, that rent is the ZIP Small Area FMR. Elsewhere it is the metro or county Fair Market Rent (HUD Fair Market Rents, Small Area FMRs).