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Section 8 rent versus market rent in Florida

The largest 2-bedroom voucher premium in Florida is +$939 in Lafayette County.

HUD FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent and Census median gross rent for each county.

Largest premium
+$939
Lafayette County
2-bedroom FMR
$1,323
FY2026
Census rent
$384
B25031
Counties
67
Florida

Counties in Florida

18Lafayette County$1,323$384$320B25031+$939
47Hernando County$1,977$1,194$34B25031+$783$1,390$2,020
92Gilchrist County$1,493$836$139B25031+$657
106Gadsden County$1,352$715$32B25031+$637
120Pasco County$1,977$1,371$30B25031+$606$1,320$2,960
170Miami-Dade County$2,436$1,890$13B25031+$546$1,890$3,650
172Gulf County$1,702$1,157$173B25031+$545
190Jefferson County$1,352$823$97B25031+$529
191Glades County$1,252$725$341B25031+$527
270Bradford County$1,120$656$281B25031+$464$1,080$1,230
300Lake County$1,972$1,523$71B25031+$449$1,520$2,360
329Monroe County$2,504$2,072$190B25031+$432
356Calhoun County$973$557$288B25031+$416
386Broward County$2,333$1,932$23B25031+$401$1,800$3,500
434Okeechobee County$1,346$962$69B25031+$384$1,520$1,520
460Palm Beach County$2,254$1,878$21B25031+$376$1,050$3,380
465Suwannee County$1,110$736$49B25031+$374
473Dixie County$1,156$785$139B25031+$371
485Hendry County$1,271$904$114B25031+$367$1,200$1,200
536Lee County$1,961$1,617$30B25031+$344
552Osceola County$1,972$1,631$46B25031+$341$1,520$2,760
568Columbia County$1,318$984$49B25031+$334
589Franklin County$1,186$856$397B25031+$330
599Taylor County$1,018$691$171B25031+$327
608Okaloosa County$1,785$1,460$49B25031+$325
623DeSoto County$1,209$888$78B25031+$321$1,490$1,490
630Manatee County$1,958$1,639$45B25031+$319$1,570$2,550
640Hardee County$1,248$932$39B25031+$316
661Madison County$1,086$776$110B25031+$310
679Hillsborough County$1,977$1,671$19B25031+$306$1,260$2,970
694Putnam County$1,155$852$78B25031+$303$1,100$1,570
784Jackson County$1,068$786$42B25031+$282
792Indian River County$1,604$1,324$79B25031+$280$1,270$1,270
805St. Lucie County$1,757$1,479$93B25031+$278
832Santa Rosa County$1,471$1,199$66B25031+$272
853Bay County$1,682$1,415$44B25031+$267
865Pinellas County$1,977$1,712$22B25031+$265$1,660$2,970
868Clay County$1,658$1,394$60B25031+$264$1,230$2,310
894Flagler County$1,806$1,546$156B25031+$260
897Volusia County$1,700$1,440$27B25031+$260$1,520$1,520
922Polk County$1,497$1,242$35B25031+$255$1,330$2,280
986Union County$1,132$885$251B25031+$247
1008Holmes County$1,078$835$82B25031+$243
1114Liberty County$1,083$853$320B25031+$230
1160Highlands County$1,271$1,047$61B25031+$224
1186Citrus County$1,225$1,004$70B25031+$221$1,240$1,240
1204Orange County$1,972$1,753$20B25031+$219$1,520$2,760
1209Hamilton County$981$763$251B25031+$218
1265Nassau County$1,658$1,447$358B25031+$211$1,100$2,000
1268Brevard County$1,709$1,499$28B25031+$210$1,290$2,350
1301Seminole County$1,972$1,764$26B25031+$208$1,760$2,580
1388Marion County$1,373$1,175$39B25031+$198$1,520$1,520
1444Escambia County$1,471$1,279$36B25031+$192
1531Martin County$1,757$1,574$69B25031+$183
1670Sarasota County$1,958$1,789$42B25031+$169$1,560$2,940
1673Washington County$1,017$848$104B25031+$169
1698Baker County$1,103$937$98B25031+$166
1785Collier County$1,986$1,827$52B25031+$159$1,970$1,970
1901Duval County$1,658$1,508$30B25031+$150$1,130$2,490
2034Levy County$974$834$43B25031+$140
2460Alachua County$1,493$1,390$41B25031+$103
2585Walton County$1,364$1,274$390B25031+$90
2717Charlotte County$1,470$1,396$77B25031+$74$1,370$1,370
2832Sumter County$1,328$1,271$133B25031+$57$1,080$2,040
2888Leon County$1,352$1,305$28B25031+$47
3013Wakulla County$1,199$1,191$120B25031+$8
3094St. Johns County$1,658$1,744$52B25031-$86$1,280$2,490

Method

The voucher premium is the FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent minus the Census median gross rent for the same county. The Census rent is ACS 2024 5-year table B25031, 2-bedroom median (column B25031004), when that estimate is published and positive. Otherwise it is ACS table B25064, median gross rent. The margin of error on the premium is the ACS margin of error on that rent, because the Fair Market Rent is a HUD schedule. Other bedroom rows use B25031 when that bedroom median is published. When a county file has town Fair Market Rents and no single county schedule, the county rent is the population-weighted mean of the town rents, rounded half up. The Small Area FMR range is the low and high ZIP Small Area FMR inside the county. Rank is the premium, then the county name. A county is left out when both the 2-bedroom B25031 median and the B25064 median are missing or not positive.

Source: HUD FY2026 Fair Market Rents and Small Area FMRs, effective 2025-10-01, retrieved 2026-10-09, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr.html, and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024 5-year tables B25031 and B25064, as of 2024-07-01 (data years 2020-2024), retrieved 2026-10-09, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25031.

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest 2-bedroom voucher premium in Florida?

Lafayette County at +$939. The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent is $1,323. The Census median gross rent is $384 (margin of error $320), from B25031.