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Section 8 rent versus market rent in Georgia

The largest 2-bedroom voucher premium in Georgia is +$1,012 in Pike County.

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

Largest premium
+$1,012
Pike County
2-bedroom FMR
$1,820
FY2026
Census rent
$808
B25031
Counties
159
Georgia

Counties in Georgia

9Pike County$1,820$808$118B25031+$1,012$1,030$1,460
11Heard County$1,820$832$296B25031+$988$1,030$1,030
13Jasper County$1,820$843$46B25031+$977$1,210$1,750
32Pickens County$1,820$966$116B25031+$854$970$1,520
57Barrow County$1,820$1,069$61B25031+$751$1,410$2,060
62Walton County$1,820$1,075$95B25031+$745$1,280$1,980
65Spalding County$1,820$1,080$35B25031+$740$1,230$1,510
79Twiggs County$1,307$604$143B25031+$703
81Carroll County$1,820$1,123$71B25031+$697$970$1,680
88Bartow County$1,820$1,156$50B25031+$664$1,140$1,640
137Effingham County$1,680$1,094$113B25031+$586
144Wheeler County$973$391$281B25031+$582
145Brantley County$1,293$712$242B25031+$581
148Calhoun County$973$395$118B25031+$578
163Dade County$1,390$832$110B25031+$558$1,130$1,200
174Burke County$1,261$718$44B25031+$543$970$1,070
180Newton County$1,820$1,279$135B25031+$541$1,430$1,850
186Marion County$1,088$554$338B25031+$534
194Crawford County$1,307$783$257B25031+$524
201Walker County$1,390$876$37B25031+$514$1,070$1,350
208Jones County$1,307$800$78B25031+$507
225McIntosh County$1,293$798$374B25031+$495
233Charlton County$1,036$546$500B25031+$490
253McDuffie County$1,261$786$76B25031+$475$1,010$1,020
267Bryan County$1,680$1,213$250B25031+$467
269Worth County$1,129$663$94B25031+$466
272Clinch County$973$510$79B25031+$463
281Oglethorpe County$1,331$872$83B25031+$459
286Rockdale County$1,820$1,364$165B25031+$456$1,390$1,840
293Talbot County$973$521$191B25031+$452
302Taliaferro County$973$525$272B25031+$448
315Clayton County$1,820$1,381$42B25031+$439$1,320$1,820
319Clay County$973$536$166B25064+$437
321Lanier County$1,192$756$187B25031+$436
327Dooly County$973$540$253B25031+$433
332Baker County$973$543$257B25031+$430
339Early County$973$548$152B25031+$425
353Madison County$1,331$914$83B25031+$417
379Coweta County$1,820$1,417$155B25031+$403$1,450$1,980
383Paulding County$1,820$1,418$131B25031+$402$1,660$1,940
436Candler County$973$590$165B25031+$383
468Hancock County$973$601$300B25031+$372
481Catoosa County$1,390$1,022$67B25031+$368$1,250$1,260
489Terrell County$1,129$764$213B25031+$365
495Elbert County$1,074$712$86B25031+$362
496Taylor County$973$611$81B25031+$362
502Stewart County$973$614$69B25031+$359
507Wilcox County$973$617$15B25031+$356
543Jeff Davis County$973$631$51B25031+$342
551Montgomery County$973$632$85B25031+$341
558Henry County$1,820$1,482$89B25031+$338$1,690$2,080
565Banks County$973$639$293B25031+$334
566Brooks County$1,192$858$118B25031+$334
573Coffee County$973$640$56B25031+$333
583Glascock County$973$642$407B25064+$331
586Macon County$973$642$94B25031+$331
602Emanuel County$973$648$131B25031+$325$980$980
632Turner County$973$654$131B25031+$319
642Miller County$973$657$94B25031+$316
660Johnson County$973$663$71B25031+$310
668Monroe County$1,174$866$45B25031+$308
690Webster County$973$669$254B25031+$304
704Atkinson County$973$673$40B25031+$300
705Douglas County$1,820$1,520$75B25031+$300$1,170$1,790
707Lamar County$973$673$33B25031+$300$1,000$1,000
708Screven County$973$673$22B25031+$300
722Berrien County$973$678$89B25031+$295
727Chattooga County$973$679$59B25031+$294$970$1,010
745Harris County$1,088$797$168B25031+$291
756Mitchell County$973$685$114B25031+$288
777Towns County$973$688$181B25031+$285
781Jefferson County$973$690$84B25031+$283$970$970
789Dawson County$1,820$1,540$149B25031+$280$1,700$1,700
799Butts County$1,075$797$124B25031+$278$1,120$1,350
817Dodge County$973$698$119B25031+$275
825Morgan County$1,442$1,168$194B25031+$274$1,450$1,460
835Bacon County$973$702$60B25031+$271
842Tattnall County$973$702$171B25031+$271
858Evans County$973$707$69B25031+$266
869Jenkins County$973$709$305B25031+$264$970$970
872Liberty County$1,406$1,142$57B25031+$264
893Appling County$973$713$55B25031+$260
926Dougherty County$1,129$875$31B25031+$254
976Wilkes County$973$725$188B25031+$248
1019Grady County$973$732$53B25031+$241
1022Irwin County$1,089$849$77B25031+$240
1023Stephens County$1,006$766$92B25031+$240
1032Floyd County$1,192$954$53B25031+$238$1,210$1,210
1047Ben Hill County$973$736$96B25031+$237
1059Lowndes County$1,192$956$54B25031+$236
1065Chatham County$1,680$1,445$41B25031+$235
1078Bibb County$1,307$1,074$45B25031+$233
1082Lincoln County$995$762$166B25031+$233
1109Tift County$973$742$65B25031+$231
1110Toombs County$973$742$90B25031+$231
1133Treutlen County$973$745$134B25031+$228
1140Ware County$1,031$804$47B25031+$227
1149White County$1,177$951$79B25031+$226
1153Houston County$1,362$1,137$43B25031+$225
1197Warren County$973$753$374B25031+$220$980$980
1215Greene County$973$756$87B25031+$217
1245Bulloch County$1,178$965$50B25031+$213
1275Peach County$1,129$919$64B25031+$210
1294Hall County$1,514$1,306$78B25031+$208$1,530$1,530
1314Wayne County$1,021$815$72B25031+$206
1344Randolph County$1,028$825$69B25031+$203
1346Whitfield County$1,121$918$34B25031+$203$1,060$1,210
1353Crisp County$973$772$46B25031+$201
1362Washington County$999$798$156B25031+$201
1367Murray County$1,009$809$63B25031+$200
1374Haralson County$1,107$908$51B25031+$199$1,030$1,090
1385Hart County$1,042$844$108B25031+$198
1411Pierce County$1,042$846$30B25031+$196
1430Seminole County$973$779$40B25031+$194
1568Pulaski County$1,003$825$363B25031+$178
1583Sumter County$1,088$911$46B25031+$177
1625Meriwether County$1,001$828$97B25031+$173
1631Rabun County$1,117$945$52B25031+$172
1632Richmond County$1,261$1,089$28B25031+$172$990$1,890
1642Long County$1,133$962$99B25031+$171
1729Lee County$1,129$965$82B25031+$164
1745Cherokee County$1,820$1,658$49B25031+$162$1,320$2,060
1779Telfair County$973$813$159B25031+$160
1786Franklin County$1,017$858$48B25031+$159
1815Wilkinson County$973$816$80B25031+$157
1835Decatur County$973$818$85B25031+$155
1858Colquitt County$973$820$81B25031+$153
1898Bleckley County$973$823$92B25031+$150
1903Gordon County$1,011$861$64B25031+$150$1,090$1,530
1909Oconee County$1,331$1,181$87B25031+$150$1,960$1,960
1958Polk County$1,018$872$37B25031+$146$1,080$1,190
2005Lumpkin County$1,245$1,103$110B25031+$142$1,250$1,250
2045Laurens County$973$834$73B25031+$139
2048Schley County$973$834$153B25031+$139
2089Cook County$973$838$66B25031+$135
2102Upson County$973$838$62B25031+$135$970$970
2194Baldwin County$1,073$947$38B25031+$126
2245Thomas County$1,149$1,026$63B25031+$123
2256Putnam County$1,134$1,012$399B25031+$122$1,140$1,140
2291Troup County$1,167$1,048$56B25031+$119$1,140$1,170
2340Glynn County$1,293$1,179$66B25031+$114
2350Habersham County$1,018$905$71B25031+$113
2356DeKalb County$1,820$1,708$21B25031+$112$1,270$2,620
2367Fannin County$973$862$143B25031+$111
2405Cobb County$1,820$1,712$25B25031+$108$1,580$2,460
2512Union County$984$886$76B25031+$98
2567Clarke County$1,331$1,240$44B25031+$91
2597Gilmer County$1,036$948$198B25031+$88$970$1,140
2669Gwinnett County$1,820$1,739$19B25031+$81$1,690$2,640
2779Chattahoochee County$1,088$1,024$275B25031+$64
2809Echols County$1,192$1,133$836B25031+$59
2835Fulton County$1,820$1,764$30B25031+$56$1,220$2,730
2843Quitman County$973$918$216B25064+$55
2847Fayette County$1,820$1,766$121B25031+$54$1,310$2,280
2854Jackson County$1,153$1,100$124B25031+$53$1,400$1,850
2967Muscogee County$1,088$1,061$37B25031+$27
2990Camden County$1,225$1,206$106B25031+$19
3041Forsyth County$1,820$1,829$118B25031-$9$2,150$2,340
3059Columbia County$1,261$1,285$76B25031-$24$970$1,890

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 Georgia?

Pike County at +$1,012. The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent is $1,820. The Census median gross rent is $808 (margin of error $118), from B25031.