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Section 8 rent versus market rent in Missouri

The largest 2-bedroom voucher premium in Missouri is +$595 in Ray County.

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

Largest premium
+$595
Ray County
2-bedroom FMR
$1,358
FY2026
Census rent
$763
B25031
Counties
115
Missouri

Counties in Missouri

129Ray County$1,358$763$79B25031+$595$1,030$1,290
177Caldwell County$1,358$817$67B25031+$541$1,030$1,040
307Clinton County$1,358$914$100B25031+$444$1,030$1,220
430Lafayette County$1,358$972$64B25031+$386$1,030$1,970
461Webster County$1,095$719$64B25031+$376
518Scotland County$888$538$151B25031+$350
546Putnam County$888$546$284B25031+$342
605Lincoln County$1,218$893$52B25031+$325$990$1,240
606Maries County$888$563$63B25031+$325
611Franklin County$1,218$894$30B25031+$324$990$1,320
643Shannon County$888$572$116B25031+$316
702Ripley County$888$587$36B25031+$301
721Chariton County$888$592$111B25031+$296
730Bollinger County$992$699$104B25031+$293
740Ozark County$888$596$118B25031+$292
760Schuyler County$888$600$320B25031+$288
766Jefferson County$1,218$932$20B25031+$286$990$1,830
773Cass County$1,358$1,073$46B25031+$285$1,030$1,490
788Dallas County$888$608$117B25031+$280
811Texas County$888$611$79B25031+$277
818Dunklin County$888$613$37B25031+$275
820Worth County$888$613$416B25031+$275
879Clark County$888$625$76B25031+$263
944Oregon County$888$636$40B25031+$252
962Shelby County$888$638$66B25031+$250
983Pemiscot County$888$641$46B25031+$247
1035Hickory County$888$650$103B25031+$238
1071Gentry County$888$654$130B25031+$234
1119Wright County$888$658$150B25031+$230
1177Gasconade County$888$666$61B25031+$222$990$990
1180Moniteau County$922$700$69B25031+$222
1237Sullivan County$888$673$55B25031+$215
1240Douglas County$888$674$29B25031+$214
1259Atchison County$888$677$109B25031+$211
1285Morgan County$888$679$94B25031+$209
1302Audrain County$888$681$86B25031+$207
1303Dade County$888$681$26B25031+$207
1306Grundy County$888$681$65B25031+$207
1311Iron County$888$682$60B25031+$206
1320Howard County$1,044$839$83B25031+$205
1324Wayne County$888$683$41B25031+$205
1337DeKalb County$1,077$874$76B25031+$203$1,030$1,030
1351St. Clair County$888$686$108B25031+$202
1358Mississippi County$888$687$79B25031+$201
1361Warren County$1,218$1,017$177B25031+$201$1,090$1,220
1376Knox County$888$689$23B25031+$199
1402Washington County$888$691$119B25031+$197$1,040$1,070
1410Osage County$910$714$42B25031+$196
1414Cooper County$958$763$59B25031+$195
1470Holt County$888$700$139B25031+$188
1506Carter County$888$703$28B25031+$185
1560Jackson County$1,358$1,179$17B25031+$179$1,050$2,000
1588Harrison County$888$712$38B25031+$176
1605Daviess County$888$714$85B25031+$174
1626Reynolds County$888$715$55B25031+$173
1635Barton County$888$717$100B25031+$171
1641Linn County$888$717$119B25031+$171
1647New Madrid County$890$719$33B25031+$171
1736Andrew County$1,077$914$80B25031+$163
1744Buchanan County$1,077$915$30B25031+$162$1,030$1,040
1757Christian County$1,095$934$32B25031+$161
1818Boone County$1,160$1,004$35B25031+$156
1824Lewis County$888$732$50B25031+$156
1845Cedar County$888$734$75B25031+$154
1846Clay County$1,358$1,204$36B25031+$154$1,090$2,040
1879Monroe County$888$736$37B25031+$152
1935Howell County$888$740$70B25031+$148
1951Benton County$929$783$90B25031+$146
2006McDonald County$888$746$72B25031+$142
2036Randolph County$888$748$46B25031+$140
2039Vernon County$923$783$52B25031+$140
2047Ralls County$888$749$52B25031+$139
2112Stoddard County$888$754$43B25031+$134
2138Ste. Genevieve County$922$790$97B25031+$132$1,010$1,010
2139Barry County$888$757$40B25031+$131
2146Henry County$888$757$152B25031+$131
2190Montgomery County$888$761$46B25031+$127$990$990
2205Crawford County$888$763$67B25031+$125$990$990
2211Miller County$898$773$44B25031+$125
2218Butler County$895$771$45B25031+$124
2262Dent County$892$771$96B25031+$121
2273Livingston County$888$768$85B25031+$120
2281Cape Girardeau County$992$873$48B25031+$119
2289Phelps County$933$814$30B25031+$119
2305Madison County$935$818$74B25031+$117
2307Nodaway County$906$789$36B25031+$117
2321Cole County$910$795$31B25031+$115
2322Laclede County$903$788$43B25031+$115
2375Saline County$888$777$64B25031+$111$1,030$1,030
2381Callaway County$1,042$932$53B25031+$110
2386Greene County$1,095$985$19B25031+$110
2417Macon County$936$829$86B25031+$107
2453Pettis County$978$874$37B25031+$104
2467Pulaski County$1,062$959$37B25031+$103
2485Camden County$939$838$38B25031+$101
2533Marion County$952$857$43B25031+$95
2542Johnson County$965$871$31B25031+$94$1,030$1,030
2565Adair County$888$797$62B25031+$91
2618Pike County$918$832$55B25031+$86$990$1,000
2620Polk County$888$802$84B25031+$86
2627Lawrence County$888$803$55B25031+$85
2630Taney County$1,029$944$31B25031+$85
2632Carroll County$888$804$171B25031+$84$1,030$1,030
2639Newton County$947$863$42B25031+$84
2708Perry County$952$876$82B25031+$76
2716St. Louis city$1,218$1,143$25B25031+$75$990$1,810
2742St. Francois County$904$834$41B25031+$70$990$990
2757Mercer County$888$821$102B25031+$67
2761Stone County$923$856$42B25031+$67
2778Bates County$927$863$126B25031+$64$1,030$1,030
2909Scott County$930$888$54B25031+$42
2977Platte County$1,358$1,335$39B25031+$23$1,030$1,590
3027St. Louis County$1,218$1,216$15B25031+$2$990$1,830
3053Jasper County$947$965$21B25031-$18
3099St. Charles County$1,218$1,328$31B25031-$110$1,050$1,750

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 Missouri?

Ray County at +$595. The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent is $1,358. The Census median gross rent is $763 (margin of error $79), from B25031.