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Section 8 rent versus market rent in Montana

The largest 2-bedroom voucher premium in Montana is +$973 in McCone County.

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

Largest premium
+$973
McCone County
2-bedroom FMR
$1,548
FY2026
Census rent
$575
B25031
Counties
56
Montana

Counties in Montana

15McCone County$1,548$575$297B25031+$973
21Prairie County$1,548$627$299B25064+$921
42Musselshell County$1,344$535$142B25031+$809
56Broadwater County$1,748$996$158B25031+$752
60Petroleum County$1,548$800$227B25064+$748
70Fallon County$1,401$685$189B25031+$716
73Judith Basin County$1,160$446$366B25031+$714
78Glacier County$1,275$568$128B25031+$707
80Treasure County$1,548$850$509B25064+$698
84Custer County$1,608$914$119B25031+$694
86Madison County$1,540$850$110B25031+$690
89Chouteau County$1,307$645$329B25031+$662
99Teton County$1,360$717$50B25031+$643
132Gallatin County$2,154$1,562$71B25031+$592
141Wibaux County$1,548$963$163B25064+$585
154Big Horn County$1,302$732$94B25031+$570
169Golden Valley County$1,339$792$199B25031+$547
179Flathead County$1,691$1,150$38B25031+$541
193Blaine County$1,184$658$216B25031+$526
196Lewis and Clark County$1,647$1,126$51B25031+$521
198Jefferson County$1,404$887$76B25031+$517
199Fergus County$1,446$930$96B25031+$516
210Park County$1,605$1,098$204B25031+$507
213Lake County$1,444$939$52B25031+$505
217Sheridan County$1,211$712$35B25031+$499
229Powder River County$1,025$532$129B25031+$493
236Rosebud County$1,186$696$40B25031+$490
241Pondera County$1,254$769$63B25031+$485
243Mineral County$1,361$877$99B25031+$484
254Hill County$1,307$833$141B25031+$474
260Roosevelt County$1,201$731$157B25031+$470
271Silver Bow County$1,414$950$125B25031+$464
291Dawson County$1,254$802$146B25031+$452
311Daniels County$1,023$581$116B25064+$442
317Wheatland County$1,117$679$284B25031+$438
342Garfield County$1,099$675$215B25031+$424
369Deer Lodge County$1,080$670$30B25031+$410
372Missoula County$1,655$1,248$56B25031+$407
375Valley County$1,200$793$298B25031+$407
391Liberty County$1,034$635$16B25031+$399
405Richland County$1,312$916$186B25031+$396
408Ravalli County$1,423$1,028$59B25031+$395
418Granite County$1,053$662$232B25031+$391
444Carter County$1,244$864$421B25031+$380
520Lincoln County$1,170$821$162B25031+$349
534Carbon County$1,417$1,073$188B25031+$344
636Cascade County$1,284$967$28B25031+$317
654Stillwater County$1,257$945$22B25031+$312
681Powell County$1,133$827$60B25031+$306
719Yellowstone County$1,417$1,120$42B25031+$297
892Sanders County$1,115$854$82B25031+$261
1046Beaverhead County$1,072$835$34B25031+$237
1181Phillips County$973$751$185B25031+$222
1463Toole County$1,230$1,040$182B25031+$190
2866Meagher County$1,393$1,342$210B25031+$51
2910Sweet Grass County$1,176$1,134$590B25031+$42

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 Montana?

McCone County at +$973. The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent is $1,548. The Census median gross rent is $575 (margin of error $297), from B25031.