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Section 8 rent versus market rent in Oregon

The largest 2-bedroom voucher premium in Oregon is +$747 in Columbia County.

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

Largest premium
+$747
Columbia County
2-bedroom FMR
$1,922
FY2026
Census rent
$1,175
B25031
Counties
36
Oregon

Counties in Oregon

61Columbia County$1,922$1,175$71B25031+$747
133Wasco County$1,600$1,009$77B25031+$591
231Yamhill County$1,922$1,430$66B25031+$492
441Benton County$1,824$1,442$40B25031+$382
448Linn County$1,695$1,315$41B25031+$380
459Grant County$1,127$751$128B25031+$376
532Jefferson County$1,229$884$69B25031+$345
541Hood River County$1,884$1,541$246B25031+$343
627Polk County$1,560$1,240$49B25031+$320
634Lane County$1,688$1,370$19B25031+$318
663Lake County$1,150$841$76B25031+$309
746Malheur County$1,081$790$35B25031+$291
748Sherman County$1,346$1,055$78B25031+$291
753Tillamook County$1,405$1,116$67B25031+$289
809Harney County$1,008$731$224B25031+$277
834Union County$1,222$950$40B25031+$272
850Umatilla County$1,241$973$46B25031+$268
854Clatsop County$1,457$1,190$45B25031+$267
870Klamath County$1,247$983$37B25031+$264
925Crook County$1,385$1,131$142B25031+$254
1051Lincoln County$1,480$1,243$71B25031+$237
1187Coos County$1,265$1,044$40B25031+$221
1201Josephine County$1,363$1,144$56B25031+$219
1340Jackson County$1,530$1,327$38B25031+$203
1494Clackamas County$1,922$1,736$22B25031+$186
1496Douglas County$1,271$1,085$49B25031+$186
1567Morrow County$1,027$849$52B25031+$178
1646Multnomah County$1,922$1,751$18B25031+$171
2013Baker County$1,047$906$179B25031+$141
2024Marion County$1,560$1,419$21B25031+$141
2167Wheeler County$1,010$880$114B25031+$130
2170Curry County$1,400$1,271$91B25031+$129
2459Wallowa County$1,149$1,045$217B25031+$104
2502Deschutes County$1,784$1,685$52B25031+$99
2507Gilliam County$1,048$950$338B25031+$98
2524Washington County$1,922$1,825$19B25031+$97

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 Oregon?

Columbia County at +$747. The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent is $1,922. The Census median gross rent is $1,175 (margin of error $71), from B25031.