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Section 8 rent versus market rent in Utah

The largest 2-bedroom voucher premium in Utah is +$697 in Juab County.

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

Largest premium
+$697
Juab County
2-bedroom FMR
$1,460
FY2026
Census rent
$763
B25031
Counties
29
Utah

Counties in Utah

82Juab County$1,460$763$136B25031+$697
101Garfield County$984$344$335B25031+$640
402Summit County$2,185$1,788$140B25031+$397
471San Juan County$1,144$772$118B25031+$372
542Morgan County$1,614$1,271$319B25031+$343
587Wasatch County$1,747$1,416$74B25031+$331
665Beaver County$1,186$878$194B25031+$308
723Grand County$1,564$1,269$195B25031+$295
795Weber County$1,614$1,334$43B25031+$280
824Millard County$1,124$850$183B25031+$274
931Daggett County$1,153$900$305B25064+$253
1223Duchesne County$1,129$913$55B25031+$216
1251Rich County$973$760$386B25064+$213
1254Carbon County$1,041$829$69B25031+$212
1343Piute County$1,153$950$178B25064+$203
1383Emery County$973$775$141B25031+$198
1479Sanpete County$1,181$993$81B25031+$188
1710Washington County$1,575$1,409$62B25031+$166
1743Sevier County$1,085$922$61B25031+$163
1814Utah County$1,460$1,303$31B25031+$157
1940Tooele County$1,241$1,093$73B25031+$148
1952Box Elder County$1,118$972$114B25031+$146
2009Salt Lake County$1,747$1,605$23B25031+$142
2032Davis County$1,614$1,474$45B25031+$140
2158Cache County$1,241$1,111$48B25031+$130
2231Uintah County$1,032$908$85B25031+$124
2239Iron County$1,120$997$58B25031+$123
2875Kane County$1,660$1,610$670B25031+$50
3090Wayne County$973$1,042$131B25031-$69

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 Utah?

Juab County at +$697. The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent is $1,460. The Census median gross rent is $763 (margin of error $136), from B25031.