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Section 8 rent versus market rent in Virginia

The largest 2-bedroom voucher premium in Virginia is +$930 in Clarke County.

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

Largest premium
+$930
Clarke County
2-bedroom FMR
$2,246
FY2026
Census rent
$1,316
B25031
Counties
133
Virginia

Counties in Virginia

19Clarke County$2,246$1,316$185B25031+$930$1,510$1,890
28Nelson County$1,824$953$43B25031+$871
34Sussex County$1,655$810$223B25031+$845
41Fauquier County$2,246$1,437$165B25031+$809$1,270$2,670
46Powhatan County$1,655$866$62B25031+$789
66Charles City County$1,655$917$546B25031+$738
76Gloucester County$1,713$1,005$74B25031+$708$1,260$1,540
95Fredericksburg city$2,246$1,595$112B25031+$651$1,740$1,750
96Mathews County$1,713$1,067$359B25031+$646$1,270$1,670
100Fluvanna County$1,824$1,183$472B25031+$641
102Greene County$1,824$1,184$272B25031+$640
103Dinwiddie County$1,655$1,016$161B25031+$639
107King William County$1,655$1,025$109B25031+$630
125Hopewell city$1,655$1,058$50B25031+$597
183Craig County$1,254$718$56B25031+$536
206Spotsylvania County$2,246$1,737$59B25031+$509$1,510$2,070
219New Kent County$1,655$1,158$355B25031+$497$1,630$1,630
224Manassas city$2,246$1,751$86B25031+$495$2,050$2,080
232Amelia County$1,655$1,164$227B25064+$491
234Colonial Heights city$1,655$1,165$62B25031+$490
262Petersburg city$1,655$1,186$58B25031+$469
276Portsmouth city$1,713$1,252$39B25031+$461$1,400$1,680
284Norfolk city$1,713$1,256$31B25031+$457$1,410$2,440
343Newport News city$1,713$1,289$28B25031+$424$1,400$2,200
381Middlesex County$1,291$888$348B25031+$403$1,470$1,470
397Stafford County$2,246$1,848$79B25031+$398$2,010$2,210
423Isle of Wight County$1,713$1,323$118B25031+$390$1,170$2,120
454Scott County$1,044$666$60B25031+$378
463Appomattox County$1,187$813$61B25031+$374
478Amherst County$1,187$818$60B25031+$369
513Hampton city$1,713$1,361$42B25031+$352$1,480$2,300
530Bedford County$1,187$842$42B25031+$345
621Williamsburg city$1,713$1,391$102B25031+$322$1,660$1,660
622Campbell County$1,187$866$33B25031+$321
653Staunton city$1,261$949$83B25031+$312
758Prince William County$2,246$1,958$46B25031+$288$1,670$3,160
763Roanoke city$1,254$967$39B25031+$287
771Suffolk city$1,713$1,427$79B25031+$286$1,240$2,170
776Russell County$914$629$40B25031+$285
806Waynesboro city$1,261$983$50B25031+$278
821Botetourt County$1,254$980$144B25031+$274
838James City County$1,713$1,442$79B25031+$271$1,630$1,810
843Bland County$914$644$271B25064+$270
857Buchanan County$914$648$52B25031+$266
920Emporia city$1,001$746$176B25031+$255
929Rockingham County$1,322$1,068$71B25031+$254
999Henry County$914$670$69B25031+$244
1069Southampton County$1,051$816$86B25031+$235$1,270$1,270
1085Prince George County$1,655$1,422$216B25031+$233
1092Patrick County$914$682$93B25031+$232
1098Charlottesville city$1,824$1,593$75B25031+$231
1125Caroline County$1,246$1,018$111B25031+$228$1,270$1,560
1128Lunenburg County$914$686$169B25031+$228
1144King and Queen County$1,250$1,024$282B25031+$226
1147Radford city$1,271$1,045$107B25031+$226
1159Chesapeake city$1,713$1,489$65B25031+$224$1,460$2,290
1165Carroll County$914$691$78B25031+$223
1200Frederick County$1,573$1,354$48B25031+$219$1,510$1,510
1212Bristol city$1,044$827$101B25031+$217
1232Augusta County$1,261$1,046$78B25031+$215
1264Highland County$914$703$119B25031+$211
1272Franklin County$944$734$77B25031+$210
1276Richmond city$1,655$1,445$36B25031+$210
1327Harrisonburg city$1,322$1,118$45B25031+$204
1360Rockbridge County$1,005$804$124B25031+$201
1369Washington County$1,044$844$24B25031+$200
1399Floyd County$1,094$897$71B25031+$197
1422Cumberland County$997$803$234B25031+$194
1438Wythe County$914$721$86B25031+$193
1459Charlotte County$914$724$35B25031+$190
1467Hanover County$1,655$1,466$99B25031+$189$1,380$1,380
1525Norton city$914$730$94B25031+$184
1533Smyth County$914$731$77B25031+$183
1546Galax city$914$733$51B25031+$181
1636Brunswick County$914$743$77B25031+$171
1648Northumberland County$1,309$1,138$77B25031+$171
1669Pulaski County$921$752$60B25031+$169
1672Warren County$1,315$1,146$83B25031+$169$1,300$1,770
1715Mecklenburg County$950$785$66B25031+$165
1730Lee County$914$750$93B25031+$164
1735Wise County$914$750$43B25031+$164
1738Giles County$984$821$84B25031+$163
1788Lynchburg city$1,187$1,028$39B25031+$159
1836Dickenson County$914$759$72B25031+$155
1849Halifax County$914$760$41B25031+$154
1869Bath County$977$825$195B25031+$152
1893Poquoson city$1,713$1,562$209B25031+$151$1,990$1,990
1981Henrico County$1,655$1,511$36B25031+$144
1987Salem city$1,254$1,110$62B25031+$144
1998Orange County$1,234$1,091$83B25031+$143$1,170$1,690
2050Albemarle County$1,824$1,686$55B25031+$138
2073Tazewell County$914$777$77B25031+$137
2091Grayson County$914$779$158B25031+$135
2116Essex County$1,113$980$54B25031+$133
2119Martinsville city$914$781$17B25031+$133
2163King George County$1,469$1,339$76B25031+$130
2184Shenandoah County$1,091$963$28B25031+$128
2185Buena Vista city$1,005$878$56B25031+$127
2253Louisa County$1,247$1,125$78B25031+$122$1,160$1,240
2290Richmond County$1,157$1,038$78B25031+$119
2360Nottoway County$975$863$37B25031+$112
2364Buckingham County$959$848$49B25031+$111
2432Page County$924$818$51B25031+$106
2439Northampton County$949$844$61B25031+$105
2446Fairfax city$2,246$2,142$100B25031+$104$2,310$2,310
2487Culpeper County$1,423$1,322$50B25031+$101$1,670$1,670
2531Danville city$914$819$40B25031+$95
2563Surry County$1,039$947$187B25031+$92
2605Franklin city$1,051$964$79B25031+$87$1,100$1,100
2619Pittsylvania County$914$828$70B25031+$86
2621Virginia Beach city$1,713$1,627$24B25031+$86$1,900$2,400
2624Greensville County$1,001$916$186B25031+$85
2665Accomack County$1,054$973$67B25031+$81
2666Alleghany County$914$833$213B25031+$81
2670Roanoke County$1,254$1,173$48B25031+$81
2684Westmoreland County$1,194$1,115$132B25031+$79
2700Winchester city$1,573$1,496$106B25031+$77
2709Prince Edward County$1,094$1,018$127B25031+$76
2728Lancaster County$1,052$980$54B25031+$72
2732Chesterfield County$1,655$1,584$42B25031+$71
2786Montgomery County$1,271$1,208$60B25031+$63
2793Madison County$1,066$1,004$216B25031+$62
2889Manassas Park city$2,246$2,199$89B25031+$47$2,400$2,400
2975York County$1,713$1,689$49B25031+$24$1,260$2,310
2987Covington city$914$894$191B25031+$20
3055Loudoun County$2,246$2,265$66B25031-$19$1,480$3,080
3063Fairfax County$2,246$2,273$18B25031-$27$1,990$3,370
3089Lexington city$1,005$1,073$230B25031-$68
3092Rappahannock County$1,375$1,457$460B25031-$82
3101Alexandria city$2,246$2,362$42B25031-$116$2,160$3,230
3126Falls Church city$2,246$2,498$414B25031-$252$2,530$2,570
3132Goochland County$1,655$2,002$404B25031-$347
3133Arlington County$2,246$2,666$69B25031-$420$2,130$3,370

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 Virginia?

Clarke County at +$930. The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent is $2,246. The Census median gross rent is $1,316 (margin of error $185), from B25031.