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Section 8 rent versus market rent in Washington

The largest 2-bedroom voucher premium in Washington is +$859 in Skamania County.

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

Largest premium
+$859
Skamania County
2-bedroom FMR
$1,922
FY2026
Census rent
$1,063
B25031
Counties
39
Washington

Counties in Washington

30Skamania County$1,922$1,063$158B25031+$859
158Snohomish County$2,501$1,936$31B25031+$565$2,160$3,030
446Franklin County$1,538$1,158$103B25031+$380
497Garfield County$1,047$686$267B25031+$361
501Wahkiakum County$1,137$777$12B25031+$360
528Ferry County$973$627$204B25031+$346
592Klickitat County$1,336$1,007$283B25031+$329
755Cowlitz County$1,451$1,163$38B25031+$288
768Lincoln County$1,021$735$58B25031+$286
852Yakima County$1,374$1,106$30B25031+$268
889Adams County$1,133$872$176B25031+$261
939Clark County$1,922$1,670$24B25031+$252
948Kitsap County$2,031$1,780$29B25031+$251$2,460$2,460
968Skagit County$1,720$1,471$62B25031+$249
979Douglas County$1,500$1,253$80B25031+$247
993Thurston County$1,960$1,714$32B25031+$246
1001King County$2,501$2,257$17B25031+$244$2,160$3,750
1045Asotin County$1,220$983$116B25031+$237
1096Spokane County$1,531$1,299$27B25031+$232
1211Stevens County$1,131$913$49B25031+$218
1270Chelan County$1,500$1,290$97B25031+$210
1308Walla Walla County$1,550$1,343$97B25031+$207
1316Benton County$1,538$1,333$35B25031+$205
1555Whatcom County$1,794$1,614$38B25031+$180
1580Pierce County$1,971$1,794$23B25031+$177$2,270$2,420
1639Island County$1,671$1,500$81B25031+$171$2,160$2,160
2004Grant County$1,232$1,090$61B25031+$142
2095Kittitas County$1,454$1,319$48B25031+$135$2,160$2,160
2129Grays Harbor County$1,216$1,084$39B25031+$132
2131Pacific County$1,134$1,002$75B25031+$132
2285Lewis County$1,279$1,160$58B25031+$119
2298Pend Oreille County$1,099$981$237B25031+$118
2300Whitman County$1,169$1,051$42B25031+$118
2354Clallam County$1,266$1,154$43B25031+$112
2478Okanogan County$1,043$941$99B25031+$102
2594Columbia County$1,052$964$61B25031+$88
2759San Juan County$1,762$1,695$119B25031+$67
2899Mason County$1,354$1,310$87B25031+$44
3016Jefferson County$1,367$1,360$215B25031+$7

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 Washington?

Skamania County at +$859. The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent is $1,922. The Census median gross rent is $1,063 (margin of error $158), from B25031.