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Section 8 rent versus market rent in Wisconsin

The largest 2-bedroom voucher premium in Wisconsin is +$625 in Pierce County.

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

Largest premium
+$625
Pierce County
2-bedroom FMR
$1,709
FY2026
Census rent
$1,084
B25031
Counties
72
Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin

110Pierce County$1,709$1,084$63B25031+$625
127St. Croix County$1,709$1,112$46B25031+$597
322Menominee County$973$538$133B25031+$435
399Florence County$1,007$610$269B25031+$397
486Kewaunee County$1,164$797$76B25031+$367
603Forest County$973$648$37B25031+$325
816Douglas County$1,232$956$55B25031+$276
989Iowa County$1,168$922$50B25031+$246
1088Dane County$1,694$1,462$21B25031+$232
1095Sawyer County$1,051$819$94B25031+$232
1142Green County$1,097$871$24B25031+$226
1166Iron County$973$750$177B25031+$223
1281Crawford County$973$764$46B25031+$209
1296Milwaukee County$1,338$1,130$11B25031+$208
1322Ozaukee County$1,338$1,133$34B25031+$205
1375Kenosha County$1,402$1,203$32B25031+$199
1381Chippewa County$1,181$983$45B25031+$198
1407Marquette County$973$777$49B25031+$196
1482Washington County$1,338$1,150$32B25031+$188
1503Adams County$973$788$54B25031+$185
1551Oconto County$973$793$27B25031+$180
1569Rock County$1,246$1,068$27B25031+$178
1649Pepin County$973$802$48B25031+$171
1687Calumet County$1,236$1,069$60B25031+$167
1694Outagamie County$1,236$1,069$26B25031+$167
1723Washburn County$975$810$36B25031+$165
1725Clark County$973$809$36B25031+$164
1746Columbia County$1,195$1,033$40B25031+$162
1792Racine County$1,235$1,076$27B25031+$159
1803Winnebago County$1,149$991$22B25031+$158
1848Grant County$973$819$40B25031+$154
1853Waupaca County$973$819$50B25031+$154
1873Fond du Lac County$1,176$1,024$25B25031+$152
1878Lafayette County$973$821$24B25031+$152
1924Taylor County$973$824$121B25031+$149
1961Waushara County$973$827$98B25031+$146
1963Bayfield County$973$828$90B25031+$145
2012Ashland County$973$832$54B25031+$141
2026Oneida County$1,013$872$63B25031+$141
2135Rusk County$973$841$67B25031+$132
2189Marinette County$973$846$25B25031+$127
2209Lincoln County$973$848$100B25031+$125
2210Manitowoc County$973$848$31B25031+$125
2243Sheboygan County$1,116$993$41B25031+$123
2254Marathon County$1,147$1,025$30B25031+$122
2283Green Lake County$973$854$45B25031+$119
2342Jackson County$973$859$67B25031+$114
2418Monroe County$1,036$929$90B25031+$107
2434Richland County$973$867$98B25031+$106
2435Shawano County$973$867$29B25031+$106
2529Vernon County$973$877$53B25031+$96
2561Polk County$1,097$1,005$54B25031+$92
2578Wood County$973$882$38B25031+$91
2592Burnett County$974$886$93B25031+$88
2595Dodge County$1,080$992$46B25031+$88
2604Eau Claire County$1,181$1,094$30B25031+$87
2612Brown County$1,164$1,078$19B25031+$86
2622Buffalo County$973$888$59B25031+$85
2625Juneau County$973$888$38B25031+$85
2677Dunn County$1,024$945$52B25031+$79
2692Jefferson County$1,156$1,078$34B25031+$78
2738Barron County$984$914$43B25031+$70
2766Portage County$1,037$971$25B25031+$66
2774Langlade County$973$908$91B25031+$65
2794Price County$973$911$60B25031+$62
2882Sauk County$1,111$1,063$47B25031+$48
2887La Crosse County$1,166$1,119$30B25031+$47
2919Walworth County$1,206$1,166$43B25031+$40
2926Trempealeau County$988$950$42B25031+$38
2928Vilas County$973$936$65B25031+$37
2984Door County$1,141$1,120$92B25031+$21
3079Waukesha County$1,338$1,390$29B25031-$52

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 Wisconsin?

Pierce County at +$625. The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent is $1,709. The Census median gross rent is $1,084 (margin of error $63), from B25031.