HUD voucher rents by county and bedroom count, from the current Fair Market Rent and Small Area FMR release.
Source: HUD FY2026 Fair Market Rents and Small Area FMRs, effective 2025-10-01, retrieved 2026-10-09, with ZIP placement from the HUD-USPS ZIP Crosswalk 2021-Q4. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr.html
| Hampshire County | $1,133 | $1,255 | $1,573 | $1,965 | $2,639 | 17 |
| Jefferson County | $947 | $953 | $1,251 | $1,740 | $2,099 | 10 |
| Berkeley County | $850 | $971 | $1,233 | $1,702 | $1,947 | 11 |
| Monongalia County | $871 | $877 | $1,099 | $1,318 | $1,657 | 16 |
| Preston County | $871 | $877 | $1,099 | $1,318 | $1,657 | 14 |
| Putnam County | $798 | $803 | $1,054 | $1,461 | $1,575 | 12 |
| Clay County | $714 | $829 | $1,036 | $1,325 | $1,372 | 14 |
| Kanawha County | $714 | $829 | $1,036 | $1,325 | $1,372 | 70 |
| Marion County | $742 | $838 | $1,007 | $1,235 | $1,624 | 17 |
| Marshall County | $683 | $816 | $991 | $1,277 | $1,413 | 8 |
| Ohio County | $683 | $816 | $991 | $1,277 | $1,413 | 4 |
| Brooke County | $752 | $757 | $973 | $1,285 | $1,482 | 7 |
| Cabell County | $848 | $853 | $973 | $1,249 | $1,410 | 43 |
| Hancock County | $752 | $757 | $973 | $1,285 | $1,482 | 5 |
| Wayne County | $848 | $853 | $973 | $1,249 | $1,410 | 15 |
| Morgan County | $663 | $732 | $961 | $1,221 | $1,612 | 2 |
| Upshur County | $728 | $732 | $961 | $1,205 | $1,612 | 10 |
| Harrison County | $770 | $843 | $955 | $1,264 | $1,466 | 19 |
| Taylor County | $657 | $774 | $953 | $1,286 | $1,291 | 5 |
| Raleigh County | $715 | $719 | $944 | $1,313 | $1,377 | 48 |
| Wetzel County | $709 | $714 | $937 | $1,206 | $1,241 | 12 |
| Hardy County | $715 | $784 | $932 | $1,146 | $1,263 | 8 |
| Randolph County | $641 | $708 | $929 | $1,183 | $1,468 | 18 |
| Doddridge County | $712 | $754 | $928 | $1,207 | $1,257 | 4 |
| Wirt County | $741 | $745 | $928 | $1,194 | $1,253 | 4 |
| Wood County | $741 | $745 | $928 | $1,194 | $1,253 | 16 |
| Greenbrier County | $709 | $735 | $924 | $1,179 | $1,235 | 18 |
| Fayette County | $631 | $697 | $915 | $1,195 | $1,535 | 38 |
| Mingo County | $689 | $696 | $898 | $1,077 | $1,288 | 20 |
| Mercer County | $618 | $717 | $896 | $1,206 | $1,258 | 19 |
| Barbour County | $667 | $793 | $869 | $1,147 | $1,313 | 6 |
| Boone County | $669 | $674 | $869 | $1,195 | $1,458 | 26 |
| Braxton County | $660 | $665 | $869 | $1,147 | $1,311 | 10 |
| Calhoun County | $667 | $706 | $869 | $1,173 | $1,177 | 9 |
| Gilmer County | $667 | $793 | $869 | $1,140 | $1,390 | 9 |
| Grant County | $658 | $662 | $869 | $1,127 | $1,177 | 7 |
| Jackson County | $667 | $726 | $869 | $1,137 | $1,221 | 11 |
| Lewis County | $667 | $754 | $869 | $1,146 | $1,151 | 9 |
| Lincoln County | $667 | $714 | $869 | $1,042 | $1,177 | 14 |
| Logan County | $667 | $793 | $869 | $1,209 | $1,458 | 32 |
| Mason County | $667 | $793 | $869 | $1,081 | $1,151 | 14 |
| McDowell County | $658 | $662 | $869 | $1,146 | $1,151 | 36 |
| Mineral County | $667 | $695 | $869 | $1,146 | $1,250 | 8 |
| Monroe County | $667 | $706 | $869 | $1,209 | $1,312 | 11 |
| Nicholas County | $667 | $696 | $869 | $1,125 | $1,177 | 17 |
| Pendleton County | $667 | $706 | $869 | $1,209 | $1,219 | 8 |
| Pleasants County | $658 | $662 | $869 | $1,173 | $1,177 | 2 |
| Pocahontas County | $667 | $788 | $869 | $1,146 | $1,177 | 11 |
| Ritchie County | $658 | $662 | $869 | $1,042 | $1,151 | 10 |
| Roane County | $667 | $793 | $869 | $1,173 | $1,177 | 8 |
| Summers County | $667 | $706 | $869 | $1,146 | $1,151 | 11 |
| Tucker County | $667 | $699 | $869 | $1,209 | $1,458 | 8 |
| Tyler County | $667 | $706 | $869 | $1,124 | $1,177 | 5 |
| Webster County | $658 | $662 | $869 | $1,061 | $1,177 | 8 |
| Wyoming County | $667 | $748 | $869 | $1,173 | $1,177 | 34 |
HUD uses the Fair Market Rent to set the Housing Choice Voucher payment standard, the maximum monthly subsidy base for a bedroom count. The FY2026 2-bedroom rent on this page is $995. 24 CFR 982.503 sets the basic range from 90 percent to 110 percent of the applicable Fair Market Rent. In a metro on HUD's designated Small Area FMR list, that rent is the ZIP Small Area FMR. Elsewhere it is the metro or county Fair Market Rent (HUD Fair Market Rents, Small Area FMRs).
The population-weighted FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent in West Virginia is $995.
The highest FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent row in West Virginia is $1,573 in Hampshire County.
HUD uses the Fair Market Rent to set the Housing Choice Voucher payment standard, the maximum monthly subsidy base for a bedroom count. The FY2026 2-bedroom rent on this page is $995. 24 CFR 982.503 sets the basic range from 90 percent to 110 percent of the applicable Fair Market Rent. In a metro on HUD's designated Small Area FMR list, that rent is the ZIP Small Area FMR. Elsewhere it is the metro or county Fair Market Rent (HUD Fair Market Rents, Small Area FMRs).