Average Rent in Colorado (2026) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in Colorado is $1,866 per month by HUD's FY 2026 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $973 to $2,467 across 55 rent areas.
Fair Market Rent is HUD's annual estimate of what a modest rental costs in each local market — the 40th percentile of gross rents (rent plus tenant-paid utilities) for recent movers, published for studio through four-bedroom units and used to set Section 8 / Housing Choice Voucher payment standards. FMRs are a federal benchmark, not an asking-rent average: use them to sanity-check your pricing (statewide, Colorado's typical two-bedroom FMR moved -0.9% versus FY 2025).
All 55 Colorado FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 8 metro areas; the rest are non-metro county areas. "vs FY 2025" is the two-bedroom change from last year's FMR for the same area.
| Area | Studio | 1 BR | 2 BR | 3 BR | 4 BR | 2 BR vs FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summit County, CO Non-metro | $1,701 | $1,880 | $2,467 | $2,958 | $3,268 | +7.7% |
| Eagle County, CO Non-metro | $1,640 | $1,813 | $2,379 | $2,852 | $3,688 | +9.4% |
| Pitkin County, CO Non-metro | $1,526 | $2,020 | $2,214 | $2,826 | $3,471 | +1.8% |
| Boulder, CO MSA Metro | $1,553 | $1,795 | $2,124 | $2,820 | $3,239 | +3.2% |
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO MSA Metro 10 countiesAdams County · Arapahoe County · Broomfield County · Clear Creek County · Denver County · Douglas County · Elbert County · Gilpin County · Jefferson County · Park County | $1,643 | $1,754 | $2,089 | $2,734 | $3,049 | -2.4% |
| Routt County, CO Non-metro | $1,726 | $1,845 | $2,022 | $2,424 | $3,170 | +6.9% |
| Colorado Springs, CO HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,196 | $1,464 | $1,735 | $2,413 | $2,744 | -2.4% |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA Metro | $1,509 | $1,537 | $1,732 | $2,385 | $2,540 | +2.2% |
| San Miguel County, CO Non-metro | $1,245 | $1,254 | $1,645 | $2,288 | $2,579 | -5.6% |
| Garfield County, CO Non-metro | $1,215 | $1,223 | $1,605 | $2,232 | $2,391 | +0.4% |
| La Plata County, CO Non-metro | $1,181 | $1,211 | $1,589 | $1,942 | $2,288 | 0.0% |
| Greeley, CO MSA Metro | $1,171 | $1,238 | $1,563 | $2,174 | $2,590 | +2.3% |
| Ouray County, CO Non-metro | $1,170 | $1,245 | $1,526 | $2,122 | $2,392 | -5.5% |
| Teller County, CO HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,029 | $1,362 | $1,493 | $2,076 | $2,505 | +1.9% |
| Grand County, CO Non-metro | $1,107 | $1,318 | $1,475 | $1,769 | $2,474 | +11.5% |
| Chaffee County, CO Non-metro | $1,110 | $1,117 | $1,466 | $2,039 | $2,298 | +12.4% |
| Lake County, CO Non-metro | $1,017 | $1,024 | $1,343 | $1,714 | $2,106 | +3.1% |
| Mineral County, CO Non-metro | $1,017 | $1,024 | $1,343 | $1,714 | $2,106 | +3.1% |
| Archuleta County, CO Non-metro | $1,134 | $1,141 | $1,337 | $1,859 | $2,243 | +4.1% |
| Gunnison County, CO Non-metro | $1,015 | $1,149 | $1,334 | $1,855 | $2,238 | +0.6% |
| Crowley County, CO Non-metro | $976 | $982 | $1,289 | $1,546 | $2,021 | -4.3% |
| Pueblo, CO MSA Metro | $875 | $967 | $1,269 | $1,617 | $1,893 | +0.9% |
| Grand Junction, CO MSA Metro | $881 | $986 | $1,249 | $1,737 | $2,095 | +0.3% |
| Fremont County, CO Non-metro | $942 | $948 | $1,244 | $1,593 | $1,647 | +6.7% |
| San Juan County, CO Non-metro | $945 | $1,119 | $1,227 | $1,509 | $1,924 | -8.3% |
| Montezuma County, CO Non-metro | $852 | $906 | $1,180 | $1,569 | $1,850 | +0.9% |
| Montrose County, CO Non-metro | $884 | $890 | $1,168 | $1,624 | $1,959 | +2.0% |
| Moffat County, CO Non-metro | $881 | $887 | $1,164 | $1,396 | $1,614 | +1.9% |
| Morgan County, CO Non-metro | $878 | $884 | $1,160 | $1,606 | $1,824 | -0.8% |
| Las Animas County, CO Non-metro | $796 | $880 | $1,155 | $1,425 | $1,529 | +3.3% |
| Kiowa County, CO Non-metro | $868 | $873 | $1,146 | $1,463 | $1,797 | +4.0% |
| Hinsdale County, CO Non-metro | $867 | $873 | $1,145 | $1,461 | $1,795 | +4.1% |
| Dolores County, CO Non-metro | $855 | $1,017 | $1,115 | $1,423 | $1,748 | +8.7% |
| Delta County, CO Non-metro | $854 | $865 | $1,114 | $1,537 | $1,869 | +7.2% |
| Washington County, CO Non-metro | $854 | $856 | $1,114 | $1,336 | $1,475 | +7.4% |
| Custer County, CO Non-metro | $853 | $856 | $1,112 | $1,333 | $1,743 | +6.7% |
| Logan County, CO Non-metro | $769 | $839 | $1,101 | $1,452 | $1,458 | +5.3% |
| Rio Grande County, CO Non-metro | $839 | $976 | $1,094 | $1,312 | $1,715 | +6.6% |
| Kit Carson County, CO Non-metro | $828 | $833 | $1,093 | $1,311 | $1,714 | +1.1% |
| Yuma County, CO Non-metro | $803 | $809 | $1,061 | $1,361 | $1,405 | -5.7% |
| Phillips County, CO Non-metro | $798 | $803 | $1,054 | $1,345 | $1,652 | +2.3% |
| Cheyenne County, CO Non-metro | $790 | $796 | $1,044 | $1,343 | $1,637 | -0.9% |
| Bent County, CO Non-metro | $772 | $777 | $1,019 | $1,417 | $1,598 | +3.0% |
| Lincoln County, CO Non-metro | $769 | $774 | $1,016 | $1,413 | $1,593 | -0.9% |
| Huerfano County, CO Non-metro | $698 | $811 | $1,013 | $1,215 | $1,588 | +3.1% |
| Rio Blanco County, CO Non-metro | $764 | $769 | $1,009 | $1,285 | $1,582 | +2.9% |
| Alamosa County, CO Non-metro | $766 | $833 | $999 | $1,389 | $1,676 | +2.8% |
| Jackson County, CO Non-metro | $749 | $754 | $989 | $1,262 | $1,551 | +6.0% |
| Saguache County, CO Non-metro | $748 | $797 | $975 | $1,295 | $1,529 | +0.2% |
| Baca County, CO Non-metro | $746 | $771 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,525 | +4.3% |
| Conejos County, CO Non-metro | $746 | $865 | $973 | $1,332 | $1,336 | +4.3% |
| Costilla County, CO Non-metro | $737 | $742 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,525 | +4.2% |
| Otero County, CO Non-metro | $737 | $742 | $973 | $1,303 | $1,632 | +4.3% |
| Prowers County, CO Non-metro | $746 | $888 | $973 | $1,249 | $1,542 | +4.3% |
| Sedgwick County, CO Non-metro | $746 | $759 | $973 | $1,167 | $1,525 | +4.3% |
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About this data
Source: HUD FY 2026 Fair Market Rents, county-level file (revised), published at huduser.gov — a U.S. government work in the public domain, republished here unmodified. The typical-rent figure is the population-weighted average across the areas above (county populations from HUD's file); year-over-year comparisons match each area with last year's file by HUD area code. Effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026; last regenerated from HUD's file on 2026-07-20. FMRs cap what a housing authority can pay under the voucher program; your local Public Housing Authority's payment standard may be set between 90% and 110% of FMR. Full method notes: how the rent figures are computed.
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