Average Rent in North Dakota (2026) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in North Dakota is $1,075 per month by HUD's FY 2026 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $873 to $1,534 across 51 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, North Dakota's typical two-bedroom FMR moved +6.2% versus FY 2025).
All 51 North Dakota FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divide County, ND Non-metro | $1,225 | $1,233 | $1,534 | $1,839 | $2,573 | +8.1% |
| McKenzie County, ND Non-metro | $1,117 | $1,124 | $1,354 | $1,672 | $2,271 | +0.2% |
| Williams County, ND Non-metro | $1,042 | $1,068 | $1,196 | $1,578 | $1,745 | +3.6% |
Bismarck, ND MSA Metro 3 countiesBurleigh County · Morton County · Oliver County | $961 | $1,030 | $1,175 | $1,634 | $1,884 | +14.9% |
| Ward County, ND HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $806 | $960 | $1,165 | $1,620 | $1,954 | — |
| Mercer County, ND Non-metro | $875 | $881 | $1,156 | $1,386 | $1,531 | +1.4% |
| Fargo, ND-MN MSA Metro | $768 | $917 | $1,112 | $1,547 | $1,865 | +9.9% |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN MSA Metro | $863 | $868 | $1,089 | $1,515 | $1,827 | +10.7% |
| Renville County, ND HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $783 | $824 | $1,081 | $1,329 | $1,557 | — |
| Mountrail County, ND Non-metro | $738 | $850 | $1,071 | $1,386 | $1,505 | +14.8% |
| Stark County, ND Non-metro | $869 | $874 | $1,056 | $1,469 | $1,771 | +3.5% |
| Golden Valley County, ND Non-metro | $820 | $826 | $1,027 | $1,428 | $1,723 | +10.2% |
| Logan County, ND Non-metro | $810 | $815 | $1,014 | $1,410 | $1,701 | +2.6% |
| McHenry County, ND HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $725 | $839 | $1,000 | $1,387 | $1,678 | — |
| Rolette County, ND Non-metro | $722 | $727 | $954 | $1,318 | $1,600 | +2.8% |
| Barnes County, ND Non-metro | $718 | $722 | $948 | $1,137 | $1,590 | +2.2% |
| Dunn County, ND Non-metro | $749 | $754 | $938 | $1,125 | $1,574 | -1.5% |
| Sargent County, ND Non-metro | $814 | $816 | $935 | $1,261 | $1,569 | +0.8% |
| Hettinger County, ND Non-metro | $740 | $745 | $927 | $1,149 | $1,555 | -0.1% |
| Sheridan County, ND Non-metro | $738 | $743 | $924 | $1,285 | $1,550 | -0.9% |
| Slope County, ND Non-metro | $738 | $743 | $924 | $1,285 | $1,550 | -0.9% |
| Ransom County, ND Non-metro | $710 | $715 | $923 | $1,196 | $1,548 | -0.5% |
| Adams County, ND Non-metro | $697 | $702 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Benson County, ND Non-metro | $760 | $769 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Billings County, ND Non-metro | $697 | $702 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Bottineau County, ND Non-metro | $760 | $796 | $873 | $1,153 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Bowman County, ND Non-metro | $760 | $796 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,427 | -5.9% |
| Burke County, ND Non-metro | $661 | $665 | $873 | $1,101 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Cavalier County, ND Non-metro | $697 | $702 | $873 | $1,170 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Dickey County, ND Non-metro | $725 | $730 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Eddy County, ND Non-metro | $661 | $665 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Emmons County, ND Non-metro | $679 | $683 | $873 | $1,047 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Foster County, ND Non-metro | $727 | $755 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Grant County, ND Non-metro | $678 | $683 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Griggs County, ND Non-metro | $661 | $665 | $873 | $1,076 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Kidder County, ND Non-metro | $727 | $729 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,403 | -5.9% |
| LaMoure County, ND Non-metro | $700 | $704 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| McIntosh County, ND Non-metro | $760 | $787 | $873 | $1,194 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| McLean County, ND Non-metro | $760 | $796 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Nelson County, ND Non-metro | $732 | $745 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Pembina County, ND Non-metro | $760 | $791 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Pierce County, ND Non-metro | $727 | $755 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Ramsey County, ND Non-metro | $602 | $719 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Richland County, ND Non-metro | $661 | $665 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Sioux County, ND Non-metro | $727 | $733 | $873 | $1,146 | $1,385 | -5.9% |
| Steele County, ND Non-metro | $697 | $702 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Stutsman County, ND Non-metro | $676 | $680 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Towner County, ND Non-metro | $697 | $702 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Traill County, ND Non-metro | $686 | $690 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Walsh County, ND Non-metro | $676 | $680 | $873 | $1,140 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
| Wells County, ND Non-metro | $760 | $796 | $873 | $1,214 | $1,464 | -5.9% |
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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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