Average Rent in Ohio (2026) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in Ohio is $1,219 per month by HUD's FY 2026 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $973 to $1,433 across 68 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, Ohio's typical two-bedroom FMR moved +6.1% versus FY 2025).
All 68 Ohio FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union County, OH HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,113 | $1,125 | $1,433 | $1,718 | $1,897 | +0.6% |
Columbus, OH HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 7 countiesDelaware County · Fairfield County · Franklin County · Licking County · Madison County · Morrow County · Pickaway County | $1,111 | $1,194 | $1,430 | $1,715 | $1,927 | -1.0% |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 4 countiesButler County · Clermont County · Hamilton County · Warren County | $958 | $1,051 | $1,353 | $1,785 | $1,976 | +5.1% |
Cleveland, OH HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 5 countiesCuyahoga County · Geauga County · Lake County · Lorain County · Medina County | $933 | $1,058 | $1,279 | $1,646 | $1,760 | — |
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH MSA Metro 3 countiesGreene County · Miami County · Montgomery County | $928 | $1,009 | $1,273 | $1,651 | $1,817 | +18.2% |
Akron, OH MSA Metro 2 countiesPortage County · Summit County | $904 | $985 | $1,268 | $1,547 | $1,681 | +12.1% |
| Hancock County, OH Non-metro | $777 | $859 | $1,127 | $1,484 | $1,693 | +13.2% |
| Lima, OH MSA Metro | $839 | $844 | $1,108 | $1,338 | $1,493 | +6.5% |
| Erie County, OH HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $854 | $886 | $1,106 | $1,384 | $1,557 | — |
| Ottawa County, OH HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $807 | $843 | $1,106 | $1,326 | $1,696 | — |
| Springfield, OH MSA Metro | $763 | $843 | $1,106 | $1,355 | $1,572 | +4.2% |
| Athens County, OH Non-metro | $902 | $907 | $1,092 | $1,338 | $1,491 | +4.7% |
Canton-Massillon, OH MSA Metro 2 countiesCarroll County · Stark County | $749 | $846 | $1,086 | $1,371 | $1,451 | +11.0% |
| Knox County, OH Non-metro | $824 | $862 | $1,078 | $1,408 | $1,427 | +9.2% |
Toledo, OH MSA Metro 3 countiesFulton County · Lucas County · Wood County | $769 | $820 | $1,076 | $1,380 | $1,454 | +1.9% |
| Marion County, OH Non-metro | $806 | $811 | $1,064 | $1,276 | $1,409 | +9.5% |
| Ross County, OH Non-metro | $785 | $882 | $1,057 | $1,335 | $1,399 | +8.9% |
| Putnam County, OH Non-metro | $797 | $808 | $1,053 | $1,263 | $1,394 | +14.6% |
| Champaign County, OH Non-metro | $737 | $818 | $1,046 | $1,333 | $1,470 | +15.6% |
| Wayne County, OH Non-metro | $718 | $816 | $1,041 | $1,269 | $1,491 | +9.6% |
| Ashtabula County, OH HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $715 | $840 | $1,037 | $1,257 | $1,429 | — |
| Shelby County, OH Non-metro | $720 | $787 | $1,033 | $1,384 | $1,448 | +7.9% |
| Clinton County, OH Non-metro | $778 | $838 | $1,029 | $1,349 | $1,696 | +11.0% |
| Logan County, OH Non-metro | $777 | $783 | $1,027 | $1,251 | $1,360 | +8.1% |
| Tuscarawas County, OH Non-metro | $775 | $780 | $1,023 | $1,316 | $1,484 | +9.9% |
| Brown County, OH HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $797 | $802 | $1,008 | $1,361 | $1,691 | +6.4% |
| Seneca County, OH Non-metro | $762 | $767 | $1,007 | $1,226 | $1,333 | +9.7% |
| Auglaize County, OH Non-metro | $757 | $762 | $1,000 | $1,391 | $1,668 | +13.1% |
| Fayette County, OH Non-metro | $750 | $836 | $992 | $1,273 | $1,415 | +11.2% |
| Wheeling, WV-OH MSA Metro | $683 | $816 | $991 | $1,277 | $1,413 | +3.9% |
| Mercer County, OH Non-metro | $747 | $788 | $987 | $1,287 | $1,307 | +11.7% |
| Noble County, OH Non-metro | $744 | $749 | $983 | $1,210 | $1,386 | +11.2% |
| Henry County, OH Non-metro | $761 | $766 | $982 | $1,303 | $1,647 | +11.1% |
| Defiance County, OH Non-metro | $754 | $799 | $980 | $1,239 | $1,408 | +9.6% |
| Pike County, OH Non-metro | $738 | $744 | $976 | $1,214 | $1,446 | +10.4% |
| Adams County, OH Non-metro | $736 | $785 | $973 | $1,220 | $1,288 | +10.1% |
| Ashland County, OH Non-metro | $677 | $779 | $973 | $1,280 | $1,472 | +10.1% |
| Columbiana County, OH Non-metro | $693 | $779 | $973 | $1,218 | $1,288 | +10.1% |
| Coshocton County, OH Non-metro | $736 | $824 | $973 | $1,254 | $1,632 | +10.1% |
| Crawford County, OH Non-metro | $780 | $811 | $973 | $1,283 | $1,288 | +10.1% |
| Darke County, OH Non-metro | $801 | $806 | $973 | $1,290 | $1,295 | +10.1% |
| Gallia County, OH Non-metro | $736 | $871 | $973 | $1,240 | $1,632 | +10.1% |
| Guernsey County, OH Non-metro | $737 | $742 | $973 | $1,280 | $1,574 | +10.1% |
| Hardin County, OH Non-metro | $806 | $811 | $973 | $1,230 | $1,373 | +10.1% |
| Harrison County, OH Non-metro | $744 | $749 | $973 | $1,283 | $1,288 | +10.1% |
| Highland County, OH Non-metro | $736 | $845 | $973 | $1,167 | $1,492 | +10.1% |
| Hocking County, OH HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $737 | $742 | $973 | $1,338 | $1,383 | +4.8% |
| Holmes County, OH Non-metro | $736 | $742 | $973 | $1,197 | $1,288 | +10.1% |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $848 | $853 | $973 | $1,249 | $1,410 | +0.2% |
| Huron County, OH Non-metro | $737 | $742 | $973 | $1,212 | $1,521 | +10.1% |
| Jackson County, OH Non-metro | $736 | $762 | $973 | $1,256 | $1,344 | +10.1% |
| Mansfield, OH MSA Metro | $671 | $773 | $973 | $1,315 | $1,530 | +5.3% |
| Meigs County, OH Non-metro | $722 | $758 | $973 | $1,167 | $1,552 | +10.1% |
| Monroe County, OH Non-metro | $736 | $742 | $973 | $1,283 | $1,288 | +10.1% |
| Morgan County, OH Non-metro | $736 | $875 | $973 | $1,193 | $1,462 | +10.1% |
| Muskingum County, OH Non-metro | $815 | $820 | $973 | $1,324 | $1,438 | +10.1% |
| Paulding County, OH Non-metro | $736 | $780 | $973 | $1,343 | $1,530 | +10.1% |
| Perry County, OH HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $786 | $790 | $973 | $1,202 | $1,429 | +4.2% |
| Preble County, OH Non-metro | $736 | $742 | $973 | $1,298 | $1,424 | +10.1% |
| Sandusky County, OH Non-metro | $671 | $799 | $973 | $1,214 | $1,313 | +10.1% |
| Scioto County, OH Non-metro | $671 | $808 | $973 | $1,328 | $1,466 | +10.1% |
| Van Wert County, OH Non-metro | $724 | $762 | $973 | $1,218 | $1,323 | +10.1% |
| Vinton County, OH Non-metro | $736 | $792 | $973 | $1,167 | $1,372 | +10.1% |
| Washington County, OH Non-metro | $756 | $760 | $973 | $1,313 | $1,449 | +9.1% |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH MSA Metro | $752 | $757 | $973 | $1,285 | $1,482 | +8.2% |
| Williams County, OH Non-metro | $736 | $761 | $973 | $1,208 | $1,288 | +10.1% |
| Wyandot County, OH Non-metro | $736 | $800 | $973 | $1,242 | $1,422 | +10.1% |
Youngstown-Warren, OH MSA Metro 2 countiesMahoning County · Trumbull County | $735 | $771 | $973 | $1,270 | $1,345 | +10.1% |
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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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