Average Rent in Washington (2026) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in Washington is $2,011 per month by HUD's FY 2026 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $973 to $2,501 across 35 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, Washington's typical two-bedroom FMR moved -2.8% versus FY 2025).
All 35 Washington FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seattle-Bellevue, WA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 2 countiesKing County · Snohomish County | $2,074 | $2,146 | $2,501 | $3,272 | $3,847 | -6.4% |
| Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA MSA Metro | $1,400 | $1,548 | $2,031 | $2,676 | $2,941 | -1.3% |
| Tacoma, WA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,428 | $1,605 | $1,971 | $2,733 | $3,102 | -4.2% |
| Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA MSA Metro | $1,538 | $1,682 | $1,960 | $2,613 | $3,288 | +6.3% |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA MSA Metro 2 countiesClark County · Skamania County | $1,570 | $1,677 | $1,922 | $2,619 | $3,109 | -3.8% |
| Bellingham, WA MSA Metro | $1,463 | $1,493 | $1,794 | $2,495 | $3,010 | +9.3% |
| San Juan County, WA Non-metro | $1,215 | $1,343 | $1,762 | $2,332 | $2,333 | +4.1% |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA MSA Metro | $1,186 | $1,311 | $1,720 | $2,392 | $2,599 | +1.1% |
| Island County, WA Non-metro | $1,172 | $1,356 | $1,671 | $2,324 | $2,733 | +4.4% |
| Walla Walla, WA MSA Metro | $1,074 | $1,181 | $1,550 | $2,118 | $2,600 | +4.2% |
Kennewick-Richland, WA MSA Metro 2 countiesBenton County · Franklin County | $1,122 | $1,268 | $1,538 | $2,071 | $2,385 | +2.3% |
| Spokane, WA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,103 | $1,193 | $1,531 | $2,088 | $2,506 | +6.0% |
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA MSA Metro 2 countiesChelan County · Douglas County | $1,034 | $1,143 | $1,500 | $2,063 | $2,516 | +0.8% |
| Kittitas County, WA Non-metro | $1,002 | $1,108 | $1,454 | $2,022 | $2,439 | +10.4% |
| Longview-Kelso, WA MSA Metro | $1,000 | $1,199 | $1,451 | $2,018 | $2,434 | +3.3% |
| Yakima, WA MSA Metro | $1,040 | $1,047 | $1,374 | $1,911 | $2,093 | +2.9% |
| Jefferson County, WA Non-metro | $1,119 | $1,165 | $1,367 | $1,901 | $2,293 | +10.9% |
| Mason County, WA Non-metro | $1,030 | $1,032 | $1,354 | $1,883 | $2,097 | +7.4% |
| Klickitat County, WA Non-metro | $921 | $1,018 | $1,336 | $1,602 | $1,825 | +10.0% |
| Lewis County, WA Non-metro | $882 | $975 | $1,279 | $1,688 | $1,832 | +1.8% |
| Clallam County, WA Non-metro | $880 | $966 | $1,266 | $1,761 | $2,026 | +1.7% |
| Grant County, WA Non-metro | $933 | $939 | $1,232 | $1,707 | $2,067 | +4.8% |
| Lewiston, ID-WA MSA Metro | $925 | $931 | $1,220 | $1,697 | $2,037 | +1.0% |
| Grays Harbor County, WA Non-metro | $838 | $927 | $1,216 | $1,691 | $1,869 | +4.5% |
| Whitman County, WA Non-metro | $806 | $891 | $1,169 | $1,626 | $1,961 | +0.2% |
| Wahkiakum County, WA Non-metro | $798 | $1,021 | $1,137 | $1,581 | $1,907 | +6.5% |
| Pacific County, WA Non-metro | $796 | $926 | $1,134 | $1,557 | $1,902 | +2.6% |
| Adams County, WA Non-metro | $795 | $863 | $1,133 | $1,576 | $1,901 | +5.2% |
| Stevens County, WA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $879 | $885 | $1,131 | $1,573 | $1,897 | +7.8% |
| Pend Oreille County, WA Non-metro | $759 | $838 | $1,099 | $1,379 | $1,844 | +6.4% |
| Columbia County, WA Non-metro | $738 | $951 | $1,052 | $1,463 | $1,765 | +1.6% |
| Garfield County, WA Non-metro | $735 | $798 | $1,047 | $1,456 | $1,756 | +4.5% |
| Okanogan County, WA Non-metro | $732 | $828 | $1,043 | $1,428 | $1,559 | -0.9% |
| Lincoln County, WA Non-metro | $716 | $778 | $1,021 | $1,420 | $1,713 | 0.0% |
| Ferry County, WA Non-metro | $683 | $742 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,632 | +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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