Average Rent in Colorado (2027) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in Colorado is $1,916 per month by HUD's FY 2027 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $1,014 to $2,766 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 +2.7% versus FY 2026).
All 55 Colorado FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 8 metro areas; the rest are non-metro county areas. "vs FY 2026" 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 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summit County, CO Non-metro | $1,926 | $2,114 | $2,766 | $3,296 | $3,749 | +12.1% |
| Eagle County, CO Non-metro | $1,815 | $1,993 | $2,607 | $3,106 | $4,357 | +9.6% |
| Pitkin County, CO Non-metro | $1,808 | $2,169 | $2,597 | $3,346 | $4,033 | +17.3% |
| Routt County, CO Non-metro | $2,020 | $2,119 | $2,384 | $2,841 | $3,702 | +17.9% |
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 | $1,751 | $1,831 | $2,169 | $2,846 | $3,183 | +3.8% |
| Boulder, CO MSA Metro | $1,520 | $1,735 | $2,033 | $2,703 | $3,146 | -4.3% |
| Grand County, CO Non-metro | $1,370 | $1,464 | $1,844 | $2,197 | $2,617 | +25.0% |
| La Plata County, CO Non-metro | $1,338 | $1,392 | $1,821 | $2,209 | $2,393 | +14.6% |
| Garfield County, CO Non-metro | $1,240 | $1,387 | $1,781 | $2,466 | $2,477 | +11.0% |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA Metro | $1,551 | $1,589 | $1,759 | $2,379 | $2,576 | +1.6% |
| Chaffee County, CO Non-metro | $1,304 | $1,342 | $1,755 | $2,362 | $2,725 | +19.7% |
| Greeley, CO MSA Metro | $1,240 | $1,307 | $1,647 | $2,281 | $2,753 | +5.4% |
| Ouray County, CO Non-metro | $1,218 | $1,507 | $1,640 | $2,271 | $2,547 | +7.5% |
| San Miguel County, CO Non-metro | $1,136 | $1,377 | $1,631 | $2,258 | $2,533 | -0.9% |
| Colorado Springs, CO HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,129 | $1,380 | $1,621 | $2,245 | $2,574 | -6.6% |
| Archuleta County, CO Non-metro | $1,253 | $1,260 | $1,542 | $2,135 | $2,577 | +15.3% |
| Jackson County, CO Non-metro | $1,103 | $1,143 | $1,485 | $1,913 | $2,306 | +50.2% |
| Lake County, CO Non-metro | $1,103 | $1,143 | $1,485 | $1,913 | $2,306 | +10.6% |
| Mineral County, CO Non-metro | $1,103 | $1,143 | $1,485 | $1,913 | $2,306 | +10.6% |
| Teller County, CO HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,026 | $1,354 | $1,474 | $2,041 | $2,346 | -1.3% |
| Gunnison County, CO Non-metro | $1,222 | $1,276 | $1,437 | $1,990 | $2,231 | +7.7% |
| Fremont County, CO Non-metro | $1,067 | $1,098 | $1,436 | $1,794 | $2,230 | +15.4% |
| Crowley County, CO Non-metro | $1,044 | $1,074 | $1,405 | $1,674 | $2,182 | +9.0% |
| San Juan County, CO Non-metro | $936 | $1,035 | $1,344 | $1,620 | $2,087 | +9.5% |
| Dolores County, CO Non-metro | $989 | $1,224 | $1,332 | $1,716 | $2,068 | +19.5% |
| Montrose County, CO Non-metro | $995 | $1,054 | $1,321 | $1,829 | $2,208 | +13.1% |
| Kiowa County, CO Non-metro | $980 | $1,015 | $1,319 | $1,700 | $2,048 | +15.1% |
| Hinsdale County, CO Non-metro | $978 | $1,013 | $1,316 | $1,696 | $2,044 | +14.9% |
| Washington County, CO Non-metro | $963 | $991 | $1,297 | $1,545 | $1,705 | +16.4% |
| Las Animas County, CO Non-metro | $959 | $1,000 | $1,291 | $1,620 | $1,719 | +11.8% |
| Grand Junction, CO MSA Metro | $893 | $1,017 | $1,282 | $1,775 | $2,143 | +2.6% |
| Montezuma County, CO Non-metro | $953 | $1,025 | $1,280 | $1,772 | $1,988 | +8.5% |
| Delta County, CO Non-metro | $940 | $972 | $1,266 | $1,753 | $2,105 | +13.6% |
| Pueblo, CO MSA Metro | $879 | $978 | $1,263 | $1,611 | $1,891 | -0.5% |
| Morgan County, CO Non-metro | $937 | $964 | $1,261 | $1,746 | $1,959 | +8.7% |
| Logan County, CO Non-metro | $928 | $955 | $1,249 | $1,650 | $1,707 | +13.4% |
| Kit Carson County, CO Non-metro | $922 | $1,058 | $1,241 | $1,479 | $1,927 | +13.5% |
| Moffat County, CO Non-metro | $910 | $936 | $1,225 | $1,586 | $1,992 | +5.2% |
| Rio Grande County, CO Non-metro | $906 | $939 | $1,220 | $1,454 | $1,895 | +11.5% |
| Custer County, CO Non-metro | $893 | $970 | $1,202 | $1,432 | $1,867 | +8.1% |
| Cheyenne County, CO Non-metro | $867 | $898 | $1,167 | $1,545 | $1,812 | +11.8% |
| Rio Blanco County, CO Non-metro | $865 | $891 | $1,165 | $1,488 | $1,809 | +15.5% |
| Bent County, CO Non-metro | $854 | $879 | $1,150 | $1,592 | $1,786 | +12.9% |
| Alamosa County, CO Non-metro | $853 | $949 | $1,149 | $1,570 | $1,920 | +15.0% |
| Phillips County, CO Non-metro | $845 | $875 | $1,137 | $1,465 | $1,766 | +7.9% |
| Yuma County, CO Non-metro | $841 | $865 | $1,132 | $1,530 | $1,758 | +6.7% |
| Huerfano County, CO Non-metro | $829 | $859 | $1,116 | $1,438 | $1,733 | +10.2% |
| Lincoln County, CO Non-metro | $795 | $818 | $1,070 | $1,482 | $1,662 | +5.3% |
| Otero County, CO Non-metro | $787 | $810 | $1,059 | $1,359 | $1,770 | +8.8% |
| Saguache County, CO Non-metro | $787 | $957 | $1,059 | $1,466 | $1,645 | +8.6% |
| Prowers County, CO Non-metro | $780 | $907 | $1,050 | $1,419 | $1,631 | +7.9% |
| Baca County, CO Non-metro | $753 | $775 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,575 | +4.2% |
| Conejos County, CO Non-metro | $753 | $922 | $1,014 | $1,390 | $1,395 | +4.2% |
| Costilla County, CO Non-metro | $753 | $781 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,575 | +4.2% |
| Sedgwick County, CO Non-metro | $753 | $775 | $1,014 | $1,208 | $1,575 | +4.2% |
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About this data
Source: HUD FY 2027 Fair Market Rents, county-level file, 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, 2026 through September 30, 2027; last regenerated from HUD's file on 2026-09-01. 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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