Average Rent in Florida (2027) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in Florida is $1,962 per month by HUD's FY 2027 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $953 to $2,564 across 52 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, Florida's typical two-bedroom FMR moved +1.6% versus FY 2026).
All 52 Florida FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,953 | $2,121 | $2,564 | $3,277 | $3,749 | +5.3% |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,907 | $2,008 | $2,349 | $3,052 | $3,523 | +4.2% |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,759 | $1,902 | $2,321 | $3,172 | $3,662 | -0.5% |
| Monroe County, FL Non-metro | $1,554 | $1,990 | $2,254 | $2,973 | $2,984 | -10.0% |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA Metro 2 countiesManatee County · Sarasota County | $1,749 | $1,876 | $2,188 | $2,775 | $3,309 | +11.7% |
Port St. Lucie, FL MSA Metro 2 countiesMartin County · St. Lucie County | $1,707 | $1,718 | $2,069 | $2,801 | $2,924 | +17.8% |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL MSA Metro | $1,418 | $1,870 | $2,036 | $2,584 | $2,815 | +2.5% |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA Metro 4 countiesLake County · Orange County · Osceola County · Seminole County | $1,658 | $1,726 | $1,959 | $2,445 | $2,856 | -0.7% |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA Metro 4 countiesHernando County · Hillsborough County · Pasco County · Pinellas County | $1,597 | $1,648 | $1,917 | $2,448 | $2,977 | -3.0% |
| Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,421 | $1,706 | $1,908 | $2,616 | $3,189 | +6.9% |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA Metro | $1,555 | $1,564 | $1,835 | $2,373 | $2,615 | -6.4% |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA Metro | $1,327 | $1,525 | $1,779 | $2,382 | $2,707 | +4.1% |
| Palm Coast, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,326 | $1,376 | $1,758 | $2,361 | $2,581 | -2.7% |
Jacksonville, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 4 countiesClay County · Duval County · Nassau County · St. Johns County | $1,401 | $1,421 | $1,694 | $2,077 | $2,594 | +2.2% |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,258 | $1,363 | $1,673 | $2,204 | $2,403 | -1.6% |
| Panama City, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,414 | $1,517 | $1,651 | $2,101 | $2,567 | -1.8% |
| Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL MSA Metro | $1,258 | $1,338 | $1,608 | $2,212 | $2,688 | +7.4% |
| Punta Gorda, FL MSA Metro | $1,097 | $1,204 | $1,575 | $2,137 | $2,556 | +7.1% |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL MSA Metro 2 countiesEscambia County · Santa Rosa County | $1,154 | $1,359 | $1,548 | $2,034 | $2,435 | +5.2% |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL MSA Metro | $1,171 | $1,179 | $1,542 | $1,882 | $2,577 | -3.9% |
| Gulf County, FL Non-metro | $1,161 | $1,168 | $1,532 | $1,837 | $2,028 | -10.0% |
| Walton County, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,123 | $1,354 | $1,474 | $2,041 | $2,464 | +8.1% |
Gainesville, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 2 countiesAlachua County · Gilchrist County | $1,197 | $1,241 | $1,471 | $1,806 | $1,933 | -1.5% |
Tallahassee, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 3 countiesGadsden County · Jefferson County · Leon County | $1,186 | $1,264 | $1,424 | $1,742 | $1,871 | +5.3% |
| Ocala, FL MSA Metro | $1,194 | $1,201 | $1,394 | $1,836 | $1,925 | +1.5% |
| Wildwood-The Villages, FL MSA Metro | $1,092 | $1,139 | $1,324 | $1,606 | $1,904 | -0.3% |
| Wakulla County, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,073 | $1,140 | $1,283 | $1,529 | $1,686 | +7.0% |
| Sebring, FL MSA Metro | $877 | $1,022 | $1,259 | $1,500 | $1,905 | -0.9% |
| Okeechobee County, FL Non-metro | $923 | $929 | $1,212 | $1,485 | $1,604 | -10.0% |
| Homosassa Springs, FL MSA Metro | $985 | $988 | $1,194 | $1,653 | $1,993 | -2.5% |
| Lafayette County, FL Non-metro | $1,037 | $1,063 | $1,191 | $1,428 | $1,577 | -10.0% |
| Columbia County, FL Non-metro | $891 | $931 | $1,187 | $1,422 | $1,571 | -9.9% |
| Hendry County, FL Non-metro | $964 | $970 | $1,144 | $1,411 | $1,688 | -10.0% |
| Glades County, FL Non-metro | $982 | $1,006 | $1,127 | $1,365 | $1,493 | -10.0% |
| Hardee County, FL Non-metro | $953 | $958 | $1,124 | $1,522 | $1,885 | -9.9% |
| Baker County, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $921 | $933 | $1,110 | $1,537 | $1,702 | +0.6% |
| DeSoto County, FL Non-metro | $948 | $954 | $1,089 | $1,497 | $1,679 | -9.9% |
| Franklin County, FL Non-metro | $930 | $953 | $1,068 | $1,408 | $1,413 | -9.9% |
| Dixie County, FL Non-metro | $840 | $872 | $1,041 | $1,373 | $1,378 | -9.9% |
| Putnam County, FL Non-metro | $787 | $792 | $1,040 | $1,307 | $1,377 | -10.0% |
| Washington County, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $896 | $955 | $1,040 | $1,243 | $1,479 | +2.3% |
| Union County, FL Non-metro | $772 | $777 | $1,019 | $1,279 | $1,350 | -10.0% |
| Bradford County, FL Non-metro | $879 | $920 | $1,008 | $1,290 | $1,692 | -10.0% |
| Suwannee County, FL Non-metro | $871 | $912 | $999 | $1,336 | $1,416 | -10.0% |
| Madison County, FL Non-metro | $786 | $873 | $978 | $1,260 | $1,389 | -9.9% |
| Liberty County, FL Non-metro | $849 | $872 | $975 | $1,340 | $1,636 | -10.0% |
| Holmes County, FL Non-metro | $846 | $885 | $971 | $1,281 | $1,285 | -9.9% |
| Jackson County, FL Non-metro | $724 | $733 | $962 | $1,264 | $1,273 | -9.9% |
| Levy County, FL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $683 | $824 | $954 | $1,176 | $1,254 | -2.1% |
| Calhoun County, FL Non-metro | $840 | $875 | $953 | $1,248 | $1,252 | -2.1% |
| Hamilton County, FL Non-metro | $840 | $872 | $953 | $1,223 | $1,256 | -2.9% |
| Taylor County, FL Non-metro | $840 | $875 | $953 | $1,248 | $1,252 | -6.4% |
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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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