Average Rent in Hawaii (2027) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in Hawaii is $2,467 per month by HUD's FY 2027 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $2,081 to $2,656 across 5 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, Hawaii's typical two-bedroom FMR moved -3.0% versus FY 2026).
All 5 Hawaii FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,850 | $2,030 | $2,656 | $3,351 | $4,143 | +1.2% |
| Urban Honolulu, HI MSA Metro | $1,836 | $1,951 | $2,542 | $3,520 | $4,249 | -3.8% |
| Kalawao County, HI HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,621 | $1,778 | $2,326 | $2,932 | $3,630 | -6.7% |
| Kauai County, HI Non-metro | $1,599 | $1,609 | $2,105 | $2,588 | $2,952 | -9.7% |
| Hawaii County, HI Non-metro | $1,605 | $1,615 | $2,081 | $2,620 | $2,910 | +0.2% |
Download this table as CSV — every area, studio through 4-bedroom, with county lists and year-over-year change.
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.
Related on Landlord Atlas
- Hawaii landlord-tenant laws — security deposits, rent increase notice, late fees, entry rules, and the eviction process, cited to statute.
- Rental profitability calculator — test a Hawaii property's cash flow against its county's FMR.
- Rent increase notice creator — moving rent toward market? Generate a state-aware notice.