Average Rent in North Dakota (2027) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in North Dakota is $1,102 per month by HUD's FY 2027 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $1,014 to $1,858 across 51 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, North Dakota's typical two-bedroom FMR moved +2.4% versus FY 2026).
All 51 North Dakota FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divide County, ND Non-metro | $1,452 | $1,461 | $1,858 | $2,214 | $3,106 | +21.1% |
| McKenzie County, ND Non-metro | $1,199 | $1,206 | $1,577 | $2,053 | $2,636 | +16.5% |
| Williams County, ND Non-metro | $1,133 | $1,232 | $1,388 | $1,796 | $1,824 | +16.1% |
| Mountrail County, ND Non-metro | $944 | $1,037 | $1,356 | $1,616 | $1,782 | +26.6% |
| Mercer County, ND Non-metro | $980 | $986 | $1,290 | $1,689 | $1,695 | +11.6% |
| Golden Valley County, ND Non-metro | $963 | $970 | $1,233 | $1,707 | $2,061 | +20.1% |
| Stark County, ND Non-metro | $1,038 | $1,044 | $1,231 | $1,705 | $2,037 | +16.6% |
| Barnes County, ND Non-metro | $865 | $871 | $1,139 | $1,357 | $1,904 | +20.1% |
| Logan County, ND Non-metro | $885 | $891 | $1,133 | $1,569 | $1,894 | +11.7% |
| Dunn County, ND Non-metro | $924 | $929 | $1,130 | $1,346 | $1,889 | +20.5% |
| Rolette County, ND Non-metro | $844 | $849 | $1,111 | $1,538 | $1,857 | +16.5% |
| Fargo, ND-MN MSA Metro | $781 | $903 | $1,104 | $1,529 | $1,845 | -0.7% |
| Hettinger County, ND Non-metro | $861 | $867 | $1,102 | $1,392 | $1,842 | +18.9% |
| Sargent County, ND Non-metro | $952 | $992 | $1,080 | $1,495 | $1,805 | +15.5% |
| Sheridan County, ND Non-metro | $842 | $848 | $1,078 | $1,493 | $1,802 | +16.7% |
| Slope County, ND Non-metro | $842 | $848 | $1,078 | $1,493 | $1,802 | +16.7% |
Bismarck, ND MSA Metro 3 countiesBurleigh County · Morton County · Oliver County | $865 | $927 | $1,067 | $1,477 | $1,696 | -9.2% |
| Ward County, ND HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $726 | $864 | $1,049 | $1,458 | $1,759 | -10.0% |
| Ransom County, ND Non-metro | $790 | $844 | $1,042 | $1,404 | $1,742 | +12.9% |
| Kidder County, ND Non-metro | $800 | $805 | $1,024 | $1,333 | $1,424 | +17.3% |
| Adams County, ND Non-metro | $792 | $797 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Benson County, ND Non-metro | $856 | $861 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Billings County, ND Non-metro | $792 | $797 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Bottineau County, ND Non-metro | $894 | $931 | $1,014 | $1,208 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Bowman County, ND Non-metro | $792 | $797 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Burke County, ND Non-metro | $843 | $848 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Cavalier County, ND Non-metro | $792 | $797 | $1,014 | $1,276 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Dickey County, ND Non-metro | $894 | $931 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Eddy County, ND Non-metro | $780 | $785 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Emmons County, ND Non-metro | $794 | $799 | $1,014 | $1,232 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Foster County, ND Non-metro | $792 | $797 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN MSA Metro | $816 | $821 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | -6.9% |
| Grant County, ND Non-metro | $770 | $775 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Griggs County, ND Non-metro | $770 | $775 | $1,014 | $1,286 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| LaMoure County, ND Non-metro | $770 | $775 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| McHenry County, ND HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $706 | $834 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +1.4% |
| McIntosh County, ND Non-metro | $846 | $851 | $1,014 | $1,397 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| McLean County, ND Non-metro | $886 | $891 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Nelson County, ND Non-metro | $823 | $828 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Pembina County, ND Non-metro | $894 | $914 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Pierce County, ND Non-metro | $792 | $797 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Ramsey County, ND Non-metro | $762 | $852 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Renville County, ND HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $706 | $775 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,660 | -6.2% |
| Richland County, ND Non-metro | $770 | $775 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Sioux County, ND Non-metro | $792 | $797 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Steele County, ND Non-metro | $792 | $797 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Stutsman County, ND Non-metro | $790 | $795 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Towner County, ND Non-metro | $894 | $931 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Traill County, ND Non-metro | $794 | $799 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Walsh County, ND Non-metro | $801 | $806 | $1,014 | $1,316 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
| Wells County, ND Non-metro | $894 | $906 | $1,014 | $1,384 | $1,695 | +16.2% |
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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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