Minnesota & Pennsylvania Section 8 Rent Calculator

Uses the HUD Fair Market Rent for Minnesota ($1,504 for a 2-bedroom) as the payment standard.

Minnesota, Pennsylvania share this page. Their rules produce the same answer to within a rounding difference, so publishing separate near-identical pages would add URLs without adding information. Every figure below applies to all 2.

Minnesota Section 8 tenant rent estimator

Uses the HUD Fair Market Rent for Minnesota ($1,504 for a 2-bedroom) as the payment standard.

Your share of rent —

Housing authority pays —

Payment standard (FMR) —

Minnesota at a glance

Figure	Minnesota	Source
Fair Market Rent (2BR)	$1,504	[3]
Fair Market Rent (1BR)	$1,264	[3]
Fair Market Rent (3BR)	$1,958	[3]
Median 2BR market rent	$1,504	[1]

[3] [1] Sources

Fair Market Rent (2BR) — all 50 states

Minnesota highlighted. Same data as the table below, shown as a distribution so the comparison is visible at a glance.

Highlighted: Minnesota, ranked 26 of 50. Median $1,504.

Minnesota voucher subsidy by income and unit size

Monthly housing-authority subsidy against Minnesota payment standards (2BR $1,504).

Monthly income	Studio	1 BR	2 BR	3 BR	4 BR
$500	$959	$1,114	$1,354	$1,808	$2,080
$650	$914	$1,069	$1,309	$1,763	$2,035
$800	$869	$1,024	$1,264	$1,718	$1,990
$950	$824	$979	$1,219	$1,673	$1,945
$1,100	$779	$934	$1,174	$1,628	$1,900
$1,250	$734	$889	$1,129	$1,583	$1,855
$1,400	$689	$844	$1,084	$1,538	$1,810
$1,550	$644	$799	$1,039	$1,493	$1,765
$1,700	$599	$754	$994	$1,448	$1,720
$1,850	$554	$709	$949	$1,403	$1,675
$2,000	$509	$664	$904	$1,358	$1,630
$2,200	$449	$604	$844	$1,298	$1,570
$2,400	$389	$544	$784	$1,238	$1,510
$2,650	$314	$469	$709	$1,163	$1,435
$2,900	$239	$394	$634	$1,088	$1,360
$3,200	$149	$304	$544	$998	$1,270
$3,600	$29	$184	$424	$878	$1,150
$4,000	$0	$64	$304	$758	$1,030

Worked figures for Minnesota

Minnesota values:

Income	Annual	Tenant Rent	Subsidy	Standard
$800	$9,600	$240	$1,264	$1,504
$1,000	$12,000	$300	$1,204	$1,504
$1,200	$14,400	$360	$1,144	$1,504
$1,500	$18,000	$450	$1,054	$1,504
$1,800	$21,600	$540	$964	$1,504
$2,100	$25,200	$630	$874	$1,504
$2,400	$28,800	$720	$784	$1,504
$2,700	$32,400	$810	$694	$1,504
$3,000	$36,000	$900	$604	$1,504
$3,500	$42,000	$1,050	$454	$1,504

How Minnesota compares nationally

On fair market rent (2br), Minnesota ranks #26 of 50 at $1,504 — essentially at the national median. The national range runs from $1,000 (West Virginia) to $2,745 (California).

Rank	State	Fair Market Rent (2BR)
#24	Texas	$1,557
#25	Georgia	$1,551
#26	Minnesota	$1,504
#27	Pennsylvania	$1,501
#28	Idaho	$1,410

Mid-cost FMR areas, ranked

Same rule structure as Minnesota:

State	Fair Market Rent (2BR)	vs Minnesota
Rhode Island	$1,765	+17.4%
Arizona	$1,709	+13.6%
Alaska	$1,591	+5.8%
Georgia	$1,551	+3.1%
Minnesota	$1,504	—
Tennessee	$1,363	-9.4%
Alabama	$1,087	-27.7%

Minnesota questions, answered with Minnesota numbers

What is the Fair Market Rent in Minnesota?▾

HUD sets Minnesota's two-bedroom FMR at $1,504 a month ($1,264 for one bedroom, $1,958 for three). FMR is set by metro area, so your local figure may differ from the state number.

What would I pay on $1,800 a month income?▾

Roughly $540 as your share, with the housing authority covering about $964 against a $1,504 payment standard — the federal rule targets 30% of adjusted income.

How does Minnesota's FMR compare with market rent?▾

Minnesota's $1,504 two-bedroom FMR sits against a median market rent of $1,504, so the voucher generally reaches typical units.

Other mid-cost fmr areas

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Last reviewed 2026-08-26. Minnesota figures only — verify with the relevant Minnesota agency before acting. How this is calculated.