Columbia County, Oregon Fair Market Rent 2026

The FY2026 two-bedroom Fair Market Rent for Columbia County is $1,922 per month, 38% above the $1,393 median across Oregon. This is the figure HUD gives your housing authority when it decides how much a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher covers here.

FY2026 Fair Market Rents by Bedroom Size

Gross rent, including tenant-paid utilities other than phone, cable, and internet.

Studio
$1,570
per month
1 Bedroom
$1,677
per month
2 Bedrooms
$1,922
per month
3 Bedrooms
$2,619
per month
4 Bedrooms
$3,109
per month
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What you would actually pay in Columbia County

With a Housing Choice Voucher you contribute about 30% of your adjusted monthly income toward rent and utilities. The housing authority pays the rest, up to its payment standard, which it sets between 90% and 110% of the Fair Market Rent shown above.

For a two-bedroom in Columbia County, that puts the likely payment standard somewhere between $1,730 and $2,114 per month. Confirm the exact figure with the authority issuing your voucher before signing a lease, since anything above the payment standard comes out of your own pocket.

Affording this rent without a voucher

Renting a two-bedroom in Oregon at 30% of income takes an hourly wage of $33.02 working full time, or about $68,682 a year. At the state minimum wage of $15.05, that is 88 hours a week.

Source: National Low Income Housing Coalition, Out of Reach 2025 (statewide figure).

All Oregon Fair Market Rents Oregon Waiting Lists

For FY2026, the Fair Market Rent in Columbia County is $1,570 for a studio, $1,677 for one bedroom, $1,922 for two bedrooms, $2,619 for three bedrooms, and $3,109 for four bedrooms, per month.

The two-bedroom Fair Market Rent in Columbia County is $1,922, compared with a statewide median of $1,393 across Oregon. That is 38% above the median.

Not necessarily. The Fair Market Rent is HUD's estimate, but the housing authority serving Columbia County sets its own payment standard between 90% and 110% of that figure. Your voucher covers the difference between roughly 30% of your adjusted monthly income and the payment standard. If the unit rents for more than the payment standard, you pay the excess yourself.

Applications go through a local housing authority rather than HUD directly. Browse the Oregon housing authority directory to find the agency covering Columbia County and check whether its waiting list is open.

Source: HUD Fair Market Rents FY2026 · huduser.gov

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