Grant County, MN
Nothing about $973 a month identifies Grant County. It is the most widely published two-bedroom Fair Market Rent in this dataset: 320 of the 4,764 records on this site carry exactly the same number, spread across 20 states and 313 separate HUD areas.
So the rent is close to useless as a way of telling this county apart from anywhere else. The figure that does the work is the other one — a HUD Median Family Income of $95,600, which sets every income limit in the table below.
Key HUD figures for Grant County, MN
HUD area: Grant County, MN
- Fair Market Rent (2BR)
- $973
- HUD Median Family Income
- $95,600
- Very Low Income (50%) — 4-person
- $49,000
- Low Income (80%) — 4-person
- $78,400
- HUD Year
- 2026
- FMR Year
- 2026
per month
area median family income, per year
annual household limit
annual household limit
income limits
fair market rents
Compare HUD Median Family Income
- Lower HUD MFI: Brown County, MN $95,500/year
- Higher HUD MFI: Cook County, MN $95,700/year
Fair Market Rents by bedroom
| Unit size | Monthly FMR | Annualized FMR |
|---|---|---|
| Studio / efficiency | $671 | $8,052 |
| 1 bedroom | $742 | $8,904 |
| 2 bedrooms(reference benchmark) | $973 | $11,676 |
| 3 bedrooms | $1,353 | $16,236 |
| 4 bedrooms | $1,632 | $19,584 |
Compare 2BR Fair Market Rent
- Higher 2BR FMR: Freeborn County, MN $974/month
320 records publish this rent, and almost nothing else about them matches
The 320 records at $973 sit in 313 different HUD areas — nearly one area each — and they carry 243 different area median family incomes. The lowest belongs to Starr County, Texas at $38,700; the highest to Hemphill County, Texas, at $119,400. That is a factor of 3.1 between two records whose rent standard is identical to this one's and to each other's.
The consequence is concrete rather than abstract. A four-person household is inside the Low Income limit up to $78,400 here, up to $66,950 in Starr and up to $91,500 in Hemphill — one rent standard, and no two of those thresholds alike.
HUD income limits by household size
| Income limit category | 1 person | 2 persons | 3 persons | 4 persons | 5 persons | 6 persons | 7 persons | 8 persons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely Low Income | $20,600 | $23,550 | $27,320 | $33,000 | $38,680 | $44,360 | $50,040 | $55,720 |
| Very Low Income (50%) | $34,300 | $39,200 | $44,100 | $49,000 | $52,950 | $56,850 | $60,800 | $64,700 |
| Low Income (80%) | $54,900 | $62,750 | $70,600 | $78,400 | $84,700 | $90,950 | $97,250 | $103,500 |
These are HUD income limits for the Grant County, MN area. They are thresholds published by HUD, not an eligibility determination: individual programs apply their own rules, and adjusted-income definitions (deductions, allowances, and which household members count) can change whether a given household qualifies.
Rank 50 of 87, shared with 37 other Minnesota counties
- Applicable HUD 2BR FMR
- $973
- Median 2BR FMR across county records in MN
- $999
- Difference
- -$26
- Difference (%)
- -2.6%
- Rank in state
- Tied at 50 of 87
The two-bedroom Fair Market Rent applicable to Grant County is below the state median for MN. It is tied at rank 50 of 87 county records by 2BR FMR, sharing that rank with 37 other county records at the same rent.
Rank 1 is the highest 2BR FMR in the state, and county records with an identical rent share a rank. “Approximately at the state median” means within 2% of it. The median is taken across the 87 county records published for MN — it is not weighted by households or population, and it is not a median over unique HUD areas, so a HUD area covering several counties counts once per county record.
One other record in the country carries both of these numbers
Minnesota holds 38 of the 320, which is why the state ranking on this page is a 38-way tie sitting at position 50. Narrow the comparison to records that share the area income as well as the rent and the field collapses to two: this county and Waseca County, also in Minnesota. Their income limits are identical at every household size.
Even those two are not the same record. Waseca's studio rent is $677 against Grant's $671, and its four-bedroom figure is $1,495 against $1,632 here — a gap of $137 at the top of the schedule for households that share every income threshold. The rent tables diverge where the income tables do not.
The most common rent in the country against a near-median income
- Annualized 2BR FMR
- $11,676
- HUD Median Family Income (annual)
- $95,600
- Annualized 2BR FMR as a share of HUD Median Family Income
- 12.2%
12 × $973
This is a ratio between two HUD benchmarks for the Grant County, MN area: the annualized two-bedroom Fair Market Rent divided by HUD Median Family Income. It is not a measured rent burden, not the share of income any particular family spends on housing, and not an affordability or eligibility determination.
Compare FMR-to-MFI benchmark
- Lower benchmark: Yellow Medicine County, MN 12.2%
- Higher benchmark: Polk County, MN 12.2%
HUD area for this county
- HUD area name
- Grant County, MN
- HUD area code
- NCNTY27051N27051
- Income limits fiscal year
- FY2026
- Fair Market Rent fiscal year
- FY2026
HUD income limits and Fair Market Rents apply to HUD-defined areas that can cover multiple geographic entities. The values on this page are those assigned to this HUD entity record; entities sharing the same HUD area can have identical figures.
National economic context
The figures below are federal and national. They are not specific to Grant County and do not vary between counties.
Inflation (official BLS CPI-U national series)
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Fonte Dati: bls.gov — BLS CPI-U CUUR0000SA0
Mostra Dati in Tabella
| Date (YYYY-MM) | Year | Period | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07 | 2023 | M07 | 305.691 |
| 2023-08 | 2023 | M08 | 307.026 |
| 2023-09 | 2023 | M09 | 307.789 |
| 2023-10 | 2023 | M10 | 307.671 |
| 2023-11 | 2023 | M11 | 307.051 |
| 2023-12 | 2023 | M12 | 306.746 |
| 2024-01 | 2024 | M01 | 308.417 |
| 2024-02 | 2024 | M02 | 310.326 |
| 2024-03 | 2024 | M03 | 312.332 |
| 2024-04 | 2024 | M04 | 313.548 |
| 2024-05 | 2024 | M05 | 314.069 |
| 2024-06 | 2024 | M06 | 314.175 |
| 2024-07 | 2024 | M07 | 314.54 |
| 2024-08 | 2024 | M08 | 314.796 |
| 2024-09 | 2024 | M09 | 315.301 |
| 2024-10 | 2024 | M10 | 315.664 |
| 2024-11 | 2024 | M11 | 315.493 |
| 2024-12 | 2024 | M12 | 315.605 |
| 2025-01 | 2025 | M01 | 317.671 |
| 2025-02 | 2025 | M02 | 319.082 |
| 2025-03 | 2025 | M03 | 319.799 |
| 2025-04 | 2025 | M04 | 320.795 |
| 2025-05 | 2025 | M05 | 321.465 |
| 2025-06 | 2025 | M06 | 322.561 |
| 2025-07 | 2025 | M07 | 323.048 |
| 2025-08 | 2025 | M08 | 323.976 |
| 2025-09 | 2025 | M09 | 324.8 |
| 2025-11 | 2025 | M11 | 324.122 |
| 2025-12 | 2025 | M12 | 324.054 |
| 2026-01 | 2026 | M01 | 325.252 |
| 2026-02 | 2026 | M02 | 326.785 |
| 2026-03 | 2026 | M03 | 330.213 |
| 2026-04 | 2026 | M04 | 333.02 |
| 2026-05 | 2026 | M05 | 335.123 |
| 2026-06 | 2026 | M06 | 333.952 |
| 2026-07 | 2026 | M07 | 333.918 |
Purchasing power decision engine
Decision snapshot (server-rendered)
Baseline: HUD Median Family Income adjusted from 2025-07 to 2026-07 using embedded CPI-U monthly series.
- Adjusted income is near the local median and/or purchasing power decreased materially.
- This suggests moderate affordability risk under CPI-U adjustment assumptions.
Purchasing power decision tool (CPI-U monthly)
This module converts an annual income from 2025-07 into its 2026-07 equivalent using the CPI-U series, then compares it to the HUD Median Family Income for Grant County, MN.
The baseline is HUD's Median Family Income for the HUD area, not a Census median household income. The CPI-U series is the official BLS CUUR0000SA0 index, unadjusted; months BLS did not publish are left out rather than interpolated.
HUD Median Family Income (annual): $95,600
Decision output
- Adjusted income is near the local median and/or purchasing power decreased materially.
- This suggests moderate affordability risk under CPI-U adjustment assumptions.
Methodology & assumptions (v1.0)
Adjusted income is computed as Income × CPI(to) / CPI(from) using CPI-U monthly index values embedded in this page.
- CPI-U is an aggregate price index for urban consumers; individual consumption patterns may differ.
- No interpolation is applied; both selected months must exist in the dataset.
- HUD Median Family Income is treated as the annual reference benchmark for the applicable HUD area, compared to adjusted annual income.
- This module performs a historical transformation, not a forecast.
IRS reference
Publication 15-T (2026) — Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods. Official IRS publication →
Reference only. GovCalculator does not compute federal income tax withholding. The publication's withholding methods and tables are not ingested or modelled here.
Sources & methodology
HUD income limits and Fair Market Rents are taken from the fiscal-year tables HUD publishes per HUD-defined area — which can include more than one county — and joined to this county record. State comparisons are computed across the 2BR Fair Market Rents of the county records in the same state; the median uses the middle value and is not weighted by households or population, rank 1 is the highest rent in the state, and county records with identical rents share a rank.
The income figure used throughout this page is HUD's Median Family Income for the HUD area above. It is not a Census median household income and the two are not interchangeable.
The purchasing power module applies a historical CPI ratio: Adjusted = Nominal × CPI(to) / CPI(from). No interpolation is applied and missing months are not imputed; CPI-U is a historical index, not a forecast. The “STABLE” target adds a fixed +10% buffer over the local HUD Median Family Income — that buffer is a GovCalculator heuristic, not a HUD, BLS or IRS determination.
The CPI-U series is the official BLS CUUR0000SA0 index, not seasonally adjusted, taken from the published BLS series: 36 published monthly observations. Months BLS did not publish are not interpolated. IRS Publication 15-T is cited as an official reference only — no federal withholding is calculated anywhere on this site.
Verify eligibility requirements with local program administrators: household size, deductions, and program-specific definitions can materially change outcomes.
FAQ
Which HUD area do the figures for Grant County, MN come from?
HUD assigns this county to the Grant County, MN area (code NCNTY27051N27051). A HUD area can cover more than one county, so the area name is not always identical to the county name.
Which fiscal years are shown on this page?
Income limits are FY2026 and Fair Market Rents are FY2026.
What is the Fair Market Rent (2BR) here?
The two-bedroom Fair Market Rent is $973 per month. Fair Market Rents for studio through four-bedroom units are listed in the bedroom table above.
Do the income limits on this page decide whether I qualify?
No. They are the thresholds HUD publishes for this area. Programs apply their own rules, and adjusted-income definitions — deductions, allowances, and which household members count — can change the outcome for a given household.
What does the FMR-to-median-family-income share mean?
It is the annualized two-bedroom Fair Market Rent divided by HUD Median Family Income for the same area, here 12.2%. Both inputs are HUD area benchmarks, so it is not a measured rent burden and not an affordability determination.
Is the CPI-based purchasing power module a forecast?
No. It is a historical adjustment using CPI-U monthly index values: Adjusted = Income × CPI(to) / CPI(from). It does not predict future inflation.
Does this page calculate federal income tax withholding?
No. GovCalculator does not compute federal withholding anywhere. IRS Publication 15-T is cited as an official reference only; its withholding methods and tables are not ingested or modelled here.
Is $973 a Minnesota figure, or a national one?
Neither, exactly. It is the two-bedroom Fair Market Rent HUD publishes for the Grant County, MN area, and it happens to be the most frequently published two-bedroom figure in this dataset: 320 of the 4,764 records carry it, in 20 states and 313 separate HUD areas. Minnesota accounts for 38 of them. Because so many areas land on the same rent, comparing counties by this number alone will usually tell you nothing; the income limits are where they differ.
Is any other county's page identical to this one on the numbers?
On the income limits, one: Waseca County, Minnesota is the only other record in the dataset that pairs a $973 two-bedroom Fair Market Rent with a $95,600 HUD Median Family Income, so its whole income-limits table matches this one. The rent schedules still differ above two bedrooms — Waseca publishes $1,495 for four bedrooms against $1,632 here.
Disclaimer: Estimates are informational and may not reflect every program rule or household adjustment. Always consult official guidance for Grant County, MN.