Metro FMR · CBSA 30020 · HUD FY2026
Lawton, OK HUD Metro FMR Area Fair Market Rent
HUD's FY2026 Fair Market Rent for the Lawton, OK HUD Metro FMR Area metro area - 18% below the US average.
- $784
- 1-bedroom FMR
- $1,001
- 2-bedroom FMR
- +4.5%
- YoY change
- -18%
- vs US avg
The verdict
A 2-bedroom in the Lawton, OK HUD Metro FMR Area area rents at $1,001 under HUD's FY2026 Fair Market Rent - 15% below the US average, lower than 92% of the 387 metro areas HUD tracks.
- #32
- most affordable of 387 US metros (2BR)
- -15%
- vs the US 2-bedroom average
- $40,040
- income to afford it (30% rule)
- +4.5%
- 1BR change, FY2025→2026
Affordability & income context
Lawton: #32 most affordable nationally · income context
At the metro's ACS median household income of $59,060, this 1-bedroom FMR takes 15.9% of annual income. It is well below the 30% affordability guide for a median-income household.
The 2-bedroom figure places Lawton in the lowest-rent tenth of HUD metro areas, using the same FY2026 HUD schedule as the national comparison.
With 127,314 residents, this is a smaller-metro benchmark rather than a single-neighborhood rent quote.
Its 2-bedroom FMR is in the lowest national tenth (#32 most affordable of 387 metros), though the household budget still depends on local income.
The studio-through-two-bedroom FMR bands stay below 30% of recorded median income here; the larger-bedroom rows show where that headroom narrows.
ACS median household income lags the FY2026 HUD FMR schedule. The income share is a same-metro cross-source read (Census ACS B19013 vs HUD FMR), not a same-vintage ratio.
Studio
$779/mo
15.8% of median income
1 Bedroom
$784/mo
15.9% of median income
2 Bedroom
$1,001/mo
20.3% of median income
3 Bedroom
$1,392/mo
28.3% of median income
4 Bedroom
$1,679/mo
34.1% of median income
FMR filing desk
CBSA CBSA·30020
Lawton: $784/mo 1BR · #32 of 387 metros (2BR) · FY2026 CBSA 30020
- CBSA 30020
- 1BR-FMR $784
- 2BR-FMR $1,001
- RANK-LOW #32
- YOY-UP +4.5%
- VSUS-BELOW -18%
- IN-ST-LOW #1 OK
- INC-ROOM 16%
- POP-MID 127K
- PHOTO-FINISH Enid
- VOUCH-90-110 $706–$862
- FY-2026 FY2026
Photo-finish peer: Enid ($15 1BR gap)
Read with: Understanding rent trends
Where Lawton sits among every US metro
2-bedroom Fair Market Rent vs. all 387 HUD metro areas
$1,001 higher than 8% of 387 metro areas
Each bar is a $0.2K-wide band; taller bars hold more metro areas. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents · FY2026
CBSA 30020
Counties inside Lawton
Across 2 HUD counties in CBSA 30020, 2-bedroom FMRs cluster tightly ($962–$1,001, 4% spread), so the metro-wide schedule tracks most constituent counties closely.
Lawton studio–4BR schedule (FY2026) · 2BR #32 most affordable
1BR $784 (-18% vs US, +4.5% YoY). Each bedroom band below is FY2026 HUD FMR for CBSA 30020.
How Lawton compares on 1-bedroom rent
1-bedroom FMR vs other OK metro areas
- Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, OK HUD Metro FMR Area
$1,017 1BR FMR / mo
- Tulsa
Tulsa, OK HUD Metro FMR Area
$987 1BR FMR / mo
- Enid
Enid, OK MSA
$799 1BR FMR / mo
- Lawton
Lawton, OK HUD Metro FMR Area
$784 1BR FMR / mo
What this shows Lawton highlighted among 3 peers · FY2026 1BR HUD FMR.
Lawton: out-of-state FMR & burden peers
PlainRent pairs Lawton with the 4 nearest HUD 2BR schedules and 4 nearest burden matches outside OK (burden peers exclude the FMR set; pop ≥50k).
2BR FMR · outside OK
Nearest schedules by 2BR delta (FY2026).
Burden % · outside OK
Nearest 2BR FMR ÷ ACS median income (FY2026).
Lawton: quick answers
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Data as of FY 2026. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Fair Market Rents. Population and demographic data from U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS).
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