Rents are right about where Dupont's 10-year trend predicts.
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These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $2,627 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in Dupont usually run 1.5% below trend in January and 1.6% above it in June, about $81 a month apart at today's median. Based on 5 years of data.
Rent in Dupont is 0.5% below its high of $2,639 in July 2026, at $2,627 as of September 2026.
Rent in Dupont changed +2.3% over the year to September 2026. Across the 97 Washington cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.6%.
Rent rose in 9 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($120,781) is $3,020 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,740); a 3-bedroom is $3,840.
Lacey, 7 miles away, rents for 21% less ($2,075/mo), about $6,600 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Dupont. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Dupont, WA is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income above the national average, 53.6% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Dupont, WA has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2021, rent in Dupont, WA has increased by $602 per month, settling near $2,627 after starting the period at $2,025. On the earnings side, the typical household in Dupont, WA now reports about $120,781, up from $98,409 in 2021. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 7.0 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. About 38.5% of households rent today, against 44.7% in 2021. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher slipped from 55.7% to 53.6%. For context, the 2021 to 2026 window covers an unusually volatile run for US rents nationally, and Dupont, WA reflects that arc in its own way.
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Dupont rent by bedroom count
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Dupont is $2,627/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,970/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,740/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $2,230/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $3,840/mo.
At 26% of local median household income ($120,781/yr), Dupont ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 2.3% over the past year.
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