Fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly)
Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for an efficiency (a unit with no separate bedroom) in the HUD area that contains the county. Gross rent is the rent plus all utilities paid by the tenant except telephone, cable or satellite television and internet. HUD sets Fair Market Rents at the 40th percentile of gross rents paid by recent movers for standard-quality rental units, from American Community Survey data brought forward to the fiscal year; until 2018 a few metropolitan areas were set at the 50th percentile. They set payment standards for Housing Choice Vouchers and rent ceilings in other HUD programs.
A policy benchmark, not a measured rent: it is lower than the median rent by design and differs from the Census Bureau median gross rent. HUD sets one value per HUD area, a metropolitan area (sometimes split into HUD Metro FMR Areas) or a non-metropolitan county, so every county of a metropolitan area shows the same figure. Counties in the six New England states have no value, because HUD defines their areas by town and a county can span several areas. Where HUD splits off part of a county, the county value is the rest of the county: Howard County, Maryland, without Columbia until FY2015, and Crawford County, Missouri, without its part of Sullivan. The year is HUD's federal fiscal year: FY2027 runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027.
Key facts
- Santa Cruz County had the highest fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly) of 3076 counties in 2027, at $3,230, and Natchitoches Parish the lowest, at $621. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.
- Published for 3,076 places, with figures from 2010 to 2027.
Rankings
- US counties
- Counties in Texas
- Counties in Georgia
- Counties in Virginia
- Counties in Kentucky
- Counties in Missouri
- Counties in Kansas
- Counties in Illinois
- Counties in North Carolina
- Counties in Iowa
- Counties in Tennessee
- Counties in Nebraska
US counties by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2027
Places with data
Provinces and counties
- Los Angeles County
- Cook County
- Harris County
- Maricopa County
- San Diego County
- Orange County
- Miami-Dade County
- Dallas County
- Kings County
- Riverside County
- Hernando County
- Durham County
- Solano County
- San Mateo County
- Volusia County
- Collier County
Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly)? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"fair_market_rent_0br","level":"province","within":"United States"}
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