Where these numbers come from

Every figure on these pages is published by the federal government. We match it to places and show it unchanged.

Sources

Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (in effect from October 1, 2026) and FY2026 (from October 1, 2025): HUD Office of Policy Development and Research. FY2027 source, FY2026 source.
Small Area Fair Market Rents (ZIP-level), FY2027 and FY2026: HUD. FY2027 source, FY2026 source.
ZIP codes to counties and towns: U.S. Census Bureau 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area relationship files, and HUD's USPS ZIP code crosswalk for city names.
Housing agencies' payment standards: each agency's own published schedule, linked on its page.
Voucher counts (survey weighting only): HUD Picture of Subsidized Households, 2025.

This product uses the HUD User Data API but is not endorsed or certified by HUD User.

How places are matched

A ZIP code can cross county or town lines. Each ZIP page lists every county or town it touches, in alphabetical order, and every HUD rent area it falls in. Where a ZIP code is not a Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area, it keeps the rent area HUD assigns it.

Where a ZIP page shows a difference between the ZIP's figure and the whole area's, this site calculated it by subtracting the two HUD figures; the yearly amount is that monthly difference times 12.

What is not on these pages

Tax-credit rent and income limits, HUD's Section 8 income limits and each agency's exact payment standard for a ZIP code are available in the Rent Limits API.

These are published government figures, shown as measurements. They are not legal, tax or financial advice. If a figure here and an official document disagree, the official document governs.