Avery County, NC

2024 Fair Market Rents

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The top four largest cities in Avery County are Spruce Pine, Newland, Bakersville, and Banner Elk. Fair Market Rents on this page may apply depending on whether the county uses SAFMRs or county level FMRs. Cities in multiple SAFMR areas will have different SAFMRS based on ZIP code.

What type of FMR does Avery County use?

Small Area Fair Market Rents were created by the HUD for this county/Metro Fmr Area however Avery County is not required to use Small Area FMRs by the HUD. It is at the discretion of the local Housing Authority to determine if SAFMRs or 40th percentile FMRs are used.

To learn more about the criteria the HUD uses to determine if a Metro FMR Area requires Small Area Fair Market Rents click here.

How does Avery County compare?

Avery County ($1,026) has a 5.3% lower FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of North Carolina ($1,083) and therefore has a lower gross rent.

Avery County is rank 48th out of 100 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 52 other counties. Avery County is the 48th most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Avery County, NC

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$776
studio
$781
1-Bedroom
$1,026
2-Bedroom
$1,241
3-Bedroom
$1,366
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$806
studio
$811
1-Bedroom
$1,066
2-Bedroom
$1,289
3-Bedroom
$1,420
4-Bedroom

Small Market Areas (By Zip Code)

The 90% and 110% SAFMRs represent the minimum and maximum payment standards that can be set by the local Public Housing Authority under regular conditions. The payment standard is the actual value used in Section 8. For more on payment standards click here.

FMRs and SAFMRs are set by the HUD. The local PHA takes these FMR/SAFMR values and may decide to use any value that is within +-10% of the FMR/SAFMR as the payment standard for the areas under their jurisdiction.

For a more in-depth explaination return to the overview page.

ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
28605 $1,020 $1,050 $1,280 $1,660 $1,900
28611 $800 $830 $1,010 $1,310 $1,500
28657 $750 $770 $940 $1,220 $1,400
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
28605 $918 $945 $1,152 $1,494 $1,710
28611 $720 $747 $909 $1,179 $1,350
28657 $675 $693 $846 $1,098 $1,260
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
28605 $1,122 $1,155 $1,408 $1,826 $2,090
28611 $880 $913 $1,111 $1,441 $1,650
28657 $825 $847 $1,034 $1,342 $1,540

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Avery County, North Carolina: Spruce Pine, Newland, Bakersville, Banner Elk, Blowing Rock, Elk Park, Sugar Grove, Linville, Collettsville, Crossnore, Minneapolis, Montezuma, Pineola, and Plumtree.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Avery County, North Carolina: 28777, 28657, 28705, 28604, 28605, 28622, 28679, 28646, 28611, 28616, 28652, 28653, 28662, and 28664.

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Fair Market Rents are published by the Department of Housing And Urban Development.