Columbia County, OR

2024 Fair Market Rents

Tags: 2024 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA MSA

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The top four largest cities in Columbia County are Saint Helens, Scappoose, Rainier, and Portland. 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 Columbia County use?

Small Area Fair Market Rents were created by the HUD for this county/Metro Fmr Area however Columbia 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 Columbia County compare?

Columbia County ($2,024) has a 54.9% higher FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Oregon ($1,307) and therefore a higher gross rent.

Columbia County is rank 1st out of 36 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than all other counties. Columbia County is the most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Columbia County, OR

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$1,650
studio
$1,776
1-Bedroom
$2,024
2-Bedroom
$2,809
3-Bedroom
$3,254
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$1,732
studio
$1,864
1-Bedroom
$2,124
2-Bedroom
$2,947
3-Bedroom
$3,415
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
97018 $1,360 $1,470 $1,670 $2,320 $2,700
97048 $1,350 $1,450 $1,660 $2,320 $2,700
97051 $1,350 $1,450 $1,660 $2,320 $2,700
97053 $1,450 $1,560 $1,780 $2,470 $2,860
97054 $1,350 $1,450 $1,660 $2,320 $2,700
97056 $1,630 $1,760 $2,000 $2,780 $3,220
97064 $1,550 $1,670 $1,900 $2,640 $3,050
97231 $1,600 $1,720 $1,960 $2,720 $3,150
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
97018 $1,224 $1,323 $1,503 $2,088 $2,430
97048 $1,215 $1,305 $1,494 $2,088 $2,430
97051 $1,215 $1,305 $1,494 $2,088 $2,430
97053 $1,305 $1,404 $1,602 $2,223 $2,574
97054 $1,215 $1,305 $1,494 $2,088 $2,430
97056 $1,467 $1,584 $1,800 $2,502 $2,898
97064 $1,395 $1,503 $1,710 $2,376 $2,745
97231 $1,440 $1,548 $1,764 $2,448 $2,835
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
97018 $1,496 $1,617 $1,837 $2,552 $2,970
97048 $1,485 $1,595 $1,826 $2,552 $2,970
97051 $1,485 $1,595 $1,826 $2,552 $2,970
97053 $1,595 $1,716 $1,958 $2,717 $3,146
97054 $1,485 $1,595 $1,826 $2,552 $2,970
97056 $1,793 $1,936 $2,200 $3,058 $3,542
97064 $1,705 $1,837 $2,090 $2,904 $3,355
97231 $1,760 $1,892 $2,156 $2,992 $3,465

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Columbia County, Oregon: Saint Helens, Scappoose, Rainier, Portland, Vernonia, Warren, Columbia City, and Deer Island.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Columbia County, Oregon: 97051, 97056, 97048, 97231, 97064, 97053, 97018, and 97054.

Columbia County, OR is considered part of the following metro FMR area: PORTLAND-VANCOUVER-HILLSBORO, OR-WA MSA.

Other counties in the same metro FMR area are: Clackamas County, OR, Multnomah County, OR, Washington County, OR, and Yamhill County, OR.

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