Dorchester County, SC

2024 Fair Market Rents

Tags: 2024 Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA

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The top four largest cities in Dorchester County are Bowman, Harleyville, Dorchester, and Summerville. 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 Dorchester County use?

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

Dorchester County ($1,599) has a 46.3% higher FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of South Carolina ($1,093) and therefore a higher gross rent.

Dorchester County is rank 2nd out of 46 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 44 other counties. Dorchester County is the 2nd most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Dorchester County, SC

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$1,386
studio
$1,424
1-Bedroom
$1,599
2-Bedroom
$1,979
3-Bedroom
$2,402
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$1,502
studio
$1,544
1-Bedroom
$1,733
2-Bedroom
$2,145
3-Bedroom
$2,603
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
29018 $1,200 $1,230 $1,380 $1,720 $2,160
29437 $1,200 $1,230 $1,380 $1,720 $2,160
29448 $1,200 $1,230 $1,380 $1,720 $2,160
29471 $1,200 $1,230 $1,380 $1,720 $2,160
29484 $1,320 $1,350 $1,520 $1,880 $2,280
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
29018 $1,080 $1,107 $1,242 $1,548 $1,944
29437 $1,080 $1,107 $1,242 $1,548 $1,944
29448 $1,080 $1,107 $1,242 $1,548 $1,944
29471 $1,080 $1,107 $1,242 $1,548 $1,944
29484 $1,188 $1,215 $1,368 $1,692 $2,052
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
29018 $1,320 $1,353 $1,518 $1,892 $2,376
29437 $1,320 $1,353 $1,518 $1,892 $2,376
29448 $1,320 $1,353 $1,518 $1,892 $2,376
29471 $1,320 $1,353 $1,518 $1,892 $2,376
29484 $1,452 $1,485 $1,672 $2,068 $2,508

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Dorchester County, South Carolina: Bowman, Harleyville, Dorchester, Summerville, Reevesville, and Grover.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Dorchester County, South Carolina: 29018, 29448, 29437, 29484, 29471, and 29447.

Dorchester County, SC is considered part of the following metro FMR area: CHARLESTON-NORTH CHARLESTON, SC MSA.

Other counties in the same metro FMR area are: Berkeley County, SC, and Charleston County, SC.

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