Essex County, NY

2024 Fair Market Rents

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The top four largest cities in Essex County are Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, Ticonderoga, and Willsboro. 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 Essex County use?

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

Essex County ($971) has a 30.5% lower FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of New York ($1,398) and therefore has a lower gross rent.

Essex County is rank 48th out of 62 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is lower than 47 other counties. Essex County is the 15th cheapest county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Essex County, NY

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$824
studio
$828
1-Bedroom
$971
2-Bedroom
$1,309
3-Bedroom
$1,446
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$892
studio
$898
1-Bedroom
$1,052
2-Bedroom
$1,419
3-Bedroom
$1,566
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
12836 $940 $1,030 $1,290 $1,670 $1,720
12853 $940 $1,020 $1,280 $1,660 $1,700
12857 $920 $1,010 $1,260 $1,630 $1,680
12861 $860 $940 $1,180 $1,530 $1,570
12870 $920 $1,010 $1,260 $1,630 $1,680
12883 $800 $870 $1,090 $1,410 $1,450
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
12836 $846 $927 $1,161 $1,503 $1,548
12853 $846 $918 $1,152 $1,494 $1,530
12857 $828 $909 $1,134 $1,467 $1,512
12861 $774 $846 $1,062 $1,377 $1,413
12870 $828 $909 $1,134 $1,467 $1,512
12883 $720 $783 $981 $1,269 $1,305
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
12836 $1,034 $1,133 $1,419 $1,837 $1,892
12853 $1,034 $1,122 $1,408 $1,826 $1,870
12857 $1,012 $1,111 $1,386 $1,793 $1,848
12861 $946 $1,034 $1,298 $1,683 $1,727
12870 $1,012 $1,111 $1,386 $1,793 $1,848
12883 $880 $957 $1,199 $1,551 $1,595

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Essex County, New York: Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, Ticonderoga, Willsboro, Crown Point, Schroon Lake, Westport, Port Henry, North Creek, Elizabethtown, Jay, Bloomingdale, Mineville, Moriah, Vermontville, Lewis, Essex, Hague, Keene, and Olmstedville.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Essex County, New York: 12983, 12946, 12883, 12996, 12928, 12870, 12993, 12974, 12853, 12932, 12941, 12913, 12956, 12960, 12989, 12950, 12936, 12836, 12942, and 12857.

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