Galveston County, TX

2024 Fair Market Rents

Tags: 2024 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX HUD Metro FMR Area

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The top four largest cities in Galveston County are League City, Dickinson, Texas City, and Galveston. 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 Galveston County use?

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

Galveston County ($1,357) has a 24.2% higher FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Texas ($1,093) and therefore a higher gross rent.

Galveston County is rank 23rd out of 254 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 231 other counties. Galveston County is the 23rd most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Galveston County, TX

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$1,073
studio
$1,135
1-Bedroom
$1,357
2-Bedroom
$1,792
3-Bedroom
$2,303
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$1,151
studio
$1,217
1-Bedroom
$1,456
2-Bedroom
$1,923
3-Bedroom
$2,471
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
77518 $0 $980 $1,170 $1,550 $1,990
77539 $0 $1,110 $1,330 $1,760 $2,260
77549 $0 $1,110 $1,330 $1,760 $2,260
77550 $0 $1,000 $1,190 $1,570 $2,020
77551 $0 $1,100 $1,310 $1,730 $2,220
77552 $0 $1,110 $1,330 $1,760 $2,260
77553 $0 $1,110 $1,330 $1,760 $2,260
77554 $0 $1,180 $1,410 $1,860 $2,390
77555 $0 $1,110 $1,330 $1,760 $2,260
77563 $0 $990 $1,180 $1,560 $2,000
77565 $0 $1,300 $1,550 $2,050 $2,630
77568 $0 $930 $1,110 $1,470 $1,880
77573 $0 $1,420 $1,700 $2,240 $2,880
77574 $0 $1,110 $1,330 $1,760 $2,260
77590 $0 $990 $1,180 $1,560 $2,000
77591 $0 $1,040 $1,240 $1,640 $2,100
77623 $0 $880 $1,050 $1,390 $1,780
77650 $0 $1,110 $1,330 $1,760 $2,260
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
77518 $837 $882 $1,053 $1,395 $1,791
77539 $945 $999 $1,197 $1,584 $2,034
77549 $945 $999 $1,197 $1,584 $2,034
77550 $846 $900 $1,071 $1,413 $1,818
77551 $936 $990 $1,179 $1,557 $1,998
77552 $945 $999 $1,197 $1,584 $2,034
77553 $945 $999 $1,197 $1,584 $2,034
77554 $999 $1,062 $1,269 $1,674 $2,151
77555 $945 $999 $1,197 $1,584 $2,034
77563 $837 $891 $1,062 $1,404 $1,800
77565 $1,107 $1,170 $1,395 $1,845 $2,367
77568 $792 $837 $999 $1,323 $1,692
77573 $1,206 $1,278 $1,530 $2,016 $2,592
77574 $945 $999 $1,197 $1,584 $2,034
77590 $837 $891 $1,062 $1,404 $1,800
77591 $882 $936 $1,116 $1,476 $1,890
77623 $747 $792 $945 $1,251 $1,602
77650 $945 $999 $1,197 $1,584 $2,034
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
77518 $1,023 $1,078 $1,287 $1,705 $2,189
77539 $1,155 $1,221 $1,463 $1,936 $2,486
77549 $1,155 $1,221 $1,463 $1,936 $2,486
77550 $1,034 $1,100 $1,309 $1,727 $2,222
77551 $1,144 $1,210 $1,441 $1,903 $2,442
77552 $1,155 $1,221 $1,463 $1,936 $2,486
77553 $1,155 $1,221 $1,463 $1,936 $2,486
77554 $1,221 $1,298 $1,551 $2,046 $2,629
77555 $1,155 $1,221 $1,463 $1,936 $2,486
77563 $1,023 $1,089 $1,298 $1,716 $2,200
77565 $1,353 $1,430 $1,705 $2,255 $2,893
77568 $968 $1,023 $1,221 $1,617 $2,068
77573 $1,474 $1,562 $1,870 $2,464 $3,168
77574 $1,155 $1,221 $1,463 $1,936 $2,486
77590 $1,023 $1,089 $1,298 $1,716 $2,200
77591 $1,078 $1,144 $1,364 $1,804 $2,310
77623 $913 $968 $1,155 $1,529 $1,958
77650 $1,155 $1,221 $1,463 $1,936 $2,486

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Galveston County, Texas: League City, Dickinson, Texas City, Galveston, La Marque, Hitchcock, Bacliff, Kemah, Port Bolivar, Friendswood, and High Island.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Galveston County, Texas: 77573, 77539, 77590, 77550, 77551, 77568, 77591, 77563, 77518, 77554, 77565, 77574, 77650, 77549, 77552, 77553, 77555, and 77623.

Galveston County, TX is considered part of the following metro FMR area: HOUSTON-THE WOODLANDS-SUGAR LAND, TX HUD METRO FMR AREA.

Other counties in the same metro FMR area are: Chambers County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Harris County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, and Waller County, TX.

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