Hancock County, KY

2024 Fair Market Rents

Tags: 2024 Owensboro, KY MSA

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The top two largest cities in Hancock County are Reynolds Station and Pellville. 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 Hancock County use?

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

Hancock County ($1,091) has a 15.3% higher FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Kentucky ($946) and therefore a higher gross rent.

Hancock County is rank 23rd out of 120 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 97 other counties. Hancock County is the 23rd most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Hancock County, KY

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$825
studio
$830
1-Bedroom
$1,091
2-Bedroom
$1,440
3-Bedroom
$1,453
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$870
studio
$876
1-Bedroom
$1,151
2-Bedroom
$1,519
3-Bedroom
$1,533
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
42364 $730 $730 $960 $1,270 $1,280
42368 $690 $690 $910 $1,200 $1,210
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
42364 $657 $657 $864 $1,143 $1,152
42368 $621 $621 $819 $1,080 $1,089
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
42364 $803 $803 $1,056 $1,397 $1,408
42368 $759 $759 $1,001 $1,320 $1,331

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Hancock County, Kentucky: Reynolds Station and Pellville.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Hancock County, Kentucky: 42368 and 42364.

Hancock County, KY is considered part of the following metro FMR area: OWENSBORO, KY MSA.

Other counties in the same metro FMR area are: Daviess County, KY, and McLean County, KY.

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