Lawrence County, PA

2024 Fair Market Rents

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The top four largest cities in Lawrence County are New Castle, New Wilmington, West Middlesex, and Volant. 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 Lawrence County use?

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

Lawrence County ($871) has a 19.6% lower FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Pennsylvania ($1,084) and therefore has a lower gross rent.

Lawrence County is rank 44th out of 67 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is lower than 43 other counties. Lawrence County is the 24th cheapest county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Lawrence County, PA

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$590
studio
$663
1-Bedroom
$871
2-Bedroom
$1,208
3-Bedroom
$1,386
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$633
studio
$711
1-Bedroom
$934
2-Bedroom
$1,295
3-Bedroom
$1,486
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
16142 $0 $660 $850 $1,150 $1,230
16143 $0 $720 $920 $1,250 $1,340
16156 $0 $720 $920 $1,250 $1,340
16159 $0 $660 $850 $1,150 $1,230
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
16142 $594 $594 $765 $1,035 $1,107
16143 $639 $648 $828 $1,125 $1,206
16156 $639 $648 $828 $1,125 $1,206
16159 $594 $594 $765 $1,035 $1,107
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
16142 $726 $726 $935 $1,265 $1,353
16143 $781 $792 $1,012 $1,375 $1,474
16156 $781 $792 $1,012 $1,375 $1,474
16159 $726 $726 $935 $1,265 $1,353

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania: New Castle, New Wilmington, West Middlesex, Volant, Edinburg, Pulaski, Bessemer, West Pittsburg, Hillsville, New Bedford, and Villa Maria.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania: 16101, 16105, 16102, 16142, 16159, 16156, 16116, 16143, 16112, 16160, 16108, 16132, 16140, 16155, and 16172.

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