Los Alamos County, NM

2024 Fair Market Rents

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The top two largest cities in Los Alamos County are Los Alamos and . 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 Los Alamos County use?

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

Los Alamos County ($1,363) has a 37.8% higher FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of New Mexico ($989) and therefore a higher gross rent.

Los Alamos County is rank 2nd out of 33 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 31 other counties. Los Alamos County is the 2nd most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Los Alamos County, NM

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$995
studio
$1,037
1-Bedroom
$1,363
2-Bedroom
$1,722
3-Bedroom
$2,313
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$1,066
studio
$1,111
1-Bedroom
$1,460
2-Bedroom
$1,845
3-Bedroom
$2,478
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
87544 $1,000 $1,220 $1,480 $2,090 $2,500
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
87544 $900 $1,098 $1,332 $1,881 $2,250
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
87544 $1,100 $1,342 $1,628 $2,299 $2,750

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Los Alamos County, New Mexico: Los Alamos and .

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Los Alamos County, New Mexico: 87544 and 87547.

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