Mecosta County, MI

2024 Fair Market Rents

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The top four largest cities in Mecosta County are Big Rapids, Newaygo, Howard City, and Evart. 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 Mecosta County use?

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

Mecosta County ($939) has a 7.5% lower FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Michigan ($1,015) and therefore has a lower gross rent.

Mecosta County is rank 46th out of 83 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is lower than 45 other counties. Mecosta County is the 38th cheapest county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Mecosta County, MI

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$656
studio
$799
1-Bedroom
$939
2-Bedroom
$1,199
3-Bedroom
$1,331
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$721
studio
$878
1-Bedroom
$1,032
2-Bedroom
$1,318
3-Bedroom
$1,463
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
48850 $650 $740 $910 $1,120 $1,240
48886 $660 $760 $920 $1,140 $1,250
49329 $800 $910 $1,110 $1,370 $1,510
49336 $770 $880 $1,070 $1,330 $1,460
49337 $790 $900 $1,100 $1,360 $1,500
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
48850 $585 $666 $819 $1,008 $1,116
48886 $594 $684 $828 $1,026 $1,125
49329 $720 $819 $999 $1,233 $1,359
49336 $693 $792 $963 $1,197 $1,314
49337 $711 $810 $990 $1,224 $1,350
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
48850 $715 $814 $1,001 $1,232 $1,364
48886 $726 $836 $1,012 $1,254 $1,375
49329 $880 $1,001 $1,221 $1,507 $1,661
49336 $847 $968 $1,177 $1,463 $1,606
49337 $869 $990 $1,210 $1,496 $1,650

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Mecosta County, Michigan: Big Rapids, Newaygo, Howard City, Evart, Stanwood, Lakeview, Morley, Mecosta, Hersey, Six Lakes, Paris, Rodney, and Chippewa Lake.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Mecosta County, Michigan: 49307, 49337, 49329, 49631, 49346, 48850, 49336, 49332, 49639, 48886, 49338, 49342, and 49320.

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