Mercer County, PA

2024 Fair Market Rents

Tags: 2024 Sharon, PA HUD Metro FMR Area

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The top four largest cities in Mercer County are Hermitage, Sharon, Mercer, and Sharpsville. 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 Mercer County use?

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

Mercer County ($845) has a 22% lower FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Pennsylvania ($1,084) and therefore has a lower gross rent.

Mercer County is rank 50th out of 67 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is lower than 49 other counties. Mercer County is the 18th cheapest county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Mercer County, PA

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$656
studio
$661
1-Bedroom
$845
2-Bedroom
$1,148
3-Bedroom
$1,233
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$687
studio
$691
1-Bedroom
$884
2-Bedroom
$1,201
3-Bedroom
$1,290
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
16113 $850 $860 $1,100 $1,490 $1,610
16114 $740 $740 $950 $1,290 $1,390
16121 $700 $700 $900 $1,220 $1,310
16124 $660 $660 $850 $1,150 $1,230
16130 $660 $660 $850 $1,150 $1,230
16133 $670 $680 $870 $1,180 $1,260
16137 $660 $660 $850 $1,150 $1,230
16145 $660 $660 $850 $1,150 $1,230
16146 $660 $660 $850 $1,150 $1,230
16148 $720 $730 $930 $1,260 $1,360
16150 $690 $700 $890 $1,210 $1,300
16151 $670 $670 $860 $1,170 $1,250
16153 $680 $690 $880 $1,200 $1,280
16154 $690 $700 $890 $1,210 $1,300
16161 $680 $680 $870 $1,180 $1,270
16311 $660 $660 $850 $1,150 $1,230
16342 $660 $660 $850 $1,150 $1,230
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
16113 $765 $774 $990 $1,341 $1,449
16114 $666 $666 $855 $1,161 $1,251
16121 $630 $630 $810 $1,098 $1,179
16124 $594 $594 $765 $1,035 $1,107
16130 $594 $594 $765 $1,035 $1,107
16133 $603 $612 $783 $1,062 $1,134
16137 $594 $594 $765 $1,035 $1,107
16145 $594 $594 $765 $1,035 $1,107
16146 $594 $594 $765 $1,035 $1,107
16148 $648 $657 $837 $1,134 $1,224
16150 $621 $630 $801 $1,089 $1,170
16151 $603 $603 $774 $1,053 $1,125
16153 $612 $621 $792 $1,080 $1,152
16154 $621 $630 $801 $1,089 $1,170
16161 $612 $612 $783 $1,062 $1,143
16311 $594 $594 $765 $1,035 $1,107
16342 $594 $594 $765 $1,035 $1,107
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
16113 $935 $946 $1,210 $1,639 $1,771
16114 $814 $814 $1,045 $1,419 $1,529
16121 $770 $770 $990 $1,342 $1,441
16124 $726 $726 $935 $1,265 $1,353
16130 $726 $726 $935 $1,265 $1,353
16133 $737 $748 $957 $1,298 $1,386
16137 $726 $726 $935 $1,265 $1,353
16145 $726 $726 $935 $1,265 $1,353
16146 $726 $726 $935 $1,265 $1,353
16148 $792 $803 $1,023 $1,386 $1,496
16150 $759 $770 $979 $1,331 $1,430
16151 $737 $737 $946 $1,287 $1,375
16153 $748 $759 $968 $1,320 $1,408
16154 $759 $770 $979 $1,331 $1,430
16161 $748 $748 $957 $1,298 $1,397
16311 $726 $726 $935 $1,265 $1,353
16342 $726 $726 $935 $1,265 $1,353

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Mercer County, Pennsylvania: Hermitage, Sharon, Mercer, Sharpsville, Farrell, Transfer, Sandy Lake, Stoneboro, Polk, Hadley, Fredonia, Jackson Center, Wheatland, Clarks Mills, Sheakleyville, Carlton, and Clark.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Mercer County, Pennsylvania: 16148, 16146, 16137, 16150, 16121, 16154, 16145, 16153, 16342, 16130, 16124, 16133, 16161, 16114, 16151, 16311, and 16113.

Mercer County, PA is considered part of the following metro FMR area: SHARON, PA HUD METRO FMR AREA.

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