Merrick County, NE

2024 Fair Market Rents

Tags: 2024 Merrick County, NE HUD Metro FMR Area

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The top four largest cities in Merrick County are Central City, Fullerton, Genoa, and Silver Creek. 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 Merrick County use?

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

Merrick County ($872) has a 3.3% lower FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Nebraska ($902) and therefore has a lower gross rent.

Merrick County is rank 32nd out of 93 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 61 other counties. Merrick County is the 32nd most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Merrick County, NE

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$609
studio
$711
1-Bedroom
$872
2-Bedroom
$1,147
3-Bedroom
$1,292
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$609
studio
$711
1-Bedroom
$872
2-Bedroom
$1,147
3-Bedroom
$1,292
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
68638 $0 $710 $870 $1,150 $1,290
68640 $0 $710 $870 $1,150 $1,290
68663 $0 $770 $950 $1,250 $1,410
68826 $0 $710 $870 $1,150 $1,290
68827 $0 $830 $1,020 $1,340 $1,510
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
68638 $549 $639 $783 $1,035 $1,161
68640 $549 $639 $783 $1,035 $1,161
68663 $594 $693 $855 $1,125 $1,269
68826 $549 $639 $783 $1,035 $1,161
68827 $639 $747 $918 $1,206 $1,359
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
68638 $671 $781 $957 $1,265 $1,419
68640 $671 $781 $957 $1,265 $1,419
68663 $726 $847 $1,045 $1,375 $1,551
68826 $671 $781 $957 $1,265 $1,419
68827 $781 $913 $1,122 $1,474 $1,661

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Merrick County, Nebraska: Central City, Fullerton, Genoa, Silver Creek, and Chapman.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Merrick County, Nebraska: 68826, 68638, 68640, 68663, and 68827.

Merrick County, NE is considered part of the following metro FMR area: MERRICK COUNTY, NE HUD METRO FMR AREA.

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