Monroe County, IL

2024 Fair Market Rents

Tags: 2024 St. Louis, MO-IL HUD Metro FMR Area

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The top four largest cities in Monroe County are Waterloo, Columbia, Red Bud, and New Athens. 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 Monroe County use?

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

Monroe County ($1,209) has a 26.2% higher FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Illinois ($958) and therefore a higher gross rent.

Monroe County is rank 10th out of 102 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 92 other counties. Monroe County is the 10th most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Monroe County, IL

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$928
studio
$972
1-Bedroom
$1,209
2-Bedroom
$1,565
3-Bedroom
$1,818
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$993
studio
$1,040
1-Bedroom
$1,294
2-Bedroom
$1,675
3-Bedroom
$1,945
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
62236 $910 $950 $1,180 $1,530 $1,770
62240 $960 $1,000 $1,250 $1,620 $1,880
62244 $910 $960 $1,190 $1,540 $1,790
62248 $680 $720 $900 $1,170 $1,370
62256 $880 $920 $1,150 $1,490 $1,730
62264 $850 $890 $1,110 $1,440 $1,670
62277 $680 $720 $900 $1,170 $1,370
62278 $760 $800 $990 $1,280 $1,490
62279 $720 $760 $940 $1,220 $1,410
62295 $1,080 $1,130 $1,410 $1,830 $2,120
62298 $840 $880 $1,100 $1,420 $1,650
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
62236 $819 $855 $1,062 $1,377 $1,593
62240 $864 $900 $1,125 $1,458 $1,692
62244 $819 $864 $1,071 $1,386 $1,611
62248 $612 $648 $810 $1,053 $1,233
62256 $792 $828 $1,035 $1,341 $1,557
62264 $765 $801 $999 $1,296 $1,503
62277 $612 $648 $810 $1,053 $1,233
62278 $684 $720 $891 $1,152 $1,341
62279 $648 $684 $846 $1,098 $1,269
62295 $972 $1,017 $1,269 $1,647 $1,908
62298 $756 $792 $990 $1,278 $1,485
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
62236 $1,001 $1,045 $1,298 $1,683 $1,947
62240 $1,056 $1,100 $1,375 $1,782 $2,068
62244 $1,001 $1,056 $1,309 $1,694 $1,969
62248 $748 $792 $990 $1,287 $1,507
62256 $968 $1,012 $1,265 $1,639 $1,903
62264 $935 $979 $1,221 $1,584 $1,837
62277 $748 $792 $990 $1,287 $1,507
62278 $836 $880 $1,089 $1,408 $1,639
62279 $792 $836 $1,034 $1,342 $1,551
62295 $1,188 $1,243 $1,551 $2,013 $2,332
62298 $924 $968 $1,210 $1,562 $1,815

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Monroe County, Illinois: Waterloo, Columbia, Red Bud, New Athens, East Carondelet, Valmeyer, Prairie Du Rocher, Fults, Hecker, Maeystown, and Renault.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Monroe County, Illinois: 62298, 62236, 62278, 62264, 62240, 62295, 62277, 62244, 62248, 62256, and 62279.

Monroe County, IL is considered part of the following metro FMR area: ST. LOUIS, MO-IL HUD METRO FMR AREA.

Other counties in the same metro FMR area are: Calhoun County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Madison County, IL, and St. Clair County, IL.

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