Washington County, IA

2024 Fair Market Rents

Tags: 2024 Washington County, IA HUD Metro FMR Area

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The top two largest cities in Washington County are Washington and West Chester. 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 Washington County use?

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

Washington County ($894) has a 1.7% lower FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Iowa ($909) and therefore has a lower gross rent.

Washington County is rank 34th out of 99 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 65 other counties. Washington County is the 34th most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Washington County, IA

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$606
studio
$680
1-Bedroom
$894
2-Bedroom
$1,101
3-Bedroom
$1,253
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$633
studio
$711
1-Bedroom
$934
2-Bedroom
$1,150
3-Bedroom
$1,309
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
52353 $640 $720 $950 $1,170 $1,330
52359 $610 $690 $910 $1,120 $1,270
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
52353 $576 $648 $855 $1,053 $1,197
52359 $549 $621 $819 $1,008 $1,143
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
52353 $704 $792 $1,045 $1,287 $1,463
52359 $671 $759 $1,001 $1,232 $1,397

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Washington County, Iowa: Washington and West Chester.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Washington County, Iowa: 52353 and 52359.

Washington County, IA is considered part of the following metro FMR area: WASHINGTON COUNTY, IA HUD METRO FMR AREA.

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