Oconee County, SC

2024 Fair Market Rents

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The top four largest cities in Oconee County are Seneca, Westminster, Walhalla, and Salem. 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 Oconee County use?

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

Oconee County ($988) has a 9.6% lower FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of South Carolina ($1,093) and therefore has a lower gross rent.

Oconee County is rank 27th out of 46 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is lower than 26 other counties. Oconee County is the 20th cheapest county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Oconee County, SC

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$670
studio
$752
1-Bedroom
$988
2-Bedroom
$1,215
3-Bedroom
$1,348
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$711
studio
$798
1-Bedroom
$1,049
2-Bedroom
$1,290
3-Bedroom
$1,432
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
29678 $860 $880 $1,040 $1,300 $1,640
29678 $860 $880 $1,040 $1,300 $1,640
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
29678 $774 $792 $936 $1,170 $1,476
29678 $774 $792 $936 $1,170 $1,476
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
29678 $946 $968 $1,144 $1,430 $1,804
29678 $946 $968 $1,144 $1,430 $1,804

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Oconee County, South Carolina: Seneca, Westminster, Walhalla, Salem, West Union, Mountain Rest, Tamassee, Long Creek, Newry, and Richland.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Oconee County, South Carolina: 29678, 29693, 29672, 29691, 29676, 29696, 29664, 29679, 29686, 29658, 29665, and 29675.

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