Story County, IA

2024 Fair Market Rents

Tags: 2024 Ames, IA HUD Metro FMR Area

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The top four largest cities in Story County are Ames, Nevada, Colo, and Gilbert. 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 Story County use?

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

Story County ($1,033) has a 13.6% higher FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Iowa ($909) and therefore a higher gross rent.

Story County is rank 11th out of 99 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 88 other counties. Story County is the 11th most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Story County, IA

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$847
studio
$918
1-Bedroom
$1,033
2-Bedroom
$1,456
3-Bedroom
$1,753
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$902
studio
$977
1-Bedroom
$1,100
2-Bedroom
$1,550
3-Bedroom
$1,867
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
50010 $840 $910 $1,020 $1,440 $1,730
50011 $840 $920 $1,030 $1,450 $1,750
50012 $910 $990 $1,120 $1,570 $1,880
50013 $840 $920 $1,030 $1,450 $1,750
50056 $890 $960 $1,080 $1,520 $1,830
50105 $720 $780 $890 $1,260 $1,510
50201 $720 $780 $890 $1,260 $1,510
50278 $720 $780 $890 $1,260 $1,510
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
50010 $756 $819 $918 $1,296 $1,557
50011 $756 $828 $927 $1,305 $1,575
50012 $819 $891 $1,008 $1,413 $1,692
50013 $756 $828 $927 $1,305 $1,575
50056 $801 $864 $972 $1,368 $1,647
50105 $648 $702 $801 $1,134 $1,359
50201 $648 $702 $801 $1,134 $1,359
50278 $648 $702 $801 $1,134 $1,359
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
50010 $924 $1,001 $1,122 $1,584 $1,903
50011 $924 $1,012 $1,133 $1,595 $1,925
50012 $1,001 $1,089 $1,232 $1,727 $2,068
50013 $924 $1,012 $1,133 $1,595 $1,925
50056 $979 $1,056 $1,188 $1,672 $2,013
50105 $792 $858 $979 $1,386 $1,661
50201 $792 $858 $979 $1,386 $1,661
50278 $792 $858 $979 $1,386 $1,661

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Story County, Iowa: Ames, Nevada, Colo, Gilbert, and Zearing.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Story County, Iowa: 50010, 50201, 50056, 50105, 50278, 50011, 50012, and 50013.

Story County, IA is considered part of the following metro FMR area: AMES, IA HUD METRO FMR AREA.

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