Caldwell County, NC

2025 Fair Market Rents

Tags: 2025 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC MSA

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The top four largest cities in Caldwell County are Hudson, Boomer, Ferguson, and Rhodhiss. 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 Caldwell County use?

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

Caldwell County ($1,046) has a 9.7% lower FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of North Carolina ($1,158) and therefore has a lower gross rent.

Caldwell County is rank 51st out of 100 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is lower than 50 other counties. Caldwell County is the 50th cheapest county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Caldwell County, NC

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$818
studio
$851
1-Bedroom
$1,046
2-Bedroom
$1,334
3-Bedroom
$1,567
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$876
studio
$913
1-Bedroom
$1,121
2-Bedroom
$1,430
3-Bedroom
$1,680
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
28606 $770 $790 $930 $1,230 $1,390
28624 $770 $820 $980 $1,270 $1,500
28633 $730 $770 $940 $1,200 $1,410
28638 $730 $760 $930 $1,190 $1,390
28661 $730 $770 $940 $1,200 $1,410
28667 $850 $890 $1,090 $1,390 $1,630
28606 $770 $790 $930 $1,230 $1,390
28624 $770 $820 $980 $1,270 $1,500
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
28606 $693 $711 $837 $1,107 $1,251
28624 $693 $738 $882 $1,143 $1,350
28633 $657 $693 $846 $1,080 $1,269
28638 $657 $684 $837 $1,071 $1,251
28661 $657 $693 $846 $1,080 $1,269
28667 $765 $801 $981 $1,251 $1,467
28606 $693 $711 $837 $1,107 $1,251
28624 $693 $738 $882 $1,143 $1,350
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
28606 $847 $869 $1,023 $1,353 $1,529
28624 $847 $902 $1,078 $1,397 $1,650
28633 $803 $847 $1,034 $1,320 $1,551
28638 $803 $836 $1,023 $1,309 $1,529
28661 $803 $847 $1,034 $1,320 $1,551
28667 $935 $979 $1,199 $1,529 $1,793
28606 $847 $869 $1,023 $1,353 $1,529
28624 $847 $902 $1,078 $1,397 $1,650

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Caldwell County, North Carolina: Hudson, Boomer, Ferguson, Rhodhiss, Patterson, and Lenoir.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Caldwell County, North Carolina: 28638, 28606, 28624, 28667, 28661, and 28633.

Caldwell County, NC is considered part of the following metro FMR area: HICKORY-LENOIR-MORGANTON, NC MSA.

Other counties in the same metro FMR area are: Alexander County, NC, Burke County, NC, and Catawba County, NC.

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