Etowah County, AL

2025 Fair Market Rents

Tags: 2025 Gadsden, AL MSA

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The top four largest cities in Etowah County are Gadsden, Rainbow City, Gallant, and Walnut Grove. 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 Etowah County use?

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

Etowah County ($942) has a 1.9% higher FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Alabama ($924) and therefore a higher gross rent.

Etowah County is rank 24th out of 67 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 43 other counties. Etowah County is the 24th most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Etowah County, AL

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$646
studio
$810
1-Bedroom
$942
2-Bedroom
$1,139
3-Bedroom
$1,255
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$694
studio
$870
1-Bedroom
$1,012
2-Bedroom
$1,223
3-Bedroom
$1,348
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
35906 $890 $1,000 $1,140 $1,420 $1,580
35972 $890 $1,000 $1,130 $1,420 $1,580
35902 $640 $810 $940 $1,140 $1,250
35904 $640 $800 $930 $1,120 $1,240
35906 $890 $1,000 $1,140 $1,420 $1,580
35907 $880 $1,110 $1,290 $1,560 $1,720
35972 $890 $1,000 $1,130 $1,420 $1,580
35990 $630 $760 $860 $1,060 $1,180
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
35906 $801 $900 $1,026 $1,278 $1,422
35972 $801 $900 $1,017 $1,278 $1,422
35902 $576 $729 $846 $1,026 $1,125
35904 $576 $720 $837 $1,008 $1,116
35906 $801 $900 $1,026 $1,278 $1,422
35907 $792 $999 $1,161 $1,404 $1,548
35972 $801 $900 $1,017 $1,278 $1,422
35990 $567 $684 $774 $954 $1,062
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
35906 $979 $1,100 $1,254 $1,562 $1,738
35972 $979 $1,100 $1,243 $1,562 $1,738
35902 $704 $891 $1,034 $1,254 $1,375
35904 $704 $880 $1,023 $1,232 $1,364
35906 $979 $1,100 $1,254 $1,562 $1,738
35907 $968 $1,221 $1,419 $1,716 $1,892
35972 $979 $1,100 $1,243 $1,562 $1,738
35990 $693 $836 $946 $1,166 $1,298

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Etowah County, Alabama: Gadsden, Rainbow City, Gallant, and Walnut Grove.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Etowah County, Alabama: 35904, 35906, 35907, 35972, 35902, and 35990.

Etowah County, AL is considered part of the following metro FMR area: GADSDEN, AL MSA.

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