Galveston County, TX

2025 Fair Market Rents

Tags: 2025 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX HUD Metro FMR Area

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The top four largest cities in Galveston County are League City, Dickinson, Texas City, and Galveston. 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 Galveston County use?

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

Galveston County ($1,529) has a 37.9% higher FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Texas ($1,109) and therefore a higher gross rent.

Galveston County is rank 20th out of 254 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 234 other counties. Galveston County is the 20th most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Galveston County, TX

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$1,226
studio
$1,279
1-Bedroom
$1,529
2-Bedroom
$2,038
3-Bedroom
$2,568
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$1,332
studio
$1,390
1-Bedroom
$1,661
2-Bedroom
$2,214
3-Bedroom
$2,789
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
77518 $1,090 $1,140 $1,360 $1,810 $2,280
77539 $1,240 $1,300 $1,550 $2,070 $2,600
77549 $1,210 $1,260 $1,510 $2,010 $2,540
77550 $1,070 $1,110 $1,330 $1,770 $2,230
77551 $1,220 $1,270 $1,520 $2,030 $2,550
77552 $1,210 $1,260 $1,510 $2,010 $2,540
77553 $1,210 $1,260 $1,510 $2,010 $2,540
77554 $1,280 $1,340 $1,600 $2,130 $2,690
77555 $1,070 $1,110 $1,330 $1,770 $2,230
77563 $1,110 $1,150 $1,380 $1,840 $2,320
77565 $1,440 $1,510 $1,800 $2,400 $3,020
77568 $1,020 $1,060 $1,270 $1,690 $2,130
77573 $1,510 $1,570 $1,880 $2,510 $3,160
77574 $1,210 $1,260 $1,510 $2,010 $2,540
77590 $1,070 $1,120 $1,340 $1,790 $2,250
77591 $1,110 $1,150 $1,380 $1,840 $2,320
77623 $800 $830 $1,000 $1,320 $1,640
77650 $1,210 $1,260 $1,510 $2,010 $2,540
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
77518 $981 $1,026 $1,224 $1,629 $2,052
77539 $1,116 $1,170 $1,395 $1,863 $2,340
77549 $1,089 $1,134 $1,359 $1,809 $2,286
77550 $963 $999 $1,197 $1,593 $2,007
77551 $1,098 $1,143 $1,368 $1,827 $2,295
77552 $1,089 $1,134 $1,359 $1,809 $2,286
77553 $1,089 $1,134 $1,359 $1,809 $2,286
77554 $1,152 $1,206 $1,440 $1,917 $2,421
77555 $963 $999 $1,197 $1,593 $2,007
77563 $999 $1,035 $1,242 $1,656 $2,088
77565 $1,296 $1,359 $1,620 $2,160 $2,718
77568 $918 $954 $1,143 $1,521 $1,917
77573 $1,359 $1,413 $1,692 $2,259 $2,844
77574 $1,089 $1,134 $1,359 $1,809 $2,286
77590 $963 $1,008 $1,206 $1,611 $2,025
77591 $999 $1,035 $1,242 $1,656 $2,088
77623 $720 $747 $900 $1,188 $1,476
77650 $1,089 $1,134 $1,359 $1,809 $2,286
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
77518 $1,199 $1,254 $1,496 $1,991 $2,508
77539 $1,364 $1,430 $1,705 $2,277 $2,860
77549 $1,331 $1,386 $1,661 $2,211 $2,794
77550 $1,177 $1,221 $1,463 $1,947 $2,453
77551 $1,342 $1,397 $1,672 $2,233 $2,805
77552 $1,331 $1,386 $1,661 $2,211 $2,794
77553 $1,331 $1,386 $1,661 $2,211 $2,794
77554 $1,408 $1,474 $1,760 $2,343 $2,959
77555 $1,177 $1,221 $1,463 $1,947 $2,453
77563 $1,221 $1,265 $1,518 $2,024 $2,552
77565 $1,584 $1,661 $1,980 $2,640 $3,322
77568 $1,122 $1,166 $1,397 $1,859 $2,343
77573 $1,661 $1,727 $2,068 $2,761 $3,476
77574 $1,331 $1,386 $1,661 $2,211 $2,794
77590 $1,177 $1,232 $1,474 $1,969 $2,475
77591 $1,221 $1,265 $1,518 $2,024 $2,552
77623 $880 $913 $1,100 $1,452 $1,804
77650 $1,331 $1,386 $1,661 $2,211 $2,794

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Galveston County, Texas: League City, Dickinson, Texas City, Galveston, La Marque, Hitchcock, Bacliff, Kemah, Port Bolivar, Friendswood, and High Island.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Galveston County, Texas: 77573, 77539, 77590, 77550, 77551, 77568, 77591, 77563, 77518, 77554, 77565, 77574, 77650, 77549, 77552, 77553, 77555, and 77623.

Galveston County, TX is considered part of the following metro FMR area: HOUSTON-THE WOODLANDS-SUGAR LAND, TX HUD METRO FMR AREA.

Other counties in the same metro FMR area are: Chambers County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Harris County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, and Waller County, TX.

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