Howard County, MD

2025 Fair Market Rents

Tags: 2025 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA

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The top four largest cities in Howard County are Columbia, Ellicott City, Laurel, and Elkridge. 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 Howard County use?

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

Howard County ($1,965) has a 14.5% higher FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Maryland ($1,716) and therefore a higher gross rent.

Howard County is rank 6th out of 24 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 18 other counties. Howard County is the 6th most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Howard County, MD

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$1,407
studio
$1,604
1-Bedroom
$1,965
2-Bedroom
$2,529
3-Bedroom
$2,826
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$1,534
studio
$1,749
1-Bedroom
$2,142
2-Bedroom
$2,757
3-Bedroom
$3,080
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
20723 $1,780 $2,020 $2,480 $3,190 $3,570
20759 $2,030 $2,260 $2,710 $3,470 $3,920
20763 $1,660 $1,890 $2,320 $2,990 $3,340
20777 $2,120 $2,380 $2,880 $3,690 $4,150
20833 $2,350 $2,400 $2,700 $3,380 $3,980
21029 $2,110 $2,410 $2,950 $3,800 $4,240
21036 $2,150 $2,380 $2,850 $3,650 $4,130
21041 $1,780 $2,030 $2,490 $3,200 $3,580
21042 $1,880 $2,150 $2,630 $3,390 $3,780
21044 $1,820 $2,070 $2,540 $3,270 $3,650
21045 $1,560 $1,780 $2,180 $2,810 $3,130
21046 $1,900 $2,160 $2,650 $3,410 $3,810
21075 $1,810 $2,070 $2,530 $3,260 $3,640
21150 $1,780 $2,030 $2,490 $3,200 $3,580
21723 $1,780 $2,030 $2,490 $3,200 $3,580
21737 $1,780 $2,030 $2,490 $3,200 $3,580
21738 $1,780 $2,030 $2,490 $3,200 $3,580
21765 $1,780 $2,030 $2,490 $3,200 $3,580
21794 $1,780 $2,030 $2,490 $3,200 $3,580
20777 $2,120 $2,380 $2,880 $3,690 $4,150
20833 $2,350 $2,400 $2,700 $3,380 $3,980
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
20723 $1,602 $1,818 $2,232 $2,871 $3,213
20759 $1,827 $2,034 $2,439 $3,123 $3,528
20763 $1,494 $1,701 $2,088 $2,691 $3,006
20777 $1,908 $2,142 $2,592 $3,321 $3,735
20833 $2,115 $2,160 $2,430 $3,042 $3,582
21029 $1,899 $2,169 $2,655 $3,420 $3,816
21036 $1,935 $2,142 $2,565 $3,285 $3,717
21041 $1,602 $1,827 $2,241 $2,880 $3,222
21042 $1,692 $1,935 $2,367 $3,051 $3,402
21044 $1,638 $1,863 $2,286 $2,943 $3,285
21045 $1,404 $1,602 $1,962 $2,529 $2,817
21046 $1,710 $1,944 $2,385 $3,069 $3,429
21075 $1,629 $1,863 $2,277 $2,934 $3,276
21150 $1,602 $1,827 $2,241 $2,880 $3,222
21723 $1,602 $1,827 $2,241 $2,880 $3,222
21737 $1,602 $1,827 $2,241 $2,880 $3,222
21738 $1,602 $1,827 $2,241 $2,880 $3,222
21765 $1,602 $1,827 $2,241 $2,880 $3,222
21794 $1,602 $1,827 $2,241 $2,880 $3,222
20777 $1,908 $2,142 $2,592 $3,321 $3,735
20833 $2,115 $2,160 $2,430 $3,042 $3,582
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
20723 $1,958 $2,222 $2,728 $3,509 $3,927
20759 $2,233 $2,486 $2,981 $3,817 $4,312
20763 $1,826 $2,079 $2,552 $3,289 $3,674
20777 $2,332 $2,618 $3,168 $4,059 $4,565
20833 $2,585 $2,640 $2,970 $3,718 $4,378
21029 $2,321 $2,651 $3,245 $4,180 $4,664
21036 $2,365 $2,618 $3,135 $4,015 $4,543
21041 $1,958 $2,233 $2,739 $3,520 $3,938
21042 $2,068 $2,365 $2,893 $3,729 $4,158
21044 $2,002 $2,277 $2,794 $3,597 $4,015
21045 $1,716 $1,958 $2,398 $3,091 $3,443
21046 $2,090 $2,376 $2,915 $3,751 $4,191
21075 $1,991 $2,277 $2,783 $3,586 $4,004
21150 $1,958 $2,233 $2,739 $3,520 $3,938
21723 $1,958 $2,233 $2,739 $3,520 $3,938
21737 $1,958 $2,233 $2,739 $3,520 $3,938
21738 $1,958 $2,233 $2,739 $3,520 $3,938
21765 $1,958 $2,233 $2,739 $3,520 $3,938
21794 $1,958 $2,233 $2,739 $3,520 $3,938
20777 $2,332 $2,618 $3,168 $4,059 $4,565
20833 $2,585 $2,640 $2,970 $3,718 $4,378

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Howard County, Maryland: Columbia, Ellicott City, Laurel, Elkridge, Clarksville, Brookeville, Highland, Glenwood, Fulton, Savage, West Friendship, Dayton, Glenelg, Cooksville, Simpsonville, and Lisbon.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Howard County, Maryland: 21044, 21042, 21045, 20723, 21075, 21046, 21029, 20833, 20777, 21738, 20759, 20763, 21794, 21036, 21737, 21723, 21041, 21150, and 21765.

Howard County, MD is considered part of the following metro FMR area: BALTIMORE-COLUMBIA-TOWSON, MD MSA.

Other counties in the same metro FMR area are: Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Harford County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, and Baltimore city, MD.

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