James City County, VA

2025 Fair Market Rents

Tags: 2025 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC HUD Metro FMR Area

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The top four largest cities in James City County are Williamsburg, Toano, Lanexa, and Jamestown. 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 James City County use?

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

James City County ($1,696) has a 26.1% higher FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Virginia ($1,345) and therefore a higher gross rent.

James City County is rank 36th out of 133 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 97 other counties. James City County is the 36th most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables James City County, VA

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$1,475
studio
$1,483
1-Bedroom
$1,696
2-Bedroom
$2,361
3-Bedroom
$2,809
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$1,585
studio
$1,594
1-Bedroom
$1,823
2-Bedroom
$2,538
3-Bedroom
$3,019
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
23089 $1,440 $1,490 $1,660 $2,160 $2,640
23081 $1,500 $1,510 $1,730 $2,410 $2,870
23089 $1,440 $1,490 $1,660 $2,160 $2,640
23127 $1,500 $1,510 $1,730 $2,410 $2,870
23168 $1,340 $1,350 $1,540 $2,140 $2,550
23188 $1,570 $1,570 $1,800 $2,510 $2,980
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
23089 $1,296 $1,341 $1,494 $1,944 $2,376
23081 $1,350 $1,359 $1,557 $2,169 $2,583
23089 $1,296 $1,341 $1,494 $1,944 $2,376
23127 $1,350 $1,359 $1,557 $2,169 $2,583
23168 $1,206 $1,215 $1,386 $1,926 $2,295
23188 $1,413 $1,413 $1,620 $2,259 $2,682
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
23089 $1,584 $1,639 $1,826 $2,376 $2,904
23081 $1,650 $1,661 $1,903 $2,651 $3,157
23089 $1,584 $1,639 $1,826 $2,376 $2,904
23127 $1,650 $1,661 $1,903 $2,651 $3,157
23168 $1,474 $1,485 $1,694 $2,354 $2,805
23188 $1,727 $1,727 $1,980 $2,761 $3,278

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in James City County, Virginia: Williamsburg, Toano, Lanexa, Jamestown, and Norge.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in James City County, Virginia: 23188, 23168, 23089, 23081, and 23127.

James City County, VA is considered part of the following metro FMR area: VIRGINIA BEACH-NORFOLK-NEWPORT NEWS, VA-NC HUD METRO FMR AREA.

Other counties in the same metro FMR area are: Gloucester County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, Mathews County, VA, York County, VA, Chesapeake city, VA, Hampton city, VA, Newport News city, VA, Norfolk city, VA, Poquoson city, VA, Portsmouth city, VA, Suffolk city, VA, Virginia Beach city, VA, and Williamsburg city, VA.

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