Lake County, CO

2025 Fair Market Rents

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The top two largest cities in Lake County are Leadville and Climax. 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 Lake County use?

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

Lake County ($1,302) has a 7.5% lower FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Colorado ($1,408) and therefore has a lower gross rent.

Lake County is rank 29th out of 64 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 35 other counties. Lake County is the 29th most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Lake County, CO

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$986
studio
$992
1-Bedroom
$1,302
2-Bedroom
$1,664
3-Bedroom
$2,082
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$1,249
studio
$1,257
1-Bedroom
$1,649
2-Bedroom
$2,107
3-Bedroom
$2,637
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
80461 $990 $1,000 $1,310 $1,670 $2,100
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
80461 $891 $900 $1,179 $1,503 $1,890
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
80461 $1,089 $1,100 $1,441 $1,837 $2,310

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Lake County, Colorado: Leadville and Climax.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Lake County, Colorado: 80461 and 80429.

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