Lorain County, OH

2025 Fair Market Rents

Tags: 2025 Cleveland-Elyria, OH MSA

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The top four largest cities in Lorain County are Medina, Elyria, North Ridgeville, and Lorain. 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 Lorain County use?

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

Lorain County ($1,208) has a 19.1% higher FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Ohio ($1,014) and therefore a higher gross rent.

Lorain County is rank 13th out of 88 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 75 other counties. Lorain County is the 13th most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Lorain County, OH

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$881
studio
$995
1-Bedroom
$1,208
2-Bedroom
$1,553
3-Bedroom
$1,667
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$936
studio
$1,058
1-Bedroom
$1,284
2-Bedroom
$1,651
3-Bedroom
$1,772
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
44256 $980 $1,110 $1,350 $1,740 $1,860
44001 $820 $930 $1,130 $1,450 $1,560
44011 $1,270 $1,430 $1,740 $2,240 $2,400
44012 $1,280 $1,440 $1,750 $2,250 $2,410
44028 $1,290 $1,460 $1,770 $2,280 $2,440
44035 $780 $880 $1,070 $1,380 $1,480
44036 $830 $940 $1,140 $1,470 $1,570
44039 $960 $1,090 $1,320 $1,700 $1,820
44044 $850 $960 $1,160 $1,490 $1,600
44049 $750 $850 $1,030 $1,320 $1,420
44050 $990 $1,120 $1,360 $1,750 $1,880
44052 $800 $910 $1,100 $1,410 $1,520
44053 $740 $840 $1,020 $1,310 $1,410
44054 $940 $1,060 $1,290 $1,660 $1,780
44055 $790 $890 $1,080 $1,390 $1,490
44074 $840 $950 $1,150 $1,480 $1,590
44090 $730 $830 $1,000 $1,300 $1,380
44253 $860 $970 $1,180 $1,520 $1,630
44256 $980 $1,110 $1,350 $1,740 $1,860
44275 $900 $1,010 $1,230 $1,580 $1,700
44280 $1,320 $1,490 $1,810 $2,330 $2,500
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
44256 $882 $999 $1,215 $1,566 $1,674
44001 $738 $837 $1,017 $1,305 $1,404
44011 $1,143 $1,287 $1,566 $2,016 $2,160
44012 $1,152 $1,296 $1,575 $2,025 $2,169
44028 $1,161 $1,314 $1,593 $2,052 $2,196
44035 $702 $792 $963 $1,242 $1,332
44036 $747 $846 $1,026 $1,323 $1,413
44039 $864 $981 $1,188 $1,530 $1,638
44044 $765 $864 $1,044 $1,341 $1,440
44049 $675 $765 $927 $1,188 $1,278
44050 $891 $1,008 $1,224 $1,575 $1,692
44052 $720 $819 $990 $1,269 $1,368
44053 $666 $756 $918 $1,179 $1,269
44054 $846 $954 $1,161 $1,494 $1,602
44055 $711 $801 $972 $1,251 $1,341
44074 $756 $855 $1,035 $1,332 $1,431
44090 $657 $747 $900 $1,170 $1,242
44253 $774 $873 $1,062 $1,368 $1,467
44256 $882 $999 $1,215 $1,566 $1,674
44275 $810 $909 $1,107 $1,422 $1,530
44280 $1,188 $1,341 $1,629 $2,097 $2,250
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
44256 $1,078 $1,221 $1,485 $1,914 $2,046
44001 $902 $1,023 $1,243 $1,595 $1,716
44011 $1,397 $1,573 $1,914 $2,464 $2,640
44012 $1,408 $1,584 $1,925 $2,475 $2,651
44028 $1,419 $1,606 $1,947 $2,508 $2,684
44035 $858 $968 $1,177 $1,518 $1,628
44036 $913 $1,034 $1,254 $1,617 $1,727
44039 $1,056 $1,199 $1,452 $1,870 $2,002
44044 $935 $1,056 $1,276 $1,639 $1,760
44049 $825 $935 $1,133 $1,452 $1,562
44050 $1,089 $1,232 $1,496 $1,925 $2,068
44052 $880 $1,001 $1,210 $1,551 $1,672
44053 $814 $924 $1,122 $1,441 $1,551
44054 $1,034 $1,166 $1,419 $1,826 $1,958
44055 $869 $979 $1,188 $1,529 $1,639
44074 $924 $1,045 $1,265 $1,628 $1,749
44090 $803 $913 $1,100 $1,430 $1,518
44253 $946 $1,067 $1,298 $1,672 $1,793
44256 $1,078 $1,221 $1,485 $1,914 $2,046
44275 $990 $1,111 $1,353 $1,738 $1,870
44280 $1,452 $1,639 $1,991 $2,563 $2,750

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Lorain County, Ohio: Medina, Elyria, North Ridgeville, Lorain, Avon Lake, Amherst, Avon, Sheffield Lake, Grafton, Wellington, Oberlin, Columbia Station, Lagrange, Valley City, Litchfield, Spencer, and Kipton.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Lorain County, Ohio: 44256, 44035, 44039, 44052, 44012, 44001, 44011, 44053, 44055, 44054, 44044, 44090, 44074, 44028, 44050, 44280, 44253, 44275, 44036, and 44049.

Lorain County, OH is considered part of the following metro FMR area: CLEVELAND-ELYRIA, OH MSA.

Other counties in the same metro FMR area are: Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH, and Medina County, OH.

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