Madison County, IA

2025 Fair Market Rents

Tags: 2025 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA HUD Metro FMR Area

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The top four largest cities in Madison County are Norwalk, Saint Charles, Prole, and Bevington. 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 Madison County use?

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

Madison County ($1,216) has a 29.6% higher FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Iowa ($938) and therefore a higher gross rent.

Madison County is rank 4th out of 99 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 95 other counties. Madison County is the 4th most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Madison County, IA

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$954
studio
$1,017
1-Bedroom
$1,216
2-Bedroom
$1,632
3-Bedroom
$1,638
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$1,029
studio
$1,097
1-Bedroom
$1,312
2-Bedroom
$1,761
3-Bedroom
$1,767
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
50033 $780 $840 $1,000 $1,340 $1,350
50211 $990 $1,050 $1,260 $1,690 $1,700
50218 $930 $990 $1,180 $1,580 $1,590
50229 $870 $920 $1,100 $1,480 $1,490
50240 $780 $840 $1,000 $1,340 $1,350
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
50033 $702 $756 $900 $1,206 $1,215
50211 $891 $945 $1,134 $1,521 $1,530
50218 $837 $891 $1,062 $1,422 $1,431
50229 $783 $828 $990 $1,332 $1,341
50240 $702 $756 $900 $1,206 $1,215
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
50033 $858 $924 $1,100 $1,474 $1,485
50211 $1,089 $1,155 $1,386 $1,859 $1,870
50218 $1,023 $1,089 $1,298 $1,738 $1,749
50229 $957 $1,012 $1,210 $1,628 $1,639
50240 $858 $924 $1,100 $1,474 $1,485

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Madison County, Iowa: Norwalk, Saint Charles, Prole, Bevington, and Patterson.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Madison County, Iowa: 50211, 50240, 50229, 50033, and 50218.

Madison County, IA is considered part of the following metro FMR area: DES MOINES-WEST DES MOINES, IA HUD METRO FMR AREA.

Other counties in the same metro FMR area are: Dallas County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Polk County, IA, and Warren County, IA.

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