O'Brien County, IA

2025 Fair Market Rents

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The top four largest cities in O'Brien County are Sanborn, Primghar, Hospers, and Calumet. 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 O'Brien County use?

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

O'Brien County ($877) has a 6.5% lower FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Iowa ($938) and therefore has a lower gross rent.

O'Brien County is rank 44th out of 99 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 55 other counties. O'Brien County is the 44th most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables O'Brien County, IA

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$646
studio
$668
1-Bedroom
$877
2-Bedroom
$1,158
3-Bedroom
$1,163
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$646
studio
$668
1-Bedroom
$877
2-Bedroom
$1,158
3-Bedroom
$1,163
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
51009 $650 $670 $880 $1,160 $1,160
51231 $700 $720 $940 $1,240 $1,250
51238 $680 $700 $880 $1,150 $1,190
51245 $730 $750 $990 $1,310 $1,310
51248 $750 $780 $1,020 $1,350 $1,350
51350 $650 $680 $880 $1,160 $1,160
51248 $750 $780 $1,020 $1,350 $1,350
51350 $650 $680 $880 $1,160 $1,160
51238 $680 $700 $880 $1,150 $1,190
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
51009 $585 $603 $792 $1,044 $1,044
51231 $630 $648 $846 $1,116 $1,125
51238 $612 $630 $792 $1,035 $1,071
51245 $657 $675 $891 $1,179 $1,179
51248 $675 $702 $918 $1,215 $1,215
51350 $585 $612 $792 $1,044 $1,044
51248 $675 $702 $918 $1,215 $1,215
51350 $585 $612 $792 $1,044 $1,044
51238 $612 $630 $792 $1,035 $1,071
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
51009 $715 $737 $968 $1,276 $1,276
51231 $770 $792 $1,034 $1,364 $1,375
51238 $748 $770 $968 $1,265 $1,309
51245 $803 $825 $1,089 $1,441 $1,441
51248 $825 $858 $1,122 $1,485 $1,485
51350 $715 $748 $968 $1,276 $1,276
51248 $825 $858 $1,122 $1,485 $1,485
51350 $715 $748 $968 $1,276 $1,276
51238 $748 $770 $968 $1,265 $1,309

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in O'Brien County, Iowa: Sanborn, Primghar, Hospers, Calumet, Archer, and Melvin.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in O'Brien County, Iowa: 51248, 51245, 51238, 51009, 51231, and 51350.

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