Otero County, CO

2025 Fair Market Rents

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The top three largest cities in Otero County are Rocky Ford, Swink, and Cheraw. 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 Otero County use?

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

Otero County ($933) has a 33.7% lower FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Colorado ($1,408) and therefore has a lower gross rent.

Otero County is rank 59th out of 64 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is lower than 58 other counties. Otero County is the 6th cheapest county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Otero County, CO

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$707
studio
$711
1-Bedroom
$933
2-Bedroom
$1,297
3-Bedroom
$1,567
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$749
studio
$754
1-Bedroom
$989
2-Bedroom
$1,374
3-Bedroom
$1,661
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
81030 $800 $810 $1,060 $1,470 $1,780
81067 $790 $790 $1,040 $1,450 $1,750
81077 $710 $710 $930 $1,300 $1,580
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
81030 $720 $729 $954 $1,323 $1,602
81067 $711 $711 $936 $1,305 $1,575
81077 $639 $639 $837 $1,170 $1,422
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
81030 $880 $891 $1,166 $1,617 $1,958
81067 $869 $869 $1,144 $1,595 $1,925
81077 $781 $781 $1,023 $1,430 $1,738

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Otero County, Colorado: Rocky Ford, Swink, and Cheraw.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Otero County, Colorado: 81067, 81077, and 81030.

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