Otero County, NM

2025 Fair Market Rents

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The top four largest cities in Otero County are Alamogordo, Tularosa, Mescalero, and Holloman Air Force Base. 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 10.2% lower FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of New Mexico ($1,039) and therefore has a lower gross rent.

Otero County is rank 15th out of 33 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 18 other counties. Otero County is the 15th most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Otero County, NM

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$640
studio
$761
1-Bedroom
$933
2-Bedroom
$1,307
3-Bedroom
$1,567
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$640
studio
$761
1-Bedroom
$933
2-Bedroom
$1,307
3-Bedroom
$1,567
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
88340 $640 $760 $930 $1,310 $1,580
88310 $640 $760 $930 $1,310 $1,580
88311 $640 $760 $930 $1,310 $1,580
88314 $650 $770 $940 $1,320 $1,590
88317 $640 $760 $930 $1,310 $1,580
88325 $640 $760 $930 $1,310 $1,580
88330 $840 $1,000 $1,230 $1,720 $2,070
88337 $640 $760 $930 $1,310 $1,580
88340 $640 $760 $930 $1,310 $1,580
88342 $640 $780 $930 $1,310 $1,540
88347 $640 $760 $930 $1,310 $1,580
88349 $640 $760 $930 $1,310 $1,580
88350 $640 $760 $930 $1,310 $1,580
88352 $650 $770 $950 $1,330 $1,600
88354 $640 $760 $930 $1,310 $1,580
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
88340 $576 $684 $837 $1,179 $1,422
88310 $576 $684 $837 $1,179 $1,422
88311 $576 $684 $837 $1,179 $1,422
88314 $585 $693 $846 $1,188 $1,431
88317 $576 $684 $837 $1,179 $1,422
88325 $576 $684 $837 $1,179 $1,422
88330 $756 $900 $1,107 $1,548 $1,863
88337 $576 $684 $837 $1,179 $1,422
88340 $576 $684 $837 $1,179 $1,422
88342 $576 $702 $837 $1,179 $1,386
88347 $576 $684 $837 $1,179 $1,422
88349 $576 $684 $837 $1,179 $1,422
88350 $576 $684 $837 $1,179 $1,422
88352 $585 $693 $855 $1,197 $1,440
88354 $576 $684 $837 $1,179 $1,422
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
88340 $704 $836 $1,023 $1,441 $1,738
88310 $704 $836 $1,023 $1,441 $1,738
88311 $704 $836 $1,023 $1,441 $1,738
88314 $715 $847 $1,034 $1,452 $1,749
88317 $704 $836 $1,023 $1,441 $1,738
88325 $704 $836 $1,023 $1,441 $1,738
88330 $924 $1,100 $1,353 $1,892 $2,277
88337 $704 $836 $1,023 $1,441 $1,738
88340 $704 $836 $1,023 $1,441 $1,738
88342 $704 $858 $1,023 $1,441 $1,694
88347 $704 $836 $1,023 $1,441 $1,738
88349 $704 $836 $1,023 $1,441 $1,738
88350 $704 $836 $1,023 $1,441 $1,738
88352 $715 $847 $1,045 $1,463 $1,760
88354 $704 $836 $1,023 $1,441 $1,738

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Otero County, New Mexico: Alamogordo, Tularosa, Mescalero, Holloman Air Force Base, La Luz, Cloudcroft, High Rolls Mountain Park, Bent, Orogrande, Sacramento, Sunspot, Timberon, and Weed.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Otero County, New Mexico: 88310, 88352, 88340, 88330, 88337, 88311, 88317, 88325, 88314, 88342, 88347, 88349, 88350, and 88354.

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