Washington County, MN

2025 Fair Market Rents

Tags: 2025 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HUD Metro FMR Area

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The top four largest cities in Washington County are Stillwater, Cottage Grove, Saint Paul, and Lake Elmo. 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 Washington County use?

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

Washington County ($1,685) has a 55.9% higher FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Minnesota ($1,081) and therefore a higher gross rent.

Washington County is rank 1st out of 87 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than all other counties. Washington County is the most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Washington County, MN

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$1,220
studio
$1,381
1-Bedroom
$1,685
2-Bedroom
$2,244
3-Bedroom
$2,513
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$1,317
studio
$1,491
1-Bedroom
$1,820
2-Bedroom
$2,424
3-Bedroom
$2,714
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
55001 $1,280 $1,450 $1,770 $2,350 $2,630
55003 $1,110 $1,250 $1,530 $2,040 $2,280
55016 $1,540 $1,750 $2,130 $2,840 $3,180
55042 $1,270 $1,430 $1,750 $2,330 $2,610
55043 $1,290 $1,460 $1,780 $2,370 $2,650
55047 $1,830 $2,070 $2,530 $3,370 $3,770
55055 $1,060 $1,200 $1,460 $1,970 $2,240
55071 $1,590 $1,800 $2,200 $2,930 $3,280
55082 $1,190 $1,340 $1,640 $2,180 $2,450
55083 $1,420 $1,610 $1,960 $2,610 $2,920
55090 $1,570 $1,780 $2,170 $2,890 $3,240
55115 $1,570 $1,780 $2,170 $2,890 $3,240
55129 $1,720 $1,950 $2,380 $3,170 $3,550
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
55001 $1,152 $1,305 $1,593 $2,115 $2,367
55003 $999 $1,125 $1,377 $1,836 $2,052
55016 $1,386 $1,575 $1,917 $2,556 $2,862
55042 $1,143 $1,287 $1,575 $2,097 $2,349
55043 $1,161 $1,314 $1,602 $2,133 $2,385
55047 $1,647 $1,863 $2,277 $3,033 $3,393
55055 $954 $1,080 $1,314 $1,773 $2,016
55071 $1,431 $1,620 $1,980 $2,637 $2,952
55082 $1,071 $1,206 $1,476 $1,962 $2,205
55083 $1,278 $1,449 $1,764 $2,349 $2,628
55090 $1,413 $1,602 $1,953 $2,601 $2,916
55115 $1,413 $1,602 $1,953 $2,601 $2,916
55129 $1,548 $1,755 $2,142 $2,853 $3,195
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
55001 $1,408 $1,595 $1,947 $2,585 $2,893
55003 $1,221 $1,375 $1,683 $2,244 $2,508
55016 $1,694 $1,925 $2,343 $3,124 $3,498
55042 $1,397 $1,573 $1,925 $2,563 $2,871
55043 $1,419 $1,606 $1,958 $2,607 $2,915
55047 $2,013 $2,277 $2,783 $3,707 $4,147
55055 $1,166 $1,320 $1,606 $2,167 $2,464
55071 $1,749 $1,980 $2,420 $3,223 $3,608
55082 $1,309 $1,474 $1,804 $2,398 $2,695
55083 $1,562 $1,771 $2,156 $2,871 $3,212
55090 $1,727 $1,958 $2,387 $3,179 $3,564
55115 $1,727 $1,958 $2,387 $3,179 $3,564
55129 $1,892 $2,145 $2,618 $3,487 $3,905

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Washington County, Minnesota: Stillwater, Cottage Grove, Saint Paul, Lake Elmo, Saint Paul Park, Lakeland, Afton, Newport, Marine On Saint Croix, Bayport, and Willernie.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Washington County, Minnesota: 55082, 55016, 55129, 55115, 55042, 55071, 55043, 55001, 55055, 55047, 55003, 55090, and 55083.

Washington County, MN is considered part of the following metro FMR area: MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL-BLOOMINGTON, MN-WI HUD METRO FMR AREA.

Other counties in the same metro FMR area are: Anoka County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, and Wright County, MN.

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