Wilkes County, NC

2025 Fair Market Rents

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The top four largest cities in Wilkes County are North Wilkesboro, Wilkesboro, Millers Creek, and Jonesville. 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 Wilkes County use?

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

Wilkes County ($930) has a 19.7% lower FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of North Carolina ($1,158) and therefore has a lower gross rent.

Wilkes County is rank 75th out of 100 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is lower than 74 other counties. Wilkes County is the 26th cheapest county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Wilkes County, NC

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$780
studio
$807
1-Bedroom
$930
2-Bedroom
$1,244
3-Bedroom
$1,386
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$780
studio
$807
1-Bedroom
$930
2-Bedroom
$1,244
3-Bedroom
$1,386
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
28642 $810 $850 $1,000 $1,310 $1,510
28635 $790 $820 $950 $1,260 $1,420
28642 $810 $850 $1,000 $1,310 $1,510
28649 $780 $810 $930 $1,240 $1,390
28651 $780 $810 $930 $1,240 $1,390
28656 $780 $810 $930 $1,240 $1,390
28659 $860 $890 $1,020 $1,360 $1,520
28665 $780 $810 $930 $1,240 $1,390
28670 $780 $810 $930 $1,240 $1,390
28685 $780 $810 $930 $1,240 $1,390
28697 $780 $810 $930 $1,240 $1,390
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
28642 $729 $765 $900 $1,179 $1,359
28635 $711 $738 $855 $1,134 $1,278
28642 $729 $765 $900 $1,179 $1,359
28649 $702 $729 $837 $1,116 $1,251
28651 $702 $729 $837 $1,116 $1,251
28656 $702 $729 $837 $1,116 $1,251
28659 $774 $801 $918 $1,224 $1,368
28665 $702 $729 $837 $1,116 $1,251
28670 $702 $729 $837 $1,116 $1,251
28685 $702 $729 $837 $1,116 $1,251
28697 $702 $729 $837 $1,116 $1,251
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
28642 $891 $935 $1,100 $1,441 $1,661
28635 $869 $902 $1,045 $1,386 $1,562
28642 $891 $935 $1,100 $1,441 $1,661
28649 $858 $891 $1,023 $1,364 $1,529
28651 $858 $891 $1,023 $1,364 $1,529
28656 $858 $891 $1,023 $1,364 $1,529
28659 $946 $979 $1,122 $1,496 $1,672
28665 $858 $891 $1,023 $1,364 $1,529
28670 $858 $891 $1,023 $1,364 $1,529
28685 $858 $891 $1,023 $1,364 $1,529
28697 $858 $891 $1,023 $1,364 $1,529

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Wilkes County, North Carolina: North Wilkesboro, Wilkesboro, Millers Creek, Jonesville, Hays, Ronda, Purlear, Traphill, and Mc Grady.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Wilkes County, North Carolina: 28659, 28697, 28651, 28642, 28635, 28670, 28665, 28685, 28649, and 28656.

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