Tags: 2025 Worcester County, MD HUD Metro FMR Area
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The top four largest cities in Worcester County are Berlin, Ocean City, Snow Hill, and Bishopville. 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 Worcester County use?
Small Area Fair Market Rents were created by the HUD for this county/Metro Fmr Area however Worcester 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 Worcester County compare?
Worcester County ($1,276) has a 25.6% lower FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Maryland ($1,716) and therefore has a lower gross rent.
Worcester County is rank 18th out of 24 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is lower than 17 other counties. Worcester County is the 7th cheapest county in terms of FMRs.
Rent Tables Worcester County, MD
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21811 | $1,300 | $1,340 | $1,490 | $2,090 | $2,280 |
| 21813 | $1,080 | $1,120 | $1,240 | $1,740 | $1,900 |
| 21829 | $970 | $1,000 | $1,110 | $1,560 | $1,700 |
| 21841 | $1,330 | $1,380 | $1,530 | $2,140 | $2,350 |
| 21842 | $1,130 | $1,170 | $1,300 | $1,820 | $1,990 |
| 21843 | $1,110 | $1,150 | $1,280 | $1,790 | $1,960 |
| 21862 | $1,110 | $1,150 | $1,280 | $1,790 | $1,960 |
| 21863 | $1,010 | $1,050 | $1,160 | $1,630 | $1,780 |
| 21864 | $900 | $920 | $1,050 | $1,460 | $1,650 |
| 21872 | $1,190 | $1,220 | $1,430 | $1,960 | $2,100 |
| ZipCode | Studio | 1-Bed | 2-Bed | 3-Bed | 4-Bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21811 | $1,170 | $1,206 | $1,341 | $1,881 | $2,052 |
| 21813 | $972 | $1,008 | $1,116 | $1,566 | $1,710 |
| 21829 | $873 | $900 | $999 | $1,404 | $1,530 |
| 21841 | $1,197 | $1,242 | $1,377 | $1,926 | $2,115 |
| 21842 | $1,017 | $1,053 | $1,170 | $1,638 | $1,791 |
| 21843 | $999 | $1,035 | $1,152 | $1,611 | $1,764 |
| 21862 | $999 | $1,035 | $1,152 | $1,611 | $1,764 |
| 21863 | $909 | $945 | $1,044 | $1,467 | $1,602 |
| 21864 | $810 | $828 | $945 | $1,314 | $1,485 |
| 21872 | $1,071 | $1,098 | $1,287 | $1,764 | $1,890 |
| ZipCode | Studio | 1-Bed | 2-Bed | 3-Bed | 4-Bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21811 | $1,430 | $1,474 | $1,639 | $2,299 | $2,508 |
| 21813 | $1,188 | $1,232 | $1,364 | $1,914 | $2,090 |
| 21829 | $1,067 | $1,100 | $1,221 | $1,716 | $1,870 |
| 21841 | $1,463 | $1,518 | $1,683 | $2,354 | $2,585 |
| 21842 | $1,243 | $1,287 | $1,430 | $2,002 | $2,189 |
| 21843 | $1,221 | $1,265 | $1,408 | $1,969 | $2,156 |
| 21862 | $1,221 | $1,265 | $1,408 | $1,969 | $2,156 |
| 21863 | $1,111 | $1,155 | $1,276 | $1,793 | $1,958 |
| 21864 | $990 | $1,012 | $1,155 | $1,606 | $1,815 |
| 21872 | $1,309 | $1,342 | $1,573 | $2,156 | $2,310 |
Related Areas
Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Worcester County, Maryland: Berlin, Ocean City, Snow Hill, Bishopville, Newark, Whaleyville, Stockton, Girdletree, Unionville, and Showell.
These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Worcester County, Maryland: 21811, 21842, 21863, 21813, 21843, 21841, 21872, 21864, 21829, 21792, and 21862.
Worcester County, MD is considered part of the following metro FMR area: WORCESTER COUNTY, MD HUD METRO FMR AREA.
More on Worcester County, MD
- Loan Limits to view maximum loan amounts in Worcester County, MD
- Property Taxes to find local Property Taxes
- Income Limits to learn more about income assistance in your area
- Housing Authorites to find your local Housing Authorities
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Fair Market Rents are published by the Department of Housing And Urban Development.