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HUD Fair Market Rent · FY 2027 · Effective Oct 1, 2026 to Sep 30, 2027

Fair Market Rent in Flagler County, Florida (FY 2027)

$1,758 a month. That's HUD's FY 2027 Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Flagler County, and it's the baseline every voucher in Flagler is measured against.

Two-bedroom FMR

$1,758

-2.7% from FY 2026

Payment standard

$1,582–$1,934

90% to 110% of the FMR, two-bedroom

Income to afford

$70,320

a year, with rent at 30% of income

Rank in Florida

21st of 67

by two-bedroom FMR, highest first

FY 2027 Fair Market Rents

Payment standard is the 90% to 110% band a housing authority can set. Income needed puts rent at 30% of gross income, and the hourly wage assumes a 40-hour week.

BedroomsFMRPayment standardIncome neededHourly wagevs FY 2026
Studio$1,326$1,193–$1,459$53,040$25.50/hr+3.8%
1 bedroom$1,376$1,238–$1,514$55,040$26.46/hr-4.0%
2 bedroom$1,758$1,582–$1,934$70,320$33.81/hr-2.7%
3 bedroom$2,361$2,125–$2,597$94,440$45.40/hr-4.3%
4 bedroom$2,581$2,323–$2,839$103,240$49.63/hr-7.7%
Five to eight bedrooms (PropMetrics estimates)

HUD stops at four bedrooms. These add 15% of the four-bedroom rent per extra bedroom. It's our estimate, not a HUD number.

BedroomsEstimated FMRPayment standard
5 bedroom Estimate$2,968$2,671–$3,265
6 bedroom Estimate$3,355$3,020–$3,691
7 bedroom Estimate$3,742$3,368–$4,116
8 bedroom Estimate$4,130$3,717–$4,543

Source: HUD Office of Policy Development and Research, FY 2027 Fair Market Rents. Rents include utilities. huduser.gov

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What a voucher pays here

The voucher doesn't pay the FMR itself. It pays the payment standard. Housing authorities set it anywhere from 90% to 110% of FMR, which puts a two-bedroom standard in Flagler somewhere between $1,582 and $1,934. The tenant pays roughly 30% of their income, the voucher covers the rest up to the standard, and the PHA won't approve a rent above what comparable unassisted units get.

$1,758 a month is affordable, by HUD's 30% rule, on an income of roughly $70,320 a year. Put another way, $34 an hour full time.

Worked example for a two-bedroom renting at the payment standard. The tenant pays 30% of monthly income and the voucher covers the rest.

Monthly household incomeTenant pays (30%)Voucher pays at 90%$1,582Voucher pays at 100%$1,758Voucher pays at 110%$1,934
$2,500$750$832$1,008$1,184
$4,000$1,200$382$558$734
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Rate history

The two-bedroom rate went down 3% from FY 2026 ($1,806) to FY 2027 ($1,758). Since FY 2020 it's up 57% in total, about 6.6% a year. The Florida median held flat over the same year.

Fiscal yearStudio1 BR2 BR3 BR4 BR2BR change
FY 2020$837$881$1,121$1,500$1,684—
FY 2021$754$854$1,100$1,448$1,633-1.9%
FY 2022$800$925$1,193$1,575$1,809+8.5%
FY 2023$937$1,113$1,401$1,853$2,156+17.4%
FY 2024$1,152$1,159$1,465$1,977$2,337+4.6%
FY 2025$1,323$1,332$1,693$2,319$2,709+15.6%
FY 2026$1,278$1,433$1,806$2,468$2,797+6.7%
FY 2027In effect$1,326$1,376$1,758$2,361$2,581-2.7%

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About this rate

Fair Market Rent is HUD's estimate of what a modest, decent unit rents for in an area, utilities included. It's set once a year and runs October to September. For FY 2027 that's October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. In Flagler, that runs from $1,326 for a studio up to $2,581 for four bedrooms, all five rates in the table above.

Flagler is its own HUD metro area (Palm Coast, FL), so the rate here is set from rents inside the county rather than a wider region.

Among Florida's 67 counties, Flagler ranks 21st for two-bedroom FMR. That's about 19% above the state median of $1,474 and about 65% above the national median county at $1,063. About 126,528 people live here, 35th in the state.

Rates by ZIP code

Zoom in and the picture changes. HUD's Small Area FMRs put a two-bedroom at $1,630 in 32110 (Bunnell) and $1,880 in 32137 (Palm Coast), with the 6 ZIP codes in between. Housing authorities in HUD-designated metros use those ZIP rates instead of the county rate. Everywhere else the ZIP numbers show where rents actually sit, and the county rate stays the official standard.

ZIPCity2BR ratevs county
32110Bunnell$1,630-7.3%
32135Palm Coast$1,760+0.1%
32136Flagler Beach$1,630-7.3%
32137Palm Coast$1,880+6.9%
32142Palm Coast$1,758County rate—
32143Palm Coast$1,760+0.1%
32164Palm Coast$1,790+1.8%

Nearby counties

Two-bedroom FMR, with how each compares to Flagler.

Questions people ask

$1,758 a month for FY 2027, which runs October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. The other rates are $1,326 for a studio, $1,376 for one bedroom, $2,361 for three and $2,581 for four.

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