Tool · Housing Choice Voucher

Section 8 Rent Calculator by ZIP Code

Look up the HUD rent benchmark for a ZIP code, choose a bedroom size, and see the typical payment-standard range for FY2026.

Compiled by PlainRent

90–110%
Typical FMR window: ZIP
Local FMR lookup: FY2026
HUD data year

This is a payment-standard estimator, not a benefit determination. Your local public housing authority sets the actual standard, utility allowance, and tenant payment.

How This Section 8 Rent Calculator Works

HUD publishes Fair Market Rents each fiscal year. Local public housing authorities commonly set payment standards within 90% to 110% of the applicable FMR, but the local authority, not this tool, sets the final figure.

For a designated Small Area FMR ZIP, this tool uses HUD’s ZIP-level schedule. Elsewhere it shows the county or metro FMR-area schedule that applies to the ZIP. Neither is the same thing as a live asking rent.

Every figure on PlainRent is rendered directly from HUD's published Fair Market Rent records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.