11425 Jamaica, NY Fair Market Rent

What the FMR for ZIP 11425 actually means

HUD publishes ZIP-level Small Area FMRs in designated metros. Our load has no SAFMR row for ZIP 11425, so we show the FMR-area schedule for Kings: $2,655 1-bedroom, studio $2,529, 2-bedroom $2,910, 3-bedroom $3,644, 4-bedroom $3,959. Other ZIPs in the same FMR area share this schedule until a SAFMR row is available. These are 40th-percentile gross rents, not live asking rents.

Without SAFMR for this ZIP, every ZIP mapped to Kings's FMR area shares the same baseline figures even when street-level market rents differ. Against the national benchmark the 1-bedroom FMR-area figure is 177% above the US average of $959, and 102% above the NY state average of $1,315. Year-over-year, the 1-bedroom moved up13.9% from FY 2025 ($2,330) to FY 2026.

For budgeting, the 30% affordability rule says rent should not exceed 30% of gross household income. At the FY 2026 1-bedroom FMR of $2,655, that implies a household income of $106,200 per year (about $8,850/month) to avoid being cost-burdened, a 2-bedroom at $2,910 lifts that threshold higher still. The ratio of FMR to local wages is the simplest test of whether a renter can live here without being cost-burdened.