40743 London, KY Fair Market Rent

What the FMR for ZIP 40743 actually means

HUD publishes ZIP-level Small Area FMRs in designated metros. Our load has no SAFMR row for ZIP 40743, so we show the FMR-area schedule for Laurel: $676 1-bedroom, studio $607, 2-bedroom $881, 3-bedroom $1,068, 4-bedroom $1,213. 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 Laurel'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 30% below the US average of $959, and 15% below the KY state average of $794. Year-over-year, the 1-bedroom moved down0.3% from FY 2025 ($678) 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 $676, that implies a household income of $27,040 per year (about $2,253/month) to avoid being cost-burdened, a 2-bedroom at $881 lifts that threshold higher still. ZIP 40743 has a population of 229 residents, so the gap between these FMR figures and local wages shapes how many households qualify as rent-burdened (paying more than 30% of income) or severely burdened (above 50%).