55766 Melrude, MN Fair Market Rent

What the FMR for ZIP 55766 actually means

HUD publishes ZIP-level Small Area FMRs in designated metros. Our load has no SAFMR row for ZIP 55766, so we show the FMR-area schedule for St. Louis: $978 1-bedroom, studio $849, 2-bedroom $1,232, 3-bedroom $1,689, 4-bedroom $2,067. 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 St. Louis'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 2% above the US average of $959, and 9% above the MN state average of $899. Year-over-year, the 1-bedroom moved up9.2% from FY 2025 ($896) 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 $978, that implies a household income of $39,120 per year (about $3,260/month) to avoid being cost-burdened, a 2-bedroom at $1,232 lifts that threshold higher still. ZIP 55766 has a population of 43 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%).