81038 Fort Lyon, CO Fair Market Rent

What the FMR for ZIP 81038 actually means

HUD publishes ZIP-level Small Area FMRs in designated metros. Our load has no SAFMR row for ZIP 81038, so we show the FMR-area schedule for Bent: $777 1-bedroom, studio $772, 2-bedroom $1,019, 3-bedroom $1,417, 4-bedroom $1,598. 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 Bent'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 19% below the US average of $959, and 33% below the CO state average of $1,161. Year-over-year, the 1-bedroom moved up3.1% from FY 2025 ($754) 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 $777, that implies a household income of $31,080 per year (about $2,590/month) to avoid being cost-burdened, a 2-bedroom at $1,019 lifts that threshold higher still. ZIP 81038 has a population of 486 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%).