What is the Fair Market Rent in Essex, CT?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom home runs from $2,000 to $2,240 a month across the 3 ZIP codes that cover Essex.

By ZIP code: 06409 $2,190, 06426 $2,240, 06442 $2,000.

Across the whole Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA the two-bedroom figure is $1,933.

The Census Bureau’s median gross rent for a two-bedroom home in Essex is $1,824 (±$136), below the Small Area figure for ZIP 06409.

Figures last updated on .

2 bedrooms, whole area
$1,933
2 bedrooms, ZIP 06409
$2,190
2 bedrooms, ZIP 06426
$2,240
2 bedrooms, ZIP 06442
$2,000

Fair Market Rents for Essex, fiscal year 2027

HUD Fair Market Rent, dollars a month (gross rent, including utilities), beside the Census Bureau’s median gross rent for each ZIP code
Studio1 bedroom2 bedrooms3 bedrooms4 bedroomsCensus median rent
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA (whole area)$1,346$1,543$1,933$2,303$2,542—
ZIP 06409$1,520$1,750$2,190$2,610$2,880$1,444
ZIP 06426$1,560$1,790$2,240$2,670$2,950$1,860
ZIP 06442$1,390$1,590$2,000$2,380$2,630$1,444

A Fair Market Rent is HUD’s estimate of the gross rent (shelter plus utilities) of a modest rental home in the area.

Whether a housing authority uses the ZIP code (Small Area) figures or the area-wide one depends on whether HUD has designated the area for Small Area FMRs or the authority has opted in; ask the local housing authority which applies.

The figures for Essex include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Essex Village.

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Questions about Essex

What is the Section 8 payment standard in Essex?

Housing authorities set payment standards between 90% and 110% of HUD’s Fair Market Rent; for fiscal year 2027, the two-bedroom Fair Market Rent for the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA is $1,933, and the Small Area figure for 06409 is $2,190.

What is the Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in ZIP 06409?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom home in ZIP 06409 is $2,190 a month; the Census Bureau’s median gross rent across that ZIP code, for homes of every size, is $1,444 (±$809).

What is the Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in ZIP 06426?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom home in ZIP 06426 is $2,240 a month; the Census Bureau’s median gross rent across that ZIP code, for homes of every size, is $1,860 (±$285).

What is the Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in ZIP 06442?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom home in ZIP 06442 is $2,000 a month; the Census Bureau’s median gross rent across that ZIP code, for homes of every size, is $1,444 (±$644).

What is the Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom in Essex?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom home in ZIP 06409 is $1,750 a month, against $1,543 across the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA.

Sources

Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

Figures last updated on .

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