What is the Fair Market Rent in Stafford, CT?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom home in ZIP 06076, which covers Stafford, is $1,620 a month.

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 Stafford is $1,217 (±$135), below the Small Area figure for ZIP 06076.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

2 bedrooms, whole area: $1,933
2 bedrooms, ZIP 06076: $1,620

Fair Market Rents for Stafford, 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
	Studio	1 bedroom	2 bedrooms	3 bedrooms	4 bedrooms	Census median rent
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA (whole area)	$1,346	$1,543	$1,933	$2,303	$2,542	—
ZIP 06076 (67% of the ZIP’s land is in this place)	$1,130	$1,300	$1,620	$1,940	$2,140	$1,100

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 Stafford include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Stafford Springs.

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Questions about Stafford

What is the Section 8 payment standard in Stafford?

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 06076 is $1,620.

What is the Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in ZIP 06076?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom home in ZIP 06076 is $1,620 a month; the Census Bureau’s median gross rent across that ZIP code, for homes of every size, is $1,100 (±$84).

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

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom home in ZIP 06076 is $1,300 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.