What is the Fair Market Rent in East Lake, FL?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom home runs from $1,800 to $2,360 a month across the 3 ZIP codes that cover East Lake.

By ZIP code: 34685 $2,360, 34688 $1,800, 34677 $1,820.

Across the whole Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA the two-bedroom figure is $1,917.

The Census Bureau’s median gross rent for a two-bedroom home in East Lake is $1,883 (±$97), below the Small Area figure for ZIP 34685.

Figures last updated on .

2 bedrooms, whole area
$1,917
2 bedrooms, ZIP 34685
$2,360
2 bedrooms, ZIP 34688
$1,800
2 bedrooms, ZIP 34677
$1,820

Fair Market Rents for East Lake, 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
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA (whole area)$1,597$1,648$1,917$2,448$2,977—
ZIP 34685 (99% of the ZIP’s land is in this place)$1,970$2,030$2,360$3,010$3,660$1,990
ZIP 34688 (98% of the ZIP’s land is in this place)$1,500$1,550$1,800$2,300$2,800$1,429
ZIP 34677 (26% of the ZIP’s land is in this place)$1,520$1,560$1,820$2,320$2,830$1,485

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.

East Lake is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

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Questions about East Lake

What is the Section 8 payment standard in East Lake?

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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA is $1,917, and the Small Area figure for 34685 is $2,360.

What is the Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in ZIP 34685?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom home in ZIP 34685 is $2,360 a month; the Census Bureau’s median gross rent across that ZIP code, for homes of every size, is $1,990 (±$164).

What is the Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in ZIP 34688?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom home in ZIP 34688 is $1,800 a month; the Census Bureau’s median gross rent across that ZIP code, for homes of every size, is $1,429 (±$159).

What is the Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in ZIP 34677?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom home in ZIP 34677 is $1,820 a month; the Census Bureau’s median gross rent across that ZIP code, for homes of every size, is $1,485 (±$111).

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

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom home in ZIP 34685 is $2,030 a month, against $1,648 across the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 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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