What is the Fair Market Rent in Ashton-Sandy Spring, MD?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom home runs from $2,470 to $2,590 a month across the 2 ZIP codes that cover Ashton-Sandy Spring.

By ZIP code: 20861 $2,470, 20860 $2,590.

Across the whole Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area the two-bedroom figure is $2,438.

The Census Bureau’s median gross rent for a two-bedroom home in Ashton-Sandy Spring is $1,322 (±$501), below the Small Area figure for ZIP 20861.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

2 bedrooms, whole area: $2,438
2 bedrooms, ZIP 20861: $2,470
2 bedrooms, ZIP 20860: $2,590

Fair Market Rents for Ashton-Sandy Spring, 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
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area (whole area)	$2,111	$2,204	$2,438	$3,107	$3,658	—
ZIP 20861 (81% of the ZIP’s land is in this place)	$2,140	$2,230	$2,470	$3,150	$3,710	—
ZIP 20860 (80% of the ZIP’s land is in this place)	$2,240	$2,340	$2,590	$3,300	$3,890	$1,405

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.

Ashton-Sandy Spring 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 Ashton-Sandy Spring

What is the Section 8 payment standard in Ashton-Sandy Spring?

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 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area is $2,438, and the Small Area figure for 20861 is $2,470.

What is the Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in ZIP 20861?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom home in ZIP 20861 is $2,470 a month.

What is the Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in ZIP 20860?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom home in ZIP 20860 is $2,590 a month; the Census Bureau’s median gross rent across that ZIP code, for homes of every size, is $1,405 (±$57).

What is the Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom in Ashton-Sandy Spring?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom home in ZIP 20861 is $2,230 a month, against $2,204 across the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area.

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.