What is the Fair Market Rent in Lackland AFB, TX?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom home in ZIP 78236, which covers Lackland AFB, is $2,160 a month.

Across the whole San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX HUD Metro FMR Area the two-bedroom figure is $1,441.

The Census Bureau’s median gross rent for a two-bedroom home in Lackland AFB is $2,000 (±$415), within its margin of the Small Area figure for ZIP 78236.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

2 bedrooms, whole area: $1,441
2 bedrooms, ZIP 78236: $2,160

Fair Market Rents for Lackland AFB, 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
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX HUD Metro FMR Area (whole area)	$1,099	$1,196	$1,441	$1,864	$2,163	—
ZIP 78236 (86% of the ZIP’s land is in this place)	$1,650	$1,790	$2,160	$2,790	$3,240	$2,188

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.

Lackland AFB 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 Lackland AFB

What is the Section 8 payment standard in Lackland AFB?

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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX HUD Metro FMR Area is $1,441, and the Small Area figure for 78236 is $2,160.

What is the Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in ZIP 78236?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom home in ZIP 78236 is $2,160 a month; the Census Bureau’s median gross rent across that ZIP code, for homes of every size, is $2,188 (±$49).

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

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom home in ZIP 78236 is $1,790 a month, against $1,196 across the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 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.