What is the Fair Market Rent in Sugar Land, TX?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom home runs from $1,840 to $2,160 a month across the 3 ZIP codes that cover Sugar Land.

By ZIP code: 77478 $1,840, 77479 $2,160, 77498 $1,950.

Across the whole Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX HUD Metro FMR Area the two-bedroom figure is $1,497.

The Census Bureau’s median gross rent for a two-bedroom home in Sugar Land is $1,854 (±$59), within its margin of the Small Area figure for ZIP 77478.

Figures last updated on .

2 bedrooms, whole area
$1,497
2 bedrooms, ZIP 77478
$1,840
2 bedrooms, ZIP 77479
$2,160
2 bedrooms, ZIP 77498
$1,950

Fair Market Rents for Sugar Land, 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
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX HUD Metro FMR Area (whole area)$1,233$1,261$1,497$2,017$2,502—
ZIP 77478 (99% of the ZIP’s land is in this place)$1,520$1,550$1,840$2,480$3,080$1,768
ZIP 77479 (70% of the ZIP’s land is in this place)$1,780$1,820$2,160$2,910$3,610$2,063
ZIP 77498 (44% of the ZIP’s land is in this place)$1,610$1,640$1,950$2,630$3,260$1,797

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.

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Questions about Sugar Land

What is the Section 8 payment standard in Sugar Land?

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 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX HUD Metro FMR Area is $1,497, and the Small Area figure for 77478 is $1,840.

What is the Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in ZIP 77478?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom home in ZIP 77478 is $1,840 a month; the Census Bureau’s median gross rent across that ZIP code, for homes of every size, is $1,768 (±$118).

What is the Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in ZIP 77479?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom home in ZIP 77479 is $2,160 a month; the Census Bureau’s median gross rent across that ZIP code, for homes of every size, is $2,063 (±$156).

What is the Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in ZIP 77498?

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom home in ZIP 77498 is $1,950 a month; the Census Bureau’s median gross rent across that ZIP code, for homes of every size, is $1,797 (±$72).

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

HUD’s fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom home in ZIP 77478 is $1,550 a month, against $1,261 across the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, 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.

Figures last updated on .

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