2025 FMR and Section 8 Rents in Texas

Section 8 is a federal program that guarantees monthly rent payments to landlords. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) publishes Fair Market Rents, which are 40th percentile averages of local rents, to determine their standard payment amount.

Use our Section 8 rents table to find the best market for Section 8 investment. See Section 8 rents in each city and zip code.

Typically, the government guarantees 70% of the rent payment, and the tenant pays the remaining 30%. Section 8 tenants typically stay in their units 6-7x longer than regular tenants.

Click the column header to sort each column. Click state name to explore Section 8 Rents by city.

County Name / City
Studio Rent
1 Bedroom Rent
2 Bedroom Rent
3 Bedroom Rent
4 Bedroom Rent

Abilene

$870$890$1,130$1,510$1,810

Amarillo

$840$970$1,200$1,640$1,910

Anderson County

$879$885$1,035$1,298$1,663

Andrews County

$1,057$1,210$1,358$1,704$2,018

Angelina County

$891$935$1,074$1,361$1,430

Aransas County

$982$1,025$1,261$1,525$1,874

Atascosa County

$831$1,011$1,135$1,430$1,680

Austin County

$760$860$960$1,350$1,630

Austin Round Rock

$1,519$1,635$1,924$2,470$2,840

Bailey County

$727$752$934$1,225$1,388

Baylor County

$696$701$905$1,275$1,345

Beaumont Port Arthur

$1,010$1,050$1,270$1,660$1,780

Bee County

$884$890$1,169$1,538$1,665

Blanco County

$951$954$1,221$1,476$1,649

Borden County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

Bosque County

$684$689$905$1,275$1,358

Brazoria County

$960$1,194$1,340$1,744$2,274

Brewster County

$833$869$1,070$1,294$1,693

Briscoe County

$705$729$905$1,275$1,345

Brooks County

$705$729$905$1,275$1,345

Brown County

$731$820$1,078$1,367$1,552

Brownsville Harlingen

$660$761$965$1,270$1,374

Burnet County

$879$885$1,138$1,604$1,637

Calhoun County

$653$806$905$1,275$1,336

Camp County

$694$698$905$1,275$1,376

Cass County

$684$689$905$1,199$1,345

Castro County

$705$806$905$1,201$1,345

Cherokee County

$654$734$965$1,360$1,434

Childress County

$810$886$1,041$1,286$1,547

Cochran County

$705$729$905$1,096$1,205

Coke County

$684$689$905$1,193$1,345

Coleman County

$856$886$1,100$1,330$1,612

College Station Bryan

$970$1,020$1,150$1,620$1,730

Collingsworth County

$705$729$905$1,187$1,345

Colorado County

$776$782$1,027$1,269$1,526

Comanche County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

Concho County

$925$957$1,188$1,436$1,766

Cooke County

$901$907$1,192$1,523$1,877

Corpus Christi

$1,340$1,430$1,760$2,290$2,680

Cottle County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

Crane County

$839$868$1,078$1,303$1,602

Crockett County

$705$729$905$1,187$1,345

Culberson County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

Dallam County

$705$806$905$1,275$1,345

Dallas

$1,490$1,570$1,840$2,320$2,980

Dawson County

$707$708$908$1,156$1,209

Deaf Smith County

$796$801$1,053$1,273$1,666

Delta County

$705$759$905$1,221$1,238

Dewitt County

$861$891$1,106$1,367$1,627

Dickens County

$705$729$905$1,187$1,345

Dimmit County

$705$806$905$1,275$1,345

Donley County

$684$689$905$1,243$1,345

Duval County

$705$729$905$1,275$1,345

Eastland County

$705$801$905$1,275$1,536

Edwards County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

El Paso

$804$980$1,150$1,594$1,952

Erath County

$851$857$1,082$1,525$1,836

Falls County

$940$1,110$1,360$1,920$2,310

Fannin County

$754$759$997$1,405$1,665

Fayette County

$794$821$1,020$1,412$1,567

Fisher County

$684$689$905$1,189$1,345

Floyd County

$766$771$1,013$1,225$1,505

Foard County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

Fort Worth Arlington

$2,090$2,200$2,580$3,250$4,180

Franklin County

$836$842$1,106$1,337$1,644

Freestone County

$703$708$930$1,124$1,382

Frio County

$819$937$1,052$1,313$1,785

Gaines County

$735$760$944$1,141$1,403

Garza County

$705$729$905$1,275$1,457

Gillespie County

$959$966$1,269$1,783$1,886

Glasscock County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

Gonzales County

$647$749$905$1,275$1,536

Gray County

$773$779$1,023$1,237$1,362

Grimes County

$788$815$1,012$1,224$1,504

Hale County

$613$806$905$1,222$1,499

Hall County

$684$689$905$1,254$1,345

Hamilton County

$755$760$992$1,199$1,321

Hansford County

$801$807$1,060$1,315$1,412

Hardeman County

$705$705$905$1,216$1,345

Harrison County

$800$840$1,104$1,360$1,500

Hartley County

$948$980$1,217$1,615$1,621

Haskell County

$705$729$905$1,275$1,521

Hemphill County

$833$862$1,070$1,380$1,590

Henderson County

$781$808$1,016$1,346$1,491

Hill County

$680$789$1,003$1,313$1,595

Hockley County

$705$806$905$1,275$1,536

Hood County

$912$1,101$1,345$1,626$2,091

Hopkins County

$718$869$1,059$1,469$1,475

Houston County

$708$712$926$1,148$1,233

Houston The Woodlands Sugar Land

$1,073$1,135$1,357$1,792$2,303

Howard County

$942$959$1,189$1,438$1,767

Hudspeth County

$736$897$1,053$1,273$1,787

Hutchinson County

$777$782$1,028$1,381$1,546

Jack County

$705$729$905$1,275$1,536

Jackson County

$807$923$1,036$1,340$1,540

Jasper County

$775$789$995$1,275$1,325

Jeff Davis County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

Jim Hogg County

$705$729$905$1,275$1,345

Jim Wells County

$795$811$939$1,275$1,593

Karnes County

$811$954$1,074$1,429$1,638

Kendall County

$1,229$1,360$1,677$2,204$2,500

Kenedy County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

Kent County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

Kerr County

$902$942$1,158$1,548$1,880

Killeen Temple

$920$930$1,170$1,650$1,990

Kimble County

$693$698$912$1,139$1,355

King County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

Kinney County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

Kleberg County

$923$929$1,221$1,476$1,815

Knox County

$705$729$905$1,187$1,345

La Salle County

$713$738$916$1,291$1,361

Lamar County

$629$745$928$1,254$1,570

Lamb County

$684$689$905$1,231$1,484

Lampasas County

$789$795$1,044$1,405$1,772

Laredo

$880$881$1,090$1,390$1,450

Lavaca County

$831$858$1,067$1,290$1,580

Lee County

$935$1,002$1,201$1,452$1,599

Leon County

$629$706$928$1,231$1,236

Limestone County

$651$731$961$1,162$1,605

Lipscomb County

$742$767$953$1,152$1,416

Live Oak County

$707$712$935$1,318$1,390

Llano County

$890$896$1,177$1,423$1,829

Longview

$889$930$1,102$1,537$1,665

Loving County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

Lubbock

$778$931$1,113$1,551$1,829

Lynn County

$770$770$910$1,280$1,540

Madison County

$743$748$963$1,285$1,431

Marion County

$705$723$905$1,217$1,345

Martin County

$770$770$910$1,290$1,550

Mason County

$747$772$959$1,291$1,425

Matagorda County

$868$874$1,148$1,484$1,948

Maverick County

$753$758$928$1,192$1,236

Mcallen Edinburg Mission

$810$820$1,020$1,330$1,470

Mcculloch County

$807$835$1,037$1,254$1,541

Mcmullen County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

Medina County

$960$1,000$1,310$1,740$1,740

Menard County

$705$729$905$1,275$1,345

Midland

$1,540$1,550$1,820$2,320$3,070

Milam County

$735$794$944$1,185$1,513

Mills County

$705$729$905$1,275$1,345

Mitchell County

$751$848$964$1,358$1,433

Montague County

$868$874$1,148$1,553$1,706

Moore County

$811$817$1,073$1,297$1,595

Morris County

$684$689$905$1,249$1,443

Motley County

$705$729$905$1,103$1,345

Nacogdoches County

$834$926$1,069$1,372$1,814

Navarro County

$700$772$1,015$1,430$1,722

Newton County

$705$729$905$1,201$1,345

Nolan County

$733$750$942$1,327$1,599

Ochiltree County

$839$867$1,077$1,305$1,601

Odessa

$1,350$1,360$1,600$2,040$2,700

Oldham County

$703$821$1,010$1,221$1,613

Palo Pinto County

$795$800$1,051$1,305$1,705

Panola County

$725$730$959$1,189$1,365

Parmer County

$766$785$984$1,190$1,656

Pecos County

$744$851$955$1,346$1,419

Polk County

$775$877$995$1,274$1,425

Presidio County

$705$806$905$1,275$1,345

Rains County

$722$826$927$1,296$1,380

Reagan County

$829$857$1,065$1,288$1,583

Real County

$829$857$1,065$1,397$1,583

Red River County

$705$806$905$1,094$1,345

Reeves County

$788$815$1,012$1,378$1,504

Refugio County

$705$754$906$1,188$1,346

Roberts County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

Runnels County

$783$788$1,035$1,251$1,378

Rusk County

$790$800$1,050$1,340$1,490

Sabine County

$705$722$905$1,253$1,536

San Angelo

$820$970$1,200$1,590$2,000

San Antonio New Braunfels

$1,067$1,197$1,458$1,846$2,206

San Augustine County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

San Jacinto County

$706$808$907$1,203$1,208

San Saba County

$771$776$1,020$1,233$1,516

Schleicher County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

Scurry County

$748$856$961$1,354$1,631

Shackelford County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

Shelby County

$705$806$905$1,275$1,373

Sherman County

$705$729$905$1,233$1,237

Sherman Denison

$1,070$1,240$1,460$2,000$2,480

Somervell County

$786$813$1,010$1,423$1,501

Starr County

$684$689$905$1,275$1,345

Stephens County

$705$729$905$1,275$1,345

Sterling County

$780$930$1,150$1,520$1,910

Stonewall County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

Sutton County

$689$694$905$1,275$1,345

Swisher County

$705$723$905$1,275$1,345

Terrell County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

Terry County

$718$742$922$1,296$1,370

Texarkana

$779$784$982$1,221$1,601

Throckmorton County

$721$746$926$1,120$1,376

Titus County

$717$722$926$1,229$1,233

Trinity County

$786$799$1,009$1,220$1,712

Tyler

$970$1,010$1,240$1,630$1,920

Tyler County

$705$725$905$1,094$1,345

Upton County

$705$806$905$1,187$1,345

Uvalde County

$794$881$1,020$1,437$1,653

Val Verde County

$764$769$1,011$1,341$1,346

Van Zandt County

$711$798$1,049$1,478$1,547

Victoria

$1,010$1,020$1,280$1,590$1,760

Waco

$1,050$1,210$1,520$1,960$2,020

Walker County

$807$1,035$1,190$1,441$2,019

Ward County

$831$950$1,067$1,410$1,586

Washington County

$919$973$1,181$1,586$1,730

Wharton County

$677$803$999$1,408$1,558

Wheeler County

$729$730$936$1,132$1,391

Wichita Falls

$800$843$1,037$1,418$1,611

Wilbarger County

$702$706$928$1,122$1,379

Willacy County

$684$689$905$1,201$1,205

Winkler County

$791$818$1,016$1,332$1,510

Wise County

$950$1,050$1,180$1,660$1,810

Wood County

$740$831$1,092$1,320$1,623

Yoakum County

$907$951$1,165$1,409$1,731

Young County

$744$799$955$1,261$1,393

Zapata County

$705$721$905$1,094$1,345

Zavala County

$705$729$905$1,275$1,345

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Frequently Asked Section 8 Investing Questions

Fair Market Rent (FMR): HUD sets FMR by bedroom size for each area.

Payment Standard: The local PHA sets this between 90–110% of the FMR. It's the max PHA assistance.

Gross Rent: Contract rent (charged by landlord) + utility allowance (estimated tenant utility costs). Must fit payment standard limits.

Housing Assistance Payment (HAP):

The PHA pays the lower of:

  • Payment standard - Tenant's Total Tenant Payment (TTP).
  • Gross rent - TTP.

Example:

  • Payment standard: $1,500
  • Contract rent: $1,400
  • Utility allowance: $100
  • Tenant's TTP: $400
  • Gross rent: $1,500 ($1,400 + $100).
  • HAP: $1,100 (lower of $1,500 - $400 or $1,500 - $400).

Landlord receives $1,100 (PHA) + $400 (tenant) = $1,500 total.