Historical Data

 

Telephone Rent Surveys

In 2001, HUD conducted Random Digit Dialing (RDD) telephone surveys of 33 Fair Market Rent (FMR) areas. The purpose was to estimate the FMR, which is the rent standard used in its Section 8 Certificate and Voucher assistance programs. The table below lists the survey date and the interquartile range (25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile) of two-bedroom gross rents (including utilities) for all renters from all of the RDD surveys conducted by HUD’s contractor. The 33 RDD surveys covered a total of 36 FMR areas because some surveys included several nonmetropolitan county FMR areas. These surveys exclude units less than 2 years old, public housing units, seasonal units, and units owned by relatives; assisted units are included if the respondent knows the nonsubsidized rent.

2001 Area Rent Surveys: HUD-Sponsored Random Digit Dialing Surveys
State FMR Area Date of Survey Two-Bedroom Gross Rents, All Renters Cases
25th Percentile (1st Quartile) 50th Percentile (Median) 75th Percentile (3rd Quartile)
AK
Anchorage AK MSA 7/01 $ 700.00 $ 800.00 $ 914.00 282
AZ
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 2/01 $ 608.00 $ 710.00 $ 869.00 244
CA
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA PMSA 1/01 $ 774.00 $ 897.00 $ 1,052.00 404
CA
San Francisco, CA PMSA 1/01 $ 1,110.00 $ 1,411.00 $ 1,809.00 360
CA
Stockton-Lodi, CA MSA 1/01 $ 584.00 $ 665.00 $ 765.00 345
CA
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA MSA 1/01 $ 703.00 $ 795.00 $ 919.00 329
CA
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA PMSA 1/01 $ 558.00 $ 658.00 $ 821.00 368
CA
San Diego, CA MSA 2/01 $ 715.00 $ 865.00 $ 1,074.00 351
CA
San Jose, CA PMSA 2/01 $ 1,250.00 $ 1,455.00 $ 1,733.00 324
CT
Hartford, CT MSA 1/01 $ 646.00 $ 737.00 $ 883.00 350
IL
Chicago, IL 2/01 $ 646.00 $ 819.00 $ 988.00 293
IN
Muncie, IN MSA 1/01 $ 468.00 $ 547.00 $ 631.00 275
IN
Knox County, IN 1/01 $ 426.00 $ 468.00 $ 514.00 103
KY
Louisville, KY-IN MSA 1/01 $ 466.00 $ 535.00 $ 631.00 285
LA
New Orleans, LA 8/01 $ 484.00 $ 592.00 $ 727.00 298
MA
Boston MA-NH PMSA 7/01 $ 911.00 $ 1,176.00 $ 1,461.00 323
MD
St. Mary's County, MD 3/01 $ 606.00 $ 744.00 $ 851.00 184
ME
Portland ME MSA 7/01 $ 700.00 $ 796.00 $ 902.00 275
MI
Detroit, MI PMSA 2/01 $ 547.00 $ 685.00 $ 822.00 323
MN
Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN-WI MSA 1/01 $ 700.00 $ 805.00 $ 969.00 282
MO
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA 2/01 $ 483.00 $ 560.00 $ 677.00 298
NC
Cleveland-McDowell-Polk-Rutherford Counties, NC 1/01 $ 405.00 $ 475.00 $ 543.00 178
NC
Jackson County, NC 1/01 $ 452.00 $ 512.00 $ 589.00 104
NC
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC MSA 1/01 $ 488.00 $ 584.00 $ 678.00 344
NC
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA 8/01 $ 527.00 $ 659.00 $ 791.00 340
NJ
Newark, NJ PMSA 2/01 $ 734.00 $ 850.00 $ 1,031.00 366
NY
Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY PMSA 7/01 $ 508.00 $ 585.00 $ 679.00 371
NY
Syracuse NY MSA 7/01 $ 537.00 $ 610.00 $ 695.00 335
OK
Payne County, OK 1/01 $ 448.00 $ 505.00 $ 585.00 113
PA
Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA 2/01 $ 693.00 $ 811.00 $ 963.00 288
TN
Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 8/01 $ 465.00 $ 589.00 $ 745.00 367
TX
Dallas, TX 2/01 $ 610.00 $ 728.00 $ 849.00 208
WI
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI PMSA 1/01 $ 552.00 $ 641.00 $ 785.00 413

HUD also conducted longitudinal surveys to measure the previous year’s changes in median rents for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan FMR areas in each HUD region. These rent-change factors are used in HUD programs to adjust rents for units currently under contract. The metropolitan surveys exclude metropolitan areas covered by separate Consumer Price Index surveys. The 10 regions surveyed are almost the same as the 9 census divisions, except that the Alaska-Idaho-Oregon-Washington region is treated separately from the rest of the Pacific census division.

Changes in Rents From 1999 to 2000 (Regional RDD Survey Results)
Region
1999–2000 Changes (%)
   Region
1999–2000 Changes (%)
New England
Southwes
   Metropolitan
3.5
   Metropolitan
3.4
   Nonmetropolitan
4.1
   Nonmetropolitan
4.3
New York/New Jersey
Great Plains
   Metropolitan
2.2
   Metropolitan
2.6
   Nonmetropolitan
2.5
   Nonmetropolitan
4.0
Mid-Atlantic
Rocky Mountains
   Metropolitan
3.2
   Metropolitan
3.3
   Nonmetropolitan
3.9
   Nonmetropolitan
3.4
Southeast
Pacific/Hawaii
   Metropolitan
2.9
   Metropolitan
3.4
   Nonmetropolitan
2.6
   Nonmetropolitan
3.1
Midwest
Northwest/Alaska
   Metropolitan
3.4
   Metropolitan
2.3
   Nonmetropolitan
4.0
   Nonmetropolitan
2.5

 

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