Section 8 — ME ZIP index

Maine ZIP codes
with a Section 8 rent.

Every Maine ZIP code HUD publishes a Fair Market Rent for — 475 of them, FY2026. Grouped by HUD area, with the 2-bedroom and 3-bedroom ceiling beside each one. Open any ZIP for its full schedule from studio to 4-bedroom.

data as of 2026-08-19 · HUD FY2026

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Why the ZIP beats the metro average.

One number per metro hides the spread that decides whether a deal pencils.

A ZIP-level Fair Market Rent is HUD's Small Area FMR: instead of one voucher ceiling for an entire metro, HUD publishes a separate ceiling for each ZIP code, set from what rents actually cost in that ZIP. The metro figure is an average over all of them, so it sits above the weaker ZIPs and below the stronger ones — which is why two houses fifteen minutes apart in the same city can carry Section 8 ceilings hundreds of dollars apart. Underwrite the ZIP's number, not the metro's. The published FMR is still a reference, not a payment: housing authorities set their payment standard at roughly 90–110% of it, and every unit has to clear a rent reasonableness test against comparable local rentals before a lease is approved.

Every ZIP

FMR by ZIP code.

2-bedroom and 3-bedroom Fair Market Rent for each ZIP, listed under the HUD area it belongs to. What Fair Market Rent means.

All 475 ZIPs · 19 HUD areas · data as of 2026-08-19 · HUD FY2026

ZIP2 BR3 BR
York County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area
03901$2,070$2,480
03906$1,780$2,300
03907$2,510$3,360
03908$2,020$2,420
04001$1,520$2,040
04002$1,460$1,930
04005$1,810$2,220
04006$1,660$2,220
04014$1,770$2,370
04020$1,710$2,290
04027$1,900$2,540
04028$1,770$2,370
04030$1,860$2,490
04043$1,930$2,580
04046$1,770$2,370
04047$1,740$2,330
04048$1,810$2,220
04049$1,810$2,220
04054$1,770$2,370
04056$1,670$2,230
04061$1,730$2,290
04064$1,810$2,220
04072$1,960$2,620
04073$1,630$2,180
04076$1,870$2,500
04083$1,700$2,280
04087$1,810$2,420
04090$1,730$2,320
04093$2,080$2,530
04094$1,770$2,370
04095$1,730$2,310
York-Kittery-South Berwick, ME HUD Metro FMR Area
03902$2,230$2,770
03903$2,470$2,960
03904$2,200$2,640
03905$2,920$3,500
03909$2,190$2,630
03910$2,190$2,630
03911$2,190$2,630
Cumberland County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area
04003$2,000$2,550
04009$1,620$2,100
04024$1,740$2,260
04029$1,800$2,340
04032$2,210$2,690
04039$1,960$2,380
04055$2,230$2,900
04057$1,620$2,100
04066$1,770$2,300
04069$2,070$2,580
04071$2,040$2,480
04079$1,860$2,410
04091$1,740$2,270
04097$2,250$2,740
04222$1,920$2,480
04260$1,770$2,300
Portland, ME HUD Metro FMR Area
04004$1,810$2,220
04013$2,120$2,580
04015$1,810$2,220
04017$2,860$3,480
04019$2,990$3,630
04021$2,190$2,660
04033$2,120$2,580
04038$1,960$2,380
04042$1,810$2,220
04050$3,200$3,890
04062$1,810$2,220
04063$1,810$2,250
04070$2,120$2,580
04074$2,450$2,980
04077$2,120$2,580
04078$2,120$2,580
04082$2,120$2,580
04084$2,020$2,460
04085$2,220$2,700
04092$1,960$2,380
04096$2,390$2,910
04098$2,120$2,580
04101$2,190$2,660
04102$2,280$2,770
04103$2,150$2,620
04104$2,120$2,580
04105$2,940$3,580
04106$2,370$2,880
04107$3,200$3,890
04108$1,980$2,410
04109$2,380$2,890
04110$2,560$3,110
04112$2,120$2,580
04116$2,120$2,580
04274$1,810$2,240
Sagadahoc County, ME HUD Metro FMR Area
04008$1,660$2,310
04011$1,910$2,480
04086$1,820$2,530
04252$1,910$2,470
04280$1,600$2,070
04287$1,680$2,250
04530$1,470$2,040
04548$1,480$2,060
04562$1,400$1,950
04565$1,580$2,200
04579$2,020$2,810
Oxford County, ME
04010$1,940$2,700
04016$1,300$1,810
04022$1,600$2,230
04037$1,400$1,950
04040$1,580$1,980
04041$1,760$2,450
04051$1,820$2,530
04068$1,590$2,210
04088$1,530$2,130
04216$1,150$1,600
04217$1,270$1,770
04219$1,410$1,960
04220$1,440$2,000
04221$1,190$1,620
04224$1,030$1,420
04226$1,150$1,600
04227$1,070$1,470
04231$1,490$2,080
04237$1,380$1,920
04238$1,530$2,080
04239$1,150$1,500
04255$1,700$2,360
04257$1,280$1,780
04258$1,530$1,980
04261$1,630$2,270
04267$1,530$2,130
04268$1,090$1,520
04270$1,670$2,320
04271$1,300$1,810
04275$1,120$1,560
04276$1,030$1,430
04281$1,390$1,930
04286$1,300$1,810
04289$1,220$1,700
04290$1,210$1,680
04292$1,400$1,940
04964$1,100$1,490
Lewiston-Auburn, ME MSA
04210$1,560$2,020
04211$1,590$2,060
04212$1,590$2,060
04223$1,590$2,060
04228$1,590$2,060
04230$1,590$2,060
04236$1,640$2,120
04240$1,570$2,030
04241$1,590$2,060
04243$1,590$2,060
04250$1,550$2,000
04253$1,480$1,930
04256$1,880$2,430
04263$1,690$2,180
04266$1,590$2,060
04282$1,800$2,330
04288$1,590$2,060
04291$1,590$2,060
Franklin County, ME
04225$1,320$1,750
04234$1,320$1,750
04262$1,320$1,750
04285$1,150$1,550
04294$1,370$1,810
04936$1,380$1,840
04938$1,360$1,800
04940$1,320$1,750
04947$1,570$2,080
04956$1,290$1,710
04966$1,170$1,560
04970$1,070$1,420
04982$1,350$1,790
04983$1,230$1,630
04984$1,200$1,590
04992$1,320$1,750
Kennebec County, ME
04254$1,340$1,730
04259$1,510$1,940
04265$1,750$2,250
04284$1,690$2,170
04332$1,420$1,820
04333$1,420$1,820
04338$1,420$1,820
04343$1,420$1,820
04344$1,220$1,570
04345$1,420$1,820
04346$1,500$1,930
04347$1,330$1,710
04349$2,020$2,590
04350$1,470$1,890
04351$1,440$1,850
04352$1,310$1,680
04355$1,470$1,890
04357$1,520$2,110
04359$1,420$1,820
04360$1,390$1,810
04364$1,510$1,940
04901$1,410$1,810
04903$1,420$1,820
04910$1,790$2,300
04917$1,220$1,570
04918$1,220$1,570
04926$1,420$1,820
04935$1,420$1,820
04962$1,420$1,820
04989$1,500$1,930
Lincoln County, ME
04330$1,380$1,770
04341$1,260$1,730
04342$1,610$2,220
04348$1,420$1,960
04353$1,250$1,720
04363$1,530$1,960
04535$1,430$1,960
04537$1,330$1,830
04538$1,440$1,990
04539$1,400$1,930
04541$1,400$1,930
04543$1,270$1,750
04544$1,500$2,080
04551$1,530$2,030
04553$1,490$2,060
04554$1,400$1,930
04555$1,320$1,820
04556$1,470$2,030
04558$1,400$1,930
04564$1,400$1,930
04568$1,640$2,260
04570$1,400$1,930
04571$1,400$1,930
04572$1,270$1,750
04573$1,400$1,930
04575$1,410$1,950
04576$1,400$1,930
04578$1,780$2,480
04852$1,400$1,930
04862$1,360$1,720
04864$1,440$1,820
Waldo County, ME
04354$1,410$1,850
04358$1,450$1,860
04438$1,480$1,910
04496$1,290$1,670
04848$1,360$1,760
04849$1,900$2,460
04850$1,440$1,870
04915$1,460$1,890
04921$1,410$1,830
04922$1,410$1,830
04932$1,930$2,490
04941$1,120$1,450
04949$1,230$1,570
04951$1,680$2,180
04952$1,460$1,890
04973$1,330$1,720
04974$1,290$1,670
04981$1,660$2,150
04986$1,420$1,850
04987$1,880$2,440
04988$1,390$1,800
Bangor, ME HUD Metro FMR Area
04401$1,680$2,160
04402$1,610$2,070
04412$1,600$2,060
04461$1,610$2,070
04469$1,740$2,250
04473$1,780$2,290
04474$1,780$2,290
04489$2,270$2,920
Piscataquis County, ME
04406$1,520$1,820
04414$1,310$1,570
04415$1,170$1,400
04426$1,480$1,770
04441$1,020$1,220
04442$1,420$1,700
04443$1,250$1,500
04462$1,040$1,310
04463$1,520$1,820
04464$1,140$1,370
04479$1,160$1,390
04481$1,450$1,740
04485$1,350$1,610
04732$1,440$1,970
Hancock County, ME
04408$1,270$1,720
04416$1,360$1,850
04420$1,500$2,050
04421$1,580$2,110
04428$1,720$2,220
04429$1,840$2,420
04431$1,750$2,390
04472$1,750$2,390
04476$1,520$2,070
04605$1,450$1,980
04607$1,500$2,050
04609$1,730$2,360
04612$1,500$1,980
04613$1,500$2,050
04614$1,620$2,210
04616$1,840$2,510
04617$1,500$2,050
04624$1,500$2,050
04625$1,470$2,000
04627$1,590$2,170
04629$1,500$2,050
04634$1,540$2,100
04635$1,500$2,050
04640$1,520$2,070
04642$1,790$2,440
04644$1,500$2,050
04646$1,500$2,050
04650$1,500$2,050
04653$2,180$2,970
04660$1,570$2,140
04662$1,820$2,480
04664$1,550$2,110
04669$1,500$2,050
04672$1,500$2,050
04673$1,500$2,050
04674$1,590$2,170
04675$1,660$2,260
04676$1,500$2,050
04677$2,250$3,070
04679$1,330$1,810
04681$1,330$1,810
04683$1,590$2,170
04684$1,490$2,040
04685$1,880$2,560
04693$1,500$2,050
Penobscot County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area
04410$1,420$1,840
04411$1,660$2,150
04417$1,160$1,500
04418$1,320$1,710
04419$1,870$2,420
04422$1,770$2,290
04427$1,390$1,800
04430$1,140$1,470
04434$1,670$2,160
04435$1,980$2,560
04444$1,570$2,020
04448$1,430$1,850
04449$1,840$2,380
04450$1,620$2,080
04453$1,320$1,710
04455$1,630$2,110
04456$1,890$2,440
04457$1,290$1,650
04460$1,290$1,650
04468$1,670$2,160
04475$1,360$1,760
04488$1,580$2,040
04493$1,160$1,500
04495$1,630$2,110
04765$1,110$1,460
04777$1,630$2,110
04928$1,570$2,030
04933$1,630$2,110
04939$1,530$1,980
04953$1,400$1,810
04969$1,420$1,840
Washington County, ME
04413$1,250$1,740
04424$970$1,350
04454$1,250$1,740
04490$1,250$1,740
04491$1,250$1,740
04492$1,320$1,830
04606$1,490$2,070
04611$1,090$1,510
04619$1,140$1,580
04622$1,090$1,430
04623$1,260$1,750
04626$1,250$1,740
04628$1,420$1,970
04630$1,760$2,450
04631$1,210$1,680
04637$1,250$1,740
04643$1,650$2,290
04648$1,560$2,170
04649$1,340$1,860
04652$1,370$1,900
04654$1,080$1,500
04655$1,480$2,060
04657$1,540$2,150
04658$1,220$1,700
04666$1,430$1,990
04667$1,550$2,150
04668$1,320$1,830
04671$1,880$2,610
04680$1,150$1,600
04686$1,320$1,840
04691$1,490$2,060
04694$1,580$2,200
Aroostook County, ME
04451$1,510$1,980
04459$1,590$2,070
04471$1,160$1,590
04487$1,630$2,110
04497$1,230$1,680
04730$1,190$1,630
04733$1,220$1,670
04734$1,150$1,570
04735$1,090$1,490
04736$1,140$1,560
04737$1,220$1,670
04738$1,220$1,670
04739$1,220$1,670
04740$1,110$1,520
04742$1,430$1,950
04743$1,320$1,800
04744$1,220$1,670
04745$1,420$1,940
04746$970$1,330
04747$1,350$1,840
04750$1,410$1,930
04756$970$1,330
04757$1,500$2,050
04758$1,130$1,540
04760$1,260$1,720
04761$1,280$1,750
04762$1,340$1,830
04763$970$1,330
04764$1,430$1,950
04766$1,130$1,550
04768$1,600$2,190
04769$1,320$1,800
04772$1,320$1,800
04773$1,090$1,490
04774$1,440$1,970
04775$1,220$1,670
04776$1,220$1,670
04779$1,280$1,750
04780$1,580$2,160
04781$1,320$1,800
04783$1,310$1,790
04785$980$1,340
04786$990$1,350
04787$1,240$1,700
Somerset County, ME
04478$1,270$1,690
04911$1,220$1,630
04912$1,160$1,540
04920$1,090$1,450
04923$1,270$1,690
04924$1,670$2,230
04925$1,270$1,690
04927$1,550$1,990
04929$1,280$1,710
04930$1,420$1,830
04937$1,230$1,640
04942$1,290$1,640
04943$1,150$1,530
04944$1,270$1,680
04945$1,700$2,270
04950$1,520$2,030
04954$1,270$1,690
04955$1,520$2,010
04957$1,410$1,880
04958$1,250$1,660
04961$1,460$1,940
04963$1,420$1,820
04965$1,500$2,000
04967$1,440$1,920
04971$1,280$1,710
04975$1,230$1,640
04976$1,210$1,610
04978$1,230$1,640
04979$1,130$1,510
04985$1,270$1,690
Knox County, ME
04547$1,790$2,260
04563$1,840$2,320
04574$1,600$1,990
04645$1,330$1,810
04841$1,390$1,760
04843$1,670$2,110
04847$1,530$1,930
04851$1,530$1,930
04853$1,780$2,250
04854$1,730$2,190
04855$2,110$2,670
04856$1,750$2,210
04858$1,990$2,510
04859$2,090$2,640
04860$2,160$2,730
04861$1,380$1,740
04863$1,460$1,840
04865$1,530$1,930

SAFMR = ZIP-level variation. HUD sets Small Area Fair Market Rents by ZIP across most large metros, so two homes in one city can carry very different voucher ceilings.

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Data source: HUD FY2026 Fair Market Rents (Small Area FMRs where published), snapshot 2026-08-19. Payment standards vary by public housing authority (typically 90–110% of FMR). Figures are for research and do not guarantee approved rent on any specific unit.

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