Section 8 — MN ZIP index · page 2 of 2
Minnesota ZIP codes
with a Section 8 rent.
Every Minnesota ZIP code HUD publishes a Fair Market Rent for — 911 of them, FY2026. This page lists ZIPs 501–911, 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.
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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.
ZIPs 501–911 of 911 · 55 HUD areas on this page · data as of 2026-08-19 · HUD FY2026
| ZIP | 2 BR | 3 BR |
|---|---|---|
| Murray County, MN | ||
| 56125 | $1,190 | $1,510 |
| 56132 | $1,180 | $1,570 |
| 56151 | $1,130 | $1,430 |
| 56172 | $970 | $1,230 |
| 56183 | $970 | $1,340 |
| Martin County, MN | ||
| 56127 | $1,350 | $1,780 |
| 56171 | $1,070 | $1,410 |
| 56176 | $970 | $1,280 |
| 56181 | $970 | $1,280 |
| Pipestone County, MN | ||
| 56128 | $1,120 | $1,390 |
| 56139 | $1,070 | $1,320 |
| 56140 | $970 | $1,200 |
| 56149 | $990 | $1,310 |
| 56170 | $1,130 | $1,420 |
| 56186 | $970 | $1,210 |
| Nobles County, MN | ||
| 56129 | $970 | $1,230 |
| 56131 | $1,000 | $1,270 |
| 56137 | $970 | $1,290 |
| 56141 | $970 | $1,230 |
| 56147 | $1,020 | $1,340 |
| 56153 | $1,120 | $1,390 |
| 56155 | $970 | $1,200 |
| 56158 | $970 | $1,330 |
| 56165 | $1,020 | $1,270 |
| 56167 | $1,070 | $1,350 |
| 56168 | $970 | $1,200 |
| 56185 | $970 | $1,200 |
| 56187 | $1,070 | $1,320 |
| Rock County, MN HUD Metro FMR Area | ||
| 56134 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56138 | $1,090 | $1,520 |
| 56146 | $970 | $1,340 |
| 56156 | $980 | $1,360 |
| 56173 | $1,200 | $1,670 |
| Brookings County, SD | ||
| 56136 | $970 | $1,290 |
| Yellow Medicine County, MN | ||
| 56142 | $980 | $1,290 |
| 56214 | $970 | $1,310 |
| 56218 | $1,130 | $1,530 |
| 56220 | $970 | $1,190 |
| 56223 | $1,120 | $1,350 |
| 56229 | $970 | $1,330 |
| 56237 | $970 | $1,180 |
| 56241 | $1,060 | $1,330 |
| 56245 | $970 | $1,170 |
| 56264 | $970 | $1,330 |
| 56265 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56280 | $1,180 | $1,470 |
| 56291 | $970 | $1,280 |
| 56292 | $1,080 | $1,500 |
| 56297 | $1,010 | $1,210 |
| Jackson County, MN | ||
| 56143 | $970 | $1,280 |
| 56150 | $1,050 | $1,380 |
| 56161 | $1,030 | $1,340 |
| Moody County, SD | ||
| 56144 | $980 | $1,290 |
| 56164 | $970 | $1,200 |
| Cottonwood County, MN | ||
| 56145 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56174 | $1,150 | $1,600 |
| Redwood County, MN | ||
| 56152 | $970 | $1,320 |
| 56166 | $970 | $1,320 |
| 56175 | $970 | $1,340 |
| 56180 | $970 | $1,320 |
| 56224 | $970 | $1,320 |
| 56255 | $970 | $1,320 |
| 56258 | $990 | $1,380 |
| 56263 | $970 | $1,320 |
| 56266 | $1,210 | $1,630 |
| 56287 | $1,030 | $1,440 |
| 56293 | $970 | $1,320 |
| 56294 | $1,060 | $1,440 |
| Lyon County, MN | ||
| 56157 | $1,060 | $1,470 |
| 56169 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56178 | $1,010 | $1,340 |
| 56239 | $1,100 | $1,530 |
| Watonwan County, MN | ||
| 56159 | $980 | $1,360 |
| 56160 | $980 | $1,310 |
| 56162 | $1,000 | $1,320 |
| Kandiyohi County, MN | ||
| 56201 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56216 | $1,460 | $2,030 |
| 56222 | $1,250 | $1,740 |
| 56251 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56253 | $1,000 | $1,390 |
| 56273 | $1,040 | $1,450 |
| 56279 | $1,170 | $1,630 |
| 56281 | $1,020 | $1,420 |
| 56282 | $1,050 | $1,460 |
| 56288 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56312 | $1,040 | $1,360 |
| Swift County, MN | ||
| 56207 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56208 | $970 | $1,290 |
| 56215 | $1,050 | $1,390 |
| 56226 | $1,020 | $1,360 |
| 56227 | $990 | $1,310 |
| 56231 | $1,130 | $1,490 |
| 56244 | $970 | $1,310 |
| 56249 | $970 | $1,290 |
| 56252 | $970 | $1,290 |
| 56262 | $980 | $1,340 |
| 56271 | $970 | $1,300 |
| 56289 | $970 | $1,340 |
| Meeker County, MN | ||
| 56209 | $1,030 | $1,430 |
| 56243 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56362 | $1,110 | $1,480 |
| Big Stone County, MN | ||
| 56210 | $970 | $1,200 |
| Traverse County, MN | ||
| 56211 | $1,040 | $1,300 |
| 56221 | $970 | $1,340 |
| 56236 | $970 | $1,290 |
| 56240 | $970 | $1,200 |
| 56248 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56274 | $990 | $1,380 |
| 56296 | $970 | $1,350 |
| Lac qui Parle County, MN | ||
| 56212 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56232 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56256 | $1,110 | $1,540 |
| 56257 | $1,020 | $1,390 |
| 56276 | $990 | $1,280 |
| Roberts County, SD | ||
| 56219 | $1,320 | $1,810 |
| Stevens County, MN | ||
| 56225 | $1,120 | $1,360 |
| 56235 | $1,190 | $1,660 |
| 56267 | $1,000 | $1,390 |
| 56278 | $980 | $1,190 |
| 56323 | $970 | $1,180 |
| 56343 | $980 | $1,350 |
| Renville County, MN | ||
| 56228 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56230 | $1,070 | $1,490 |
| 56260 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56270 | $1,030 | $1,410 |
| 56277 | $1,010 | $1,400 |
| 56283 | $1,080 | $1,470 |
| 56284 | $980 | $1,360 |
| 56285 | $970 | $1,350 |
| Chippewa County, MN | ||
| 56295 | $970 | $1,350 |
| St. Cloud, MN MSA | ||
| 56301 | $1,310 | $1,740 |
| 56302 | $1,240 | $1,650 |
| 56303 | $1,170 | $1,560 |
| 56304 | $1,520 | $2,020 |
| 56310 | $1,040 | $1,370 |
| 56320 | $1,360 | $1,810 |
| 56321 | $1,220 | $1,630 |
| 56325 | $1,040 | $1,360 |
| 56330 | $1,230 | $1,490 |
| 56333 | $1,100 | $1,460 |
| 56335 | $1,190 | $1,580 |
| 56352 | $1,190 | $1,580 |
| 56356 | $1,130 | $1,500 |
| 56357 | $1,270 | $1,610 |
| 56368 | $1,040 | $1,360 |
| 56369 | $1,040 | $1,360 |
| 56371 | $1,050 | $1,400 |
| 56374 | $1,290 | $1,720 |
| 56375 | $1,040 | $1,360 |
| 56376 | $1,040 | $1,360 |
| 56377 | $1,390 | $1,850 |
| 56379 | $1,520 | $2,020 |
| 56387 | $1,250 | $1,660 |
| 56388 | $1,240 | $1,650 |
| 56395 | $1,240 | $1,650 |
| 56398 | $1,240 | $1,650 |
| Morrison County, MN | ||
| 56307 | $1,040 | $1,360 |
| 56314 | $1,090 | $1,520 |
| 56328 | $980 | $1,360 |
| 56329 | $1,520 | $2,020 |
| 56338 | $1,240 | $1,700 |
| 56340 | $1,220 | $1,630 |
| 56345 | $980 | $1,360 |
| 56353 | $1,520 | $2,020 |
| 56359 | $1,100 | $1,320 |
| 56364 | $1,030 | $1,430 |
| 56367 | $1,260 | $1,680 |
| 56373 | $1,040 | $1,360 |
| 56384 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56449 | $1,270 | $1,580 |
| 56473 | $990 | $1,330 |
| Pope County, MN | ||
| 56308 | $1,000 | $1,390 |
| 56316 | $1,210 | $1,560 |
| 56327 | $1,040 | $1,340 |
| 56334 | $1,030 | $1,240 |
| 56349 | $1,130 | $1,370 |
| 56381 | $1,080 | $1,290 |
| 56385 | $1,200 | $1,460 |
| Otter Tail County, MN | ||
| 56309 | $1,020 | $1,420 |
| 56315 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56324 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56326 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56354 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56361 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56501 | $1,070 | $1,400 |
| 56515 | $1,070 | $1,490 |
| 56518 | $1,020 | $1,420 |
| 56524 | $1,100 | $1,530 |
| 56527 | $990 | $1,350 |
| 56528 | $1,410 | $1,960 |
| 56531 | $1,090 | $1,520 |
| 56533 | $1,280 | $1,770 |
| 56534 | $1,200 | $1,660 |
| 56537 | $990 | $1,380 |
| 56538 | $980 | $1,360 |
| 56544 | $980 | $1,290 |
| 56551 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56567 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56571 | $1,150 | $1,600 |
| 56573 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56576 | $1,070 | $1,490 |
| 56586 | $1,150 | $1,600 |
| 56587 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56588 | $1,010 | $1,400 |
| 56590 | $1,000 | $1,390 |
| Grant County, MN | ||
| 56311 | $1,460 | $2,030 |
| 56339 | $970 | $1,350 |
| Mille Lacs County, MN HUD Metro FMR Area | ||
| 56313 | $1,260 | $1,610 |
| 56363 | $1,310 | $1,570 |
| 56386 | $1,040 | $1,250 |
| Todd County, MN | ||
| 56318 | $970 | $1,330 |
| 56319 | $1,000 | $1,380 |
| 56331 | $1,060 | $1,410 |
| 56336 | $1,040 | $1,400 |
| 56347 | $1,040 | $1,410 |
| 56360 | $1,040 | $1,360 |
| 56378 | $1,040 | $1,360 |
| 56382 | $1,000 | $1,380 |
| 56389 | $980 | $1,340 |
| 56437 | $970 | $1,320 |
| 56438 | $970 | $1,320 |
| 56440 | $970 | $1,320 |
| 56443 | $1,160 | $1,600 |
| 56446 | $970 | $1,320 |
| 56453 | $1,030 | $1,410 |
| 56466 | $970 | $1,330 |
| 56475 | $970 | $1,350 |
| Douglas County, MN | ||
| 56332 | $1,070 | $1,490 |
| 56341 | $990 | $1,380 |
| 56355 | $1,080 | $1,490 |
| Kanabec County, MN | ||
| 56342 | $990 | $1,240 |
| 56358 | $1,520 | $2,020 |
| Pine County, MN | ||
| 56350 | $1,060 | $1,350 |
| Crow Wing County, MN | ||
| 56401 | $1,060 | $1,280 |
| 56425 | $1,310 | $1,570 |
| 56431 | $980 | $1,340 |
| 56441 | $1,030 | $1,240 |
| 56442 | $1,120 | $1,350 |
| 56444 | $1,020 | $1,230 |
| 56447 | $1,620 | $1,950 |
| 56448 | $1,190 | $1,480 |
| 56450 | $1,190 | $1,430 |
| 56455 | $1,240 | $1,490 |
| 56465 | $1,080 | $1,310 |
| 56468 | $1,170 | $1,450 |
| 56472 | $990 | $1,210 |
| 56474 | $970 | $1,270 |
| 56662 | $1,270 | $1,600 |
| Hubbard County, MN | ||
| 56433 | $1,050 | $1,440 |
| 56435 | $1,010 | $1,350 |
| 56436 | $1,010 | $1,400 |
| 56458 | $1,110 | $1,540 |
| 56461 | $1,030 | $1,420 |
| 56467 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56484 | $990 | $1,320 |
| 56601 | $1,150 | $1,390 |
| 56633 | $1,060 | $1,400 |
| 56678 | $1,150 | $1,420 |
| Wadena County, MN | ||
| 56434 | $970 | $1,280 |
| 56464 | $1,050 | $1,320 |
| 56470 | $1,010 | $1,390 |
| 56477 | $1,090 | $1,340 |
| 56479 | $1,170 | $1,530 |
| 56481 | $970 | $1,190 |
| 56482 | $980 | $1,200 |
| Cass County, MN | ||
| 56452 | $970 | $1,300 |
| 56626 | $970 | $1,300 |
| 56641 | $990 | $1,320 |
| 56655 | $970 | $1,300 |
| 56672 | $970 | $1,300 |
| Aitkin County, MN | ||
| 56469 | $970 | $1,350 |
| Becker County, MN | ||
| 56502 | $1,030 | $1,340 |
| 56511 | $1,000 | $1,310 |
| 56521 | $970 | $1,270 |
| 56552 | $970 | $1,330 |
| 56554 | $970 | $1,270 |
| 56569 | $1,080 | $1,410 |
| 56570 | $970 | $1,270 |
| 56575 | $970 | $1,270 |
| 56577 | $1,030 | $1,340 |
| 56578 | $1,050 | $1,380 |
| 56591 | $970 | $1,270 |
| 56593 | $1,030 | $1,340 |
| Norman County, MN | ||
| 56510 | $970 | $1,170 |
| 56516 | $1,190 | $1,480 |
| 56517 | $1,000 | $1,330 |
| 56519 | $1,460 | $1,820 |
| 56540 | $970 | $1,340 |
| 56541 | $1,220 | $1,520 |
| 56545 | $1,070 | $1,360 |
| 56548 | $970 | $1,170 |
| 56550 | $1,030 | $1,230 |
| 56557 | $980 | $1,220 |
| 56568 | $990 | $1,380 |
| 56574 | $1,110 | $1,340 |
| 56581 | $970 | $1,170 |
| 56584 | $1,330 | $1,590 |
| 56585 | $970 | $1,340 |
| 56589 | $970 | $1,230 |
| Wilkin County, MN | ||
| 56514 | $1,010 | $1,400 |
| 56520 | $970 | $1,280 |
| 56522 | $1,320 | $1,760 |
| 56543 | $1,100 | $1,470 |
| 56553 | $970 | $1,320 |
| 56560 | $1,170 | $1,630 |
| 56565 | $1,210 | $1,620 |
| 56572 | $980 | $1,360 |
| 56579 | $1,180 | $1,590 |
| 56583 | $1,060 | $1,450 |
| 56594 | $1,130 | $1,560 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN MSA | ||
| 56523 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56556 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56721 | $990 | $1,380 |
| 56722 | $1,030 | $1,360 |
| 56723 | $1,170 | $1,630 |
| Fargo, ND-MN MSA | ||
| 56525 | $1,170 | $1,630 |
| 56529 | $1,150 | $1,600 |
| 56536 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56546 | $1,290 | $1,690 |
| 56547 | $1,030 | $1,430 |
| 56549 | $980 | $1,360 |
| 56561 | $1,180 | $1,640 |
| 56562 | $1,170 | $1,630 |
| 56563 | $1,170 | $1,630 |
| 56580 | $970 | $1,350 |
| Red Lake County, MN | ||
| 56535 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56684 | $1,000 | $1,310 |
| 56715 | $970 | $1,280 |
| 56716 | $1,030 | $1,430 |
| 56736 | $1,020 | $1,410 |
| 56742 | $1,010 | $1,330 |
| 56748 | $1,120 | $1,470 |
| 56750 | $980 | $1,280 |
| 56754 | $1,310 | $1,750 |
| Mahnomen County, MN | ||
| 56542 | $1,010 | $1,400 |
| 56566 | $970 | $1,220 |
| 56592 | $970 | $1,350 |
| 56621 | $1,010 | $1,250 |
| 56651 | $1,110 | $1,450 |
| Beltrami County, MN | ||
| 56619 | $1,140 | $1,370 |
| 56647 | $990 | $1,190 |
| 56650 | $990 | $1,190 |
| 56663 | $1,000 | $1,270 |
| 56666 | $990 | $1,190 |
| 56667 | $1,180 | $1,430 |
| 56670 | $990 | $1,190 |
| 56683 | $1,330 | $1,590 |
| 56685 | $990 | $1,210 |
| Lake of the Woods County, MN | ||
| 56623 | $1,000 | $1,210 |
| 56686 | $1,190 | $1,480 |
| 56711 | $1,120 | $1,420 |
| 56741 | $1,010 | $1,210 |
| Koochiching County, MN | ||
| 56627 | $970 | $1,240 |
| 56629 | $980 | $1,230 |
| 56639 | $1,150 | $1,500 |
| 56649 | $1,030 | $1,390 |
| 56653 | $1,110 | $1,430 |
| 56654 | $1,060 | $1,360 |
| 56658 | $970 | $1,240 |
| 56660 | $990 | $1,260 |
| 56661 | $1,000 | $1,280 |
| 56668 | $970 | $1,240 |
| 56669 | $1,040 | $1,390 |
| 56679 | $970 | $1,240 |
| Itasca County, MN | ||
| 56628 | $1,290 | $1,680 |
| 56630 | $990 | $1,190 |
| 56631 | $1,070 | $1,400 |
| 56636 | $970 | $1,270 |
| 56637 | $1,150 | $1,500 |
| 56657 | $1,160 | $1,510 |
| 56659 | $970 | $1,270 |
| 56680 | $970 | $1,270 |
| 56681 | $970 | $1,270 |
| 56688 | $1,070 | $1,400 |
| Clearwater County, MN | ||
| 56634 | $970 | $1,180 |
| 56644 | $970 | $1,250 |
| 56646 | $990 | $1,380 |
| 56652 | $1,080 | $1,310 |
| 56671 | $990 | $1,190 |
| 56676 | $1,200 | $1,450 |
| Roseau County, MN | ||
| 56673 | $1,300 | $1,630 |
| 56714 | $970 | $1,260 |
| 56726 | $970 | $1,260 |
| 56732 | $970 | $1,170 |
| 56735 | $970 | $1,170 |
| 56751 | $1,080 | $1,390 |
| 56756 | $1,010 | $1,300 |
| 56759 | $970 | $1,210 |
| 56761 | $1,060 | $1,350 |
| 56763 | $970 | $1,260 |
| Pennington County, MN | ||
| 56701 | $1,130 | $1,500 |
| 56725 | $1,020 | $1,280 |
| 56760 | $1,030 | $1,280 |
| Marshall County, MN | ||
| 56710 | $1,120 | $1,370 |
| 56713 | $1,140 | $1,390 |
| 56724 | $970 | $1,180 |
| 56727 | $990 | $1,190 |
| 56737 | $970 | $1,180 |
| 56738 | $980 | $1,190 |
| 56757 | $1,240 | $1,510 |
| 56758 | $1,010 | $1,230 |
| 56762 | $1,010 | $1,250 |
| Kittson County, MN | ||
| 56720 | $1,100 | $1,320 |
| 56728 | $1,120 | $1,340 |
| 56729 | $970 | $1,170 |
| 56731 | $1,080 | $1,300 |
| 56733 | $1,000 | $1,200 |
| 56734 | $970 | $1,170 |
| 56740 | $970 | $1,170 |
| 56755 | $990 | $1,220 |
| Walsh County, ND | ||
| 56744 | $1,140 | $1,520 |
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