Section 8 — ND ZIP index

North Dakota ZIP codes
with a Section 8 rent.

Every North Dakota ZIP code HUD publishes a Fair Market Rent for — 402 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 402 ZIPs · 53 HUD areas · data as of 2026-08-19 · HUD FY2026

ZIP2 BR3 BR
Richland County, ND
58001$880$1,220
58008$1,030$1,420
58015$1,210$1,670
58018$1,090$1,510
58030$970$1,350
58047$1,050$1,460
58051$970$1,350
58052$1,180$1,640
58057$1,100$1,520
58058$1,010$1,400
58061$870$1,210
58074$920$1,280
58075$880$1,220
58076$880$1,220
58077$1,240$1,720
58081$1,160$1,610
Fargo, ND-MN MSA
58002$1,100$1,530
58004$1,100$1,530
58005$1,100$1,530
58006$970$1,350
58007$1,100$1,530
58011$1,100$1,530
58012$970$1,350
58021$1,180$1,650
58029$980$1,360
58036$1,100$1,530
58042$1,230$1,700
58059$1,440$2,000
58078$1,240$1,720
58079$1,100$1,530
58102$1,030$1,430
58103$1,040$1,450
58104$1,300$1,810
58105$1,030$1,430
58106$1,100$1,530
58107$1,100$1,530
58108$1,100$1,530
58109$1,100$1,530
Traill County, ND
58009$920$1,280
58016$910$1,260
58035$990$1,360
58038$970$1,310
58045$870$1,210
58048$970$1,350
58218$870$1,210
58219$870$1,210
58223$890$1,240
58240$970$1,350
58257$910$1,270
58274$870$1,210
58275$1,240$1,720
Sargent County, ND
58013$890$1,220
58017$900$1,230
58032$870$1,180
58040$960$1,290
58043$890$1,210
58053$870$1,210
58054$910$1,180
58060$950$1,280
58067$870$1,180
58069$980$1,300
58474$870$1,210
Ransom County, ND
58027$970$1,270
58033$1,140$1,480
58049$940$1,170
58062$980$1,280
58068$1,020$1,370
58490$1,110$1,500
Barnes County, ND
58031$1,010$1,280
58063$970$1,260
58065$990$1,360
58071$970$1,350
58072$950$1,140
58479$950$1,140
58480$940$1,130
Roberts County, SD
58041$1,040$1,450
Steele County, ND
58046$970$1,330
58056$980$1,270
58064$1,010$1,390
58212$970$1,320
58230$880$1,220
58267$970$1,350
58277$930$1,290
58425$870$1,170
Grand Forks, ND-MN MSA
58201$1,180$1,640
58202$1,470$2,040
58203$1,030$1,430
58204$1,630$2,270
58205$1,140$1,600
58206$1,110$1,540
58207$1,110$1,540
58208$1,110$1,540
58214$970$1,350
58228$970$1,350
58235$1,170$1,630
58244$1,110$1,540
58251$1,050$1,460
58256$1,320$1,840
58258$1,130$1,580
58278$970$1,350
Walsh County, ND
58210$870$1,140
58224$870$1,210
58225$970$1,320
58227$870$1,170
58229$920$1,220
58231$970$1,290
58233$970$1,290
58237$870$1,140
58243$1,170$1,530
58250$1,040$1,380
58259$1,310$1,820
58260$980$1,300
58261$970$1,280
58270$1,180$1,540
58273$1,030$1,330
58321$870$1,210
58330$990$1,370
58345$870$1,190
Pembina County, ND
58216$910$1,260
58220$1,000$1,390
58222$1,310$1,820
58236$930$1,300
58238$960$1,310
58241$1,120$1,550
58262$940$1,280
58265$910$1,270
58271$870$1,210
58276$870$1,210
58282$870$1,210
Cavalier County, ND
58239$870$1,170
58249$870$1,170
58255$870$1,170
58269$1,190$1,610
58281$870$1,170
58311$870$1,170
58355$870$1,170
Nelson County, ND
58254$950$1,310
58266$1,040$1,450
58272$1,220$1,690
58361$1,080$1,500
Ramsey County, ND
58301$870$1,210
58327$870$1,210
58338$930$1,310
58344$870$1,210
58362$870$1,210
58380$920$1,280
58381$930$1,290
58382$870$1,210
Towner County, ND
58310$870$1,210
58317$870$1,210
58323$870$1,170
58324$890$1,240
58325$920$1,280
58331$880$1,200
58339$870$1,210
58346$870$1,210
58352$870$1,170
58363$890$1,240
58365$870$1,210
58367$890$1,240
58372$870$1,190
58377$890$1,240
Pierce County, ND
58313$870$1,210
58332$870$1,210
58368$870$1,210
58386$870$1,210
58788$1,040$1,440
Rolette County, ND
58316$970$1,340
58329$1,000$1,380
58353$950$1,310
58366$1,160$1,600
58369$870$1,210
58384$990$1,340
58385$870$1,210
Bottineau County, ND
58318$890$1,170
58711$1,040$1,280
58740$1,180$1,500
58748$870$1,160
58750$870$1,160
58760$990$1,230
58761$1,130$1,380
58762$880$1,160
58782$870$1,160
58783$870$1,170
58789$980$1,350
58793$870$1,160
Benson County, ND
58335$870$1,210
58343$870$1,210
58351$980$1,360
58357$900$1,250
58370$900$1,250
58379$1,110$1,540
Wells County, ND
58341$870$1,210
58348$870$1,210
58356$920$1,280
58374$870$1,210
58418$870$1,210
58421$880$1,230
58422$910$1,270
58423$870$1,210
58438$910$1,270
58451$870$1,210
58486$870$1,210
58488$870$1,210
58758$1,080$1,500
Stutsman County, ND
58401$870$1,210
58402$870$1,210
58405$870$1,210
58420$870$1,210
58424$870$1,210
58426$870$1,210
58442$990$1,380
58454$900$1,250
58455$870$1,210
58466$870$1,170
58467$870$1,210
58472$870$1,190
58475$870$1,210
58476$1,310$1,820
58481$870$1,170
58483$920$1,280
58492$870$1,170
58496$1,080$1,500
58497$870$1,190
McPherson County, SD
58413$930$1,270
58439$1,070$1,430
LaMoure County, ND
58415$1,060$1,480
58431$970$1,330
58433$870$1,210
58458$1,230$1,710
58461$950$1,250
Griggs County, ND
58416$1,000$1,230
58429$1,110$1,370
58443$870$1,210
58448$1,170$1,450
58452$870$1,080
58464$990$1,300
58484$1,010$1,240
Kidder County, ND
58428$890$1,230
58478$870$1,210
58482$870$1,220
58487$880$1,230
58524$930$1,290
58532$1,050$1,460
Sheridan County, ND
58430$920$1,280
58444$920$1,280
58463$920$1,280
58559$900$1,250
58710$1,380$1,920
58723$890$1,240
58736$900$1,250
Brown County, SD
58436$930$1,290
McIntosh County, ND
58440$1,000$1,380
58456$1,060$1,480
58460$900$1,250
58495$890$1,250
58581$920$1,230
Dickey County, ND
58441$1,010$1,400
Foster County, ND
58445$870$1,210
Bismarck, ND MSA
58477$1,170$1,630
58494$1,350$1,880
58501$1,140$1,590
58502$1,170$1,630
58503$1,310$1,820
58505$1,170$1,630
58506$1,170$1,630
58507$1,170$1,630
58521$1,120$1,560
58554$1,190$1,660
58558$1,180$1,640
58566$1,180$1,640
58572$1,170$1,630
Emmons County, ND
58504$1,140$1,590
58542$910$1,180
58544$1,150$1,380
58552$870$1,050
58560$1,170$1,620
58573$870$1,050
Grant County, ND
58520$960$1,340
58533$870$1,210
58535$1,130$1,570
58563$950$1,320
58564$980$1,330
58569$930$1,290
Mercer County, ND
58523$1,160$1,400
58530$1,030$1,290
58541$1,030$1,240
58545$1,180$1,440
58571$1,030$1,290
58580$1,040$1,250
58625$1,030$1,240
58631$1,030$1,370
58636$1,030$1,240
Sioux County, ND
58528$870$1,150
58529$1,040$1,450
58538$880$1,150
58570$980$1,310
McLean County, ND
58531$900$1,240
58540$870$1,210
58565$870$1,210
58575$880$1,220
58576$870$1,210
58577$890$1,240
58579$980$1,360
58716$970$1,350
58735$940$1,320
58759$1,010$1,400
58775$870$1,210
58778$870$1,210
58779$940$1,320
Logan County, ND
58549$970$1,300
58561$1,020$1,420
Hettinger County, ND
58562$960$1,270
58650$870$1,170
Corson County, SD
58568$980$1,290
Stark County, ND
58601$1,060$1,470
58602$1,060$1,470
58622$1,150$1,610
58630$1,040$1,420
58638$1,030$1,320
58641$970$1,290
58646$1,080$1,350
58647$920$1,290
58652$920$1,290
58655$920$1,290
58656$1,060$1,470
Slope County, ND
58620$930$1,250
58623$870$1,210
58643$920$1,270
58651$950$1,310
58654$1,040$1,450
McKenzie County, ND
58621$1,220$1,470
58634$1,260$1,530
58640$1,220$1,470
58757$1,220$1,470
58831$1,370$1,690
58835$1,380$1,690
58838$1,350$1,660
58847$1,220$1,480
58854$1,400$1,730
Dunn County, ND
58626$900$1,080
58642$1,010$1,300
58644$890$1,160
Billings County, ND
58627$1,050$1,460
Golden Valley County, ND
58632$1,240$1,720
58645$960$1,340
Perkins County, SD
58639$930$1,290
Harding County, SD
58649$930$1,250
58653$930$1,290
Ward County, ND HUD Metro FMR Area
58701$1,030$1,430
58702$1,170$1,630
58703$1,160$1,610
58704$1,620$2,250
58705$1,360$1,890
58707$1,160$1,610
58722$1,120$1,560
58725$1,130$1,480
58731$1,150$1,600
58733$1,100$1,530
58768$1,080$1,480
58781$1,080$1,500
58785$1,410$1,980
58787$970$1,320
58790$940$1,320
McHenry County, ND HUD Metro FMR Area
58712$1,000$1,390
58713$1,000$1,390
58741$1,000$1,390
58744$980$1,360
58792$1,000$1,390
Mountrail County, ND
58718$1,040$1,380
58734$940$1,320
58746$940$1,320
58756$1,150$1,590
58763$1,220$1,470
58769$870$1,180
58770$870$1,180
58771$1,100$1,440
58773$1,290$1,630
58776$1,440$1,860
58784$1,230$1,590
Burke County, ND
58721$960$1,320
58727$1,130$1,400
58737$870$1,110
58752$870$1,100
58772$870$1,100
Divide County, ND
58730$1,540$1,850
58765$1,570$1,880
58833$1,530$1,830
58844$1,530$1,830
Williams County, ND
58755$1,280$1,600
58794$1,240$1,610
58795$1,310$1,630
58801$1,200$1,580
58802$1,200$1,580
58803$1,200$1,580
58830$1,390$1,760
58843$1,640$2,160
58845$1,280$1,610
58849$1,040$1,460
58852$1,110$1,460
58853$1,270$1,680
58856$1,280$1,630

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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