Section 8 — WI ZIP index · page 2 of 2

Wisconsin ZIP codes
with a Section 8 rent.

Every Wisconsin ZIP code HUD publishes a Fair Market Rent for — 839 of them, FY2026. This page lists ZIPs 501–839, 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.

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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 501–839 of 839 · 43 HUD areas on this page · data as of 2026-08-19 · HUD FY2026

ZIP2 BR3 BR
Taylor County, WI
54425$970$1,250
54433$990$1,360
54447$970$1,250
54451$1,000$1,280
54459$1,110$1,380
54460$1,010$1,290
54470$970$1,240
54480$1,140$1,460
54490$970$1,240
54498$1,110$1,410
54766$1,020$1,360
54768$1,040$1,380
54771$1,000$1,270
Wausau, WI MSA
54426$990$1,300
54429$1,150$1,510
54440$990$1,300
54448$970$1,280
54471$1,720$2,270
54474$1,030$1,360
54476$1,150$1,510
54484$1,240$1,630
Shawano County, WI
54427$1,010$1,320
54450$1,220$1,560
54928$1,020$1,330
54948$1,020$1,320
54978$980$1,260
Oneida County, WI
54428$970$1,170
54435$1,010$1,370
54463$970$1,170
54487$970$1,320
54501$970$1,210
54529$1,020$1,290
54531$1,140$1,370
54539$1,000$1,200
54543$1,010$1,210
54562$970$1,170
Langlade County, WI
54430$970$1,170
54462$1,020$1,220
54464$990$1,190
54465$990$1,190
54485$990$1,200
54491$970$1,170
54566$970$1,180
Clark County, WI
54436$970$1,240
54437$970$1,240
54446$970$1,240
54456$970$1,240
54479$970$1,270
54488$970$1,260
54493$1,300$1,650
Wood County, WI
54441$1,030$1,300
54443$970$1,250
54449$1,030$1,300
54454$970$1,220
54457$970$1,230
54466$970$1,220
54469$970$1,220
54475$970$1,210
54489$1,140$1,430
54494$1,070$1,340
54495$970$1,220
Lincoln County, WI
54442$1,190$1,660
54452$970$1,350
54532$970$1,350
Portage County, WI
54455$1,210$1,590
54458$1,010$1,210
54467$1,140$1,370
54473$970$1,250
54481$1,030$1,230
54482$1,120$1,340
Waupaca County, WI
54486$1,090$1,400
54499$970$1,250
54922$1,460$1,980
54926$1,000$1,310
54929$1,000$1,380
54933$970$1,280
54945$970$1,280
54946$970$1,280
54949$970$1,280
54950$970$1,280
54961$1,030$1,380
54962$1,000$1,320
54969$970$1,280
54977$1,130$1,480
Forest County, WI
54511$1,000$1,210
54520$970$1,180
54541$1,000$1,210
54542$1,050$1,280
Vilas County, WI
54512$1,130$1,350
54519$1,000$1,210
54521$1,060$1,270
54538$970$1,170
54540$970$1,170
54545$1,280$1,540
54548$1,070$1,280
54554$970$1,170
54557$1,140$1,410
54558$1,080$1,300
54560$1,230$1,470
54561$1,090$1,310
54568$970$1,170
Price County, WI
54513$1,040$1,310
54514$970$1,320
54515$1,040$1,290
54524$980$1,220
54537$1,000$1,250
54555$1,000$1,240
54556$980$1,220
54564$1,130$1,480
Sawyer County, WI
54517$1,010$1,310
54552$970$1,210
54821$970$1,280
54828$1,050$1,250
54835$970$1,170
54862$1,080$1,300
54867$970$1,170
54896$1,210$1,450
Iron County, WI
54525$1,110$1,380
54534$970$1,210
54536$1,050$1,320
54546$970$1,350
54547$1,150$1,430
54550$1,160$1,450
54559$990$1,350
54565$970$1,310
Rusk County, WI
54526$970$1,200
54530$970$1,200
54563$1,040$1,280
54728$1,030$1,320
54731$1,350$1,660
54745$1,110$1,480
54757$990$1,360
54819$970$1,200
54848$970$1,200
54895$1,070$1,320
Ashland County, WI
54527$970$1,350
54846$1,000$1,390
54850$970$1,350
54855$970$1,350
54861$1,020$1,400
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN HUD Metro FMR Area
54601$1,180$1,530
54602$1,180$1,530
54603$1,080$1,430
54636$1,280$1,660
54650$1,290$1,680
54669$1,310$1,700
Buffalo County, WI
54610$970$1,180
54622$970$1,180
54629$1,150$1,400
54756$970$1,180
Jackson County, WI
54611$1,070$1,280
54635$1,020$1,220
54643$970$1,170
54644$1,180$1,520
54741$990$1,360
54746$1,170$1,470
54754$1,020$1,230
Trempealeau County, WI
54612$1,110$1,460
54616$970$1,280
54625$970$1,280
54627$970$1,280
54630$1,060$1,400
54642$1,210$1,460
54659$970$1,170
54661$1,180$1,560
54738$990$1,360
54747$1,000$1,310
54755$990$1,360
54758$990$1,360
54760$970$1,280
54770$990$1,360
54773$970$1,280
Adams County, WI
54613$990$1,260
Monroe County, WI
54614$1,080$1,430
54615$970$1,240
54618$1,070$1,340
54619$1,080$1,430
54638$970$1,270
54648$970$1,280
54651$1,090$1,390
54653$1,220$1,580
54656$1,080$1,430
54660$1,050$1,380
54662$1,040$1,370
54666$1,230$1,580
54670$970$1,280
Vernon County, WI HUD Metro FMR Area
54621$970$1,220
54623$1,130$1,430
54632$970$1,220
54658$1,220$1,540
54667$1,080$1,430
Crawford County, WI
54624$970$1,210
54626$970$1,170
54628$970$1,170
54631$1,000$1,200
54645$970$1,170
54652$980$1,230
54654$980$1,180
54657$970$1,170
54665$1,010$1,270
Richland County, WI
54634$970$1,210
54639$970$1,220
54655$970$1,170
54664$1,120$1,370
Juneau County, WI
54637$1,210$1,490
54641$970$1,200
54646$970$1,200
Dunn County, WI
54701$1,200$1,610
54703$1,210$1,620
54724$1,010$1,360
54725$970$1,300
54730$990$1,360
54734$1,520$2,020
54739$1,150$1,530
54740$1,520$2,020
54749$1,520$2,020
54751$1,520$2,020
54762$970$1,250
54763$970$1,290
54764$1,020$1,360
54765$1,020$1,360
54767$1,520$2,020
54772$1,000$1,330
Eau Claire, WI MSA
54702$1,180$1,580
54720$1,280$1,710
54722$1,000$1,360
54726$990$1,360
54727$990$1,360
54729$1,230$1,650
54732$1,040$1,390
54742$1,370$1,840
54748$1,180$1,580
Pepin County, WI
54721$1,520$2,020
54736$970$1,310
54737$1,030$1,370
54759$1,520$2,020
54761$1,520$2,020
54769$1,520$2,020
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HUD Metro FMR Area
54723$1,520$2,020
54750$1,520$2,020
Barron County, WI
54733$970$1,250
54805$970$1,250
54812$970$1,250
54822$1,070$1,370
54841$1,000$1,280
54857$970$1,200
Washburn County, WI
54801$970$1,170
54813$970$1,200
54817$970$1,190
54830$1,030$1,390
54843$1,050$1,250
54859$1,060$1,390
54868$980$1,260
54870$1,360$1,630
54871$1,080$1,300
54875$970$1,170
54876$1,230$1,480
54888$970$1,170
Bayfield County, WI
54806$1,020$1,400
54814$970$1,280
54816$970$1,280
54820$1,030$1,390
54827$970$1,280
54832$1,160$1,530
54838$1,040$1,400
54839$1,060$1,410
54844$970$1,280
54847$1,050$1,380
54856$1,090$1,450
54865$970$1,280
54873$1,030$1,390
54891$970$1,280
Polk County, WI
54810$1,270$1,570
54824$1,000$1,210
54826$1,050$1,330
54829$1,070$1,370
54837$1,000$1,210
54840$1,050$1,260
54853$1,010$1,250
54858$1,000$1,210
54872$1,000$1,210
54889$1,000$1,230
Duluth, MN-WI MSA
54836$1,110$1,500
54842$1,120$1,540
54849$1,030$1,390
54854$1,030$1,390
54864$1,340$1,840
54874$1,220$1,670
54880$1,150$1,580
54890$1,150$1,580
Burnett County, WI
54845$1,030$1,240
54893$1,010$1,210
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI MSA
54901$1,150$1,540
54902$1,040$1,400
54903$1,150$1,540
54904$1,140$1,530
54914$1,170$1,610
54915$1,180$1,620
54927$1,110$1,490
54944$1,030$1,420
54947$1,340$1,800
54952$1,150$1,560
54956$1,310$1,760
54957$1,150$1,540
54964$1,220$1,630
54979$1,160$1,500
54980$1,230$1,640
54985$1,150$1,540
Waushara County, WI
54909$1,030$1,250
54921$970$1,170
54923$1,020$1,270
54930$1,010$1,330
54940$1,110$1,480
54943$970$1,270
54960$970$1,260
54963$1,230$1,650
54965$1,150$1,530
54966$970$1,280
54967$1,120$1,470
54970$970$1,290
54976$970$1,290
54981$970$1,280
54982$970$1,290
54983$1,060$1,400
54984$1,040$1,380
54986$1,040$1,400
Appleton, WI MSA
54911$1,210$1,670
54912$1,230$1,690
54913$1,460$2,010
54931$1,050$1,430
54942$1,370$1,890
Fond du Lac, WI MSA
54932$1,050$1,360
54935$1,140$1,480
54936$1,180$1,530
54937$1,330$1,720
54974$1,090$1,410
Green Lake County, WI
54941$970$1,170
54971$970$1,270
Marquette County, WI
54968$970$1,170

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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