Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

SAFMR table

Published by Office of Policy Development and Research, GIS Helpdesk and Open Data Division | Department of Housing and Urban Development | Catalog Last Checked: October 16, 2026 at 08:19 PM | Dataset Last Updated: October 01, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This feature service outlines relationships between Zip Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) used to denote Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs) and the Fair Market Rents (FMRs) calculated for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and County geographies. Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs) are FMRs calculated for ZIP Codes within Metropolitan Areas. Small Area FMRs are required to be used to set Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher payment standards in areas designated by HUD (available here). Other Housing Agencies operating in non-designated metropolitan areas may opt-in to the use of Small Area FMRs. Furthermore, Small Area FMRs may be used as the basis for setting Exception Payment Standards – PHAs may set exception payment standards up to 110 percent of the Small Area FMR. PHAs administering Public Housing units may use Small Area FMRs as an alternative to metropolitan area-wide FMRs when calculating Flat Rents. Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs) are FMRs calculated for ZIP Codes within Metropolitan Areas. Small Area FMRs are required to be used to set Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher payment standards in areas designated by HUD (available here). Other Housing Agencies operating in non-designated metropolitan areas may opt-in to the use of Small Area FMRs. Furthermore, Small Area FMRs may be used as the basis for setting Exception Payment Standards – PHAs may set exception payment standards up to 110 percent of the Small Area FMR. PHAs administering Public Housing units may use Small Area FMRs as an alternative to metropolitan area-wide FMRs when calculating Flat Rents. Please See HUD’s Small Area FMR Final Rule for additional information regarding the uses of Small Area FMRs. Note that this service does not denote precise SAFMR geographies. Instead, the service utilizes a relationship class to associate the information for each SAFMR with the FMR areas that its ZCTA overlaps. For example, ZCTA 94558 overlaps the Santa Rosa, Napa, and Vallejo-Fairfield MSAs. Selecting that ZCTA will reveal the SAFMR information associated with each FMR area. To learn more about the Small Area Fair Market Rents visit: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/smallarea/index.html, for questions about the spatial attribution of this dataset, please reach out to us at GISHelpdesk@hud.gov. Date of Coverage: Fiscal Year 2026 Date Update: FY2026 : Oct. 1 - Sept. 30

Resources

12 resources available

Find Related Datasets

Search by Tags

Click any tag below to search for similar datasets

Complete Metadata
@type Dataset
accessRights Public
bureauCode 
[
  "025:00"
]
contactPoint 
{
  "fn": "HUD GIS Helpdesk",
  "@type": "vcard:Kind",
  "hasEmail": "mailto:GIShelpdesk@hud.gov"
}
describedBy 
{
  "@id": "https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e/info/metadata/metadata.xml?format=default",
  "@type": "foaf:Document",
  "title": "Source metadata",
  "mediaType": "XML document"
}
description This feature service outlines relationships between Zip Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) used to denote Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs) and the Fair Market Rents (FMRs) calculated for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and County geographies. Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs) are FMRs calculated for ZIP Codes within Metropolitan Areas. Small Area FMRs are required to be used to set Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher payment standards in areas designated by HUD (available here). Other Housing Agencies operating in non-designated metropolitan areas may opt-in to the use of Small Area FMRs. Furthermore, Small Area FMRs may be used as the basis for setting Exception Payment Standards – PHAs may set exception payment standards up to 110 percent of the Small Area FMR. PHAs administering Public Housing units may use Small Area FMRs as an alternative to metropolitan area-wide FMRs when calculating Flat Rents. Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs) are FMRs calculated for ZIP Codes within Metropolitan Areas. Small Area FMRs are required to be used to set Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher payment standards in areas designated by HUD (available here). Other Housing Agencies operating in non-designated metropolitan areas may opt-in to the use of Small Area FMRs. Furthermore, Small Area FMRs may be used as the basis for setting Exception Payment Standards – PHAs may set exception payment standards up to 110 percent of the Small Area FMR. PHAs administering Public Housing units may use Small Area FMRs as an alternative to metropolitan area-wide FMRs when calculating Flat Rents. Please See HUD’s Small Area FMR Final Rule for additional information regarding the uses of Small Area FMRs. Note that this service does not denote precise SAFMR geographies. Instead, the service utilizes a relationship class to associate the information for each SAFMR with the FMR areas that its ZCTA overlaps. For example, ZCTA 94558 overlaps the Santa Rosa, Napa, and Vallejo-Fairfield MSAs. Selecting that ZCTA will reveal the SAFMR information associated with each FMR area. To learn more about the Small Area Fair Market Rents visit: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/smallarea/index.html, for questions about the spatial attribution of this dataset, please reach out to us at GISHelpdesk@hud.gov. Date of Coverage: Fiscal Year 2026 Date Update: FY2026 : Oct. 1 - Sept. 30
distribution 
[
  {
    "@type": "dcat:DataService",
    "title": "ArcGIS REST service",
    "format": "GeoServices REST",
    "accessURL": "https://services.arcgis.com/VTyQ9soqVukalItT/arcgis/rest/services/HUD_PDR_Small_Area_Fair_Market_Rents/FeatureServer/1",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.restful+json",
    "downloadURL": "https://services.arcgis.com/VTyQ9soqVukalItT/arcgis/rest/services/HUD_PDR_Small_Area_Fair_Market_Rents/FeatureServer/1"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "CSV",
    "format": "CSV",
    "accessURL": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e/csv?layers=1",
    "mediaType": "text/csv",
    "downloadURL": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e/csv?layers=1"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "XLSX",
    "format": "Excel",
    "accessURL": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e/excel?layers=1",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet",
    "downloadURL": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e/excel?layers=1"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "TXT",
    "format": "Feature Collection",
    "accessURL": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e/featureCollection?layers=1",
    "mediaType": "text/plain",
    "downloadURL": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e/featureCollection?layers=1"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "ZIP",
    "format": "File Geodatabase",
    "accessURL": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e/filegdb?layers=1",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "downloadURL": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e/filegdb?layers=1"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "GPKG",
    "format": "GeoPackage",
    "accessURL": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e/geoPackage?layers=1",
    "mediaType": "application/geopackage+sqlite3",
    "downloadURL": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e/geoPackage?layers=1"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "GeoJSON",
    "format": "GeoJSON",
    "accessURL": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e/geojson?layers=1",
    "mediaType": "application/geo+json",
    "downloadURL": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e/geojson?layers=1"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "KML",
    "format": "KML",
    "accessURL": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e/kml?layers=1",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml",
    "downloadURL": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e/kml?layers=1"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "ZIP",
    "format": "Shapefile",
    "accessURL": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e/shapefile?layers=1",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "downloadURL": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e/shapefile?layers=1"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "GDB",
    "format": "SQLite Geodatabase",
    "accessURL": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e/sqlite?layers=1",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "downloadURL": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e/sqlite?layers=1"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "ArcGIS Hub Dataset",
    "format": "Web Page",
    "accessURL": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/HUD::safmr-table-1",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "downloadURL": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/HUD::safmr-table-1"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "ArcGIS Data Layer",
    "format": "A data layer is used to access and display data in a map or scene. Layers support ready-to-use properties and settings of data services.",
    "accessURL": "https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e&sublayer=1",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e&sublayer=1"
  }
]
identifier https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=6458c67bad2a4cc7aa97514ef7ba8a0e&sublayer=1
issued 2021-04-28T14:11:00.000Z
keyword 
[
  "Economic Development",
  "FMR",
  "Fair Housing",
  "Fair Market Rents",
  "HUD",
  "HUD.Official.Content",
  "Housing",
  "Office of Policy Development and Research",
  "PDR",
  "SAFMR",
  "Small Area Fair Market Rents",
  "US Department of Housing and Urban Development"
]
landingPage 
{
  "@id": "https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/HUD::safmr-table-1",
  "@type": "Document",
  "title": "SAFMR table landing page"
}
modified 2025-10-01T00:54:17.158Z
programCode 
[
  "025:000"
]
publisher 
{
  "name": "Office of Policy Development and Research, GIS Helpdesk and Open Data Division",
  "@type": "org:Organization",
  "subOrganizationOf": [
    {
      "name": "Department of Housing and Urban Development",
      "@type": "org:Organization"
    }
  ]
}
rights 
[
  "HUD and the dataset and metadata authors assume no responsibility for the use or misuse of the dataset. No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of the spatial accuracy, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general, the dataset creators or the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development specifically, as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data."
]
spatial 
{
  "bbox": {
    "type": "Polygon",
    "coordinates": [
      [
        [
          -176.696708,
          71.341324
        ],
        [
          145.8305,
          71.341324
        ],
        [
          145.8305,
          -14.373768
        ],
        [
          -176.696708,
          -14.373768
        ],
        [
          -176.696708,
          71.341324
        ]
      ]
    ]
  },
  "@type": "Location",
  "prefLabel": "United States and Minor Outlying Islands"
}
title SAFMR table

data.gov

An official website of the GSA's Technology Transformation Services

Looking for U.S. government information and services?
Visit USA.gov