High-FMR payment standards - Barnstable Town, MA MSA
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Barnstable Town, MA MSA is $2,422/month - 96th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#380 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 41.5% above market ; FMR rows touch Barnstable County .
Expensive rung: who shares Barnstable Town, MA MSA's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Kalawao County, HI HUD Metro FMR Area ($2,492), Seattle-Bellevue, WA HUD Metro FMR Area ($2,501), Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT MSA ($2,511) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Bay City, MI MSA, Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA, Fayette County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area, Arecibo, PR Metro Area, Binghamton, NY MSA, Anniston-Oxford, AL MSA - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Barnstable Town, MA MSA.
MA-state FMR neighbors for Barnstable Town, MA MSA
Closest 2-BR amounts inside MA: Amherst Town-Northampton, MA MSA ($2,004); Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH HUD Metro FMR Area ($2,941); Fitchburg-Leominster, MA HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,749); Springfield, MA MSA ($1,734); Pittsfield, MA HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,626); New Bedford, MA HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,527) . Alphabetical “nearby” lists are intentionally not used here - amount proximity is the comparison that matters for payment standards.
What are the HUD FY2026 bedroom FMRs for Barnstable Town, MA MSA?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,834/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,846/mo |
| 2-BR | $2,422/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,985/mo |
| 4-BR | $3,428/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Barnstable Town, MA MSA
HUD lets each Public Housing Authority set its payment standard between 90% and 110% of the published Fair Market Rent for the bedroom size served. These dollar amounts are derived from HUD FY2026 FMR for Barnstable Town, MA MSA; your PHA may choose a figure inside this band. This is not a quote for a specific unit, availability, or waitlist status.
| Size | HUD FMR | 90% floor | 110% ceiling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,834/mo | $1,651/mo | $2,017/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,846/mo | $1,661/mo | $2,031/mo |
| 2-BR | $2,422/mo | $2,180/mo | $2,664/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,985/mo | $2,687/mo | $3,284/mo |
| 4-BR | $3,428/mo | $3,085/mo | $3,771/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Barnstable Town, MA MSA, the HUD reference rent is $2,422/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $2,180–$2,664/month before any tenant income share.
HUD FMR filing-year trail · Barnstable Town, MA MSA
Published two-bedroom Fair Market Rent for this HUD area across FY2022-2026. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent fiscal years only. This is a historical HUD reference-rent series, not a PHA payment standard, unit quote, availability, eligibility, or waitlist result.
- Latest 2-BR
- $2,422
- FY2026
- vs prior FY
- +3.2%
- from FY2025 $2,346
- Span change
- +28.9%
- FY2022-2026
- Years shown
- 5
- HUD FMR history
| FY | 2-BR FMR | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,879/mo | - |
| 2023 | $2,044/mo | +8.8% |
| 2024 | $2,082/mo | +1.9% |
| 2025 | $2,346/mo | +12.7% |
| 2026 | $2,422/mo | +3.2% |
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents historical series for Barnstable Town, MA MSA, FY2022-2026. Adjacent-year deltas only.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,711/mo → 41.5% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Barnstable Town, MA MSA.
MA agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in MA whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):
Full near-amount ladder
- Kalawao County, HI HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,492
- Seattle-Bellevue, WA HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,501
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT MSA · $2,511
- Fort Lauderdale, FL HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,333
- San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA MSA · $2,512
- Bergen-Passaic, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,324
- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,255
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,246
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area · $2,601
- Urban Honolulu, HI MSA · $2,642
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA · $2,201
- Vallejo, CA MSA · $2,178
What to do with this FMR desk
Barnstable Town, MA HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $2,422/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Read the FY2022-2026 filing trail (+28.9% across the span) before comparing peers. FMR history on this page
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (41.5% above market). Metro gap page
- Confirm how PHAs may set payment standards at 90-110% of FMR, and why the two figures are not interchangeable. FMR vs payment standard
FMR is HUD's published Fair Market Rent for this FMR area. It is not a PHA payment standard, unit quote, eligibility result, or waitlist status. Confirm any leasing figure with the PHA that serves the unit.
Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rent (FY2026) ; Census ACS median gross rent. Confirm the live PHA figure before leasing. Methodology.
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