High-FMR payment standards - Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area
HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area is $1,816/month - 86th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#342 cheapest→expensive) ; voucher vs ACS median: 27.3% above market ; FMR rows touch Beaufort County .
Geography note: HUD divides this CBSA into 2 separate Fair Market Rent areas, each with its own rent schedule. The amounts above are for Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area only, not the whole metro.
Expensive rung: who shares Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area's FMR tier
Near-amount peers: Kingston, NY MSA ($1,818), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,820), Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA ($1,810) .
For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC MSA, Hattiesburg, MS MSA, Hot Springs, AR MSA, Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA MSA, Austin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area, Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH HUD Metro FMR Area - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area.
SC-state FMR neighbors for Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area
Closest 2-BR amounts inside SC: Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA ($1,787); Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,465); Columbia, SC HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,276); Sumter, SC MSA ($1,276); Spartanburg, SC HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,187); Anderson, SC HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,173); Darlington County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,098) . 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 Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area?
| Size | HUD FMR |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,582/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,657/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,816/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,177/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,720/mo |
Section 8 payment standard range for Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area
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 Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area; 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 | $1,582/mo | $1,424/mo | $1,740/mo |
| 1-BR | $1,657/mo | $1,491/mo | $1,823/mo |
| 2-BR | $1,816/mo | $1,634/mo | $1,998/mo |
| 3-BR | $2,177/mo | $1,959/mo | $2,395/mo |
| 4-BR | $2,720/mo | $2,448/mo | $2,992/mo |
For a 2-bedroom in Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area, the HUD reference rent is $1,816/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,634–$1,998/month before any tenant income share.
ACS median 2-BR rent $1,427/mo → 27.3% above market (generous). Detail: gap analysis for Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area.
SC agencies near this metro's scale key
Housing authorities in SC whose HCV caseload sits closest to a CBSA-stable scale target (not the statewide giants list - that list was identical across siblings):
- SC STATE HOUSING AUTHORITY
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF CHARLESTON
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF N CHARLESTON
- SC REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY NO 1
- Spartanburg Housing
- CHARLESTON CO HSG & REDEV AUTH
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF MYRTLE BEACH
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF AIKEN
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF GREENWOOD
- HOUSING AUTHORITY OF SUMTER
Full near-amount ladder
- Kingston, NY MSA · $1,818
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,820
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA · $1,810
- Charlottesville, VA MSA · $1,824
- Palm Coast, FL HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,806
- Cumberland County, ME (part) HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,833
- Bellingham, WA MSA · $1,794
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ MSA · $1,839
- Ocean City, NJ MSA · $1,792
- Ansonia town, CT Exception Area · $1,788
- Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA · $1,787
- Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area · $1,785
What to do with this FMR desk
Beaufort County, SC HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,816/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.
- Open the voucher-vs-market gap board for this CBSA (27.3% 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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