High-FMR payment standards - Ocean City, NJ MSA

HUD FY2026 2-BR Fair Market Rent for Cape May County, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area is $1,792/month - 85th percentile of 396 published metro FMR areas (#338 cheapest→expensive) ; FMR rows touch Cape May County .

Geography note: HUD recoded this metro. The current Fair Market Rent area is Cape May County, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area; the amounts above are that area's own schedule, not a neighbour's.

Expensive rung: who shares Ocean City, NJ MSA's FMR tier

Near-amount peers: Bellingham, WA MSA ($1,794), Ansonia town, CT Exception Area ($1,788), Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA ($1,787) .

For scale, bottom-quartile published amounts include Owensboro, KY MSA, Massac County, IL HUD Metro FMR Area, Parkersburg-Vienna, WV MSA, Muncie, IN MSA, Peoria, IL MSA, Morgantown, WV MSA - those metros are not substitutes for lease-up planning in Ocean City, NJ MSA.

NJ-state FMR neighbors for Ocean City, NJ MSA

Closest 2-BR amounts inside NJ: Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,867); Warren County, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area ($1,895); Vineland, NJ MSA ($1,673); Trenton-Princeton, NJ MSA ($1,950); Bergen-Passaic, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area ($2,324) . 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 Ocean City, NJ MSA?

Size HUD FMR
Studio$1,320/mo
1-BR$1,366/mo
2-BR$1,792/mo
3-BR$2,396/mo
4-BR$2,405/mo

Section 8 payment standard range for Cape May County, NJ 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 Cape May County, NJ 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 $1,320/mo $1,188/mo $1,452/mo
1-BR $1,366/mo $1,229/mo $1,503/mo
2-BR $1,792/mo $1,613/mo $1,971/mo
3-BR $2,396/mo $2,156/mo $2,636/mo
4-BR $2,405/mo $2,165/mo $2,646/mo

For a 2-bedroom in Cape May County, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area, the HUD reference rent is $1,792/month, so the lawful payment-standard band runs $1,613–$1,971/month before any tenant income share.

PHAs naming Ocean City, NJ MSA

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NJ agencies near this metro's scale key

Housing authorities in NJ 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

What to do with this FMR desk

Ocean City, NJ HUD FY2026 2-BR FMR is $1,792/mo; use the schedule as a source desk, not a lease quote.

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) . Confirm the live PHA figure before leasing. Methodology.

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Source and method. PlainVoucher compiles public HUD and U.S. Census release data into a searchable reference. Release periods and source boundaries are identified on each data surface; PlainVoucher does not determine eligibility, waitlist status, payment standards, or local PHA rules. Read our editorial standards and corrections policy, methodology, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-02.