Rental markets / Cleveland

ZIP 44102 fair market rent

Rent benchmarks by bedroom, with local comparisons and rental-housing estimates.

3-bedroom gross-rent benchmark

$1,450 / month

+7.4% from FY2025

FY2026 · current · effective Oct 1, 2025

Includes tenant-paid basic utilities. HUD benchmarks are not asking rents or approved voucher payments.

Published HUD schedules

FY2025
$1,350
FY2026
$1,450
FY2027
$1,470

Selected bedroom count. Schedule changes are not observed rent growth.

Rent by bedroom

Monthly gross-rent benchmarks, including tenant-paid utilities
BedroomsFY2025FY2026FY2027 · upcoming
Studio$770$820$830
1 bedroom$860$940$950
2 bedrooms$1,050$1,130$1,150
3 bedrooms$1,350$1,450$1,470
4 bedrooms$1,450$1,550$1,580
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Compare ZIP benchmarks

Other ZIPs in the same HUD area. These are rent comparisons, not property-specific comps.

Cleveland, OH HUD Metro FMR Area · 3 bedrooms · FY2026
ZIP codeMonthly gross rentDifference from 44102
44102 This ZIP$1,450$0
44035$1,480+$30
44109$1,390-$60
44120$1,560+$110
44107$1,750+$300
44130$1,780+$330

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Rental housing in ZCTA 44102

2020–2024 ACS 5-year. Census ZCTAs approximate postal ZIP codes; their boundaries are not identical.

Renter-occupied homes

12,744

65.4% of occupied homes are rented.

Rental home types

Single-unit houses
28.0%
Buildings with 2–4 units
34.0%
Buildings with 5+ units
38.0%
Other rental housing
0.1%

Rent as a share of income

50.4%

Spend at least 30% of household income on gross rent.

28.2% spend at least half.

Estimates, margins of error & definitions

These are pooled 2020–2024 survey estimates, not current listing data. Single-unit houses include detached and attached homes. Rent-burden percentages exclude households for which the ratio could not be calculated.

90% margins of error. Percentage margins are in percentage points.
MeasureEstimateMargin of error
Renter-occupied homes12,744± 776
Renter share of occupied homes65.4%± 2.5 pp
Single-unit houses28.0%± 2.9 pp
Buildings with 2–4 units34.0%± 5.2 pp
Buildings with 5+ units38.0%± 4.2 pp
Other rental housing0.1%± 0.2 pp
Rent is 30% or more of income50.4%± 3.3 pp
Rent is 50% or more of income28.2%± 3.1 pp

U.S. Census Bureau, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year tables B25003, B25032 and B25070. Statistical guidance.

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HUD sources, dates & coverage

HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents are monthly gross-rent benchmarks for postal ZIP codes. They include basic tenant-paid utilities, excluding phone, cable and internet. They do not determine an individual housing authority's payment standard, approved rent or a tenant's subsidy.

Cleveland, OH HUD Metro FMR Area. FY2025 ZIP schedule (effective Oct 1, 2024; source file revised Apr 28, 2025) · FY2026 ZIP schedule (effective Oct 1, 2025; source file revised May 21, 2026) · FY2027 ZIP schedule (effective Oct 1, 2026).

HUD data checked Sep 22, 2026. Census context: 2020–2024 ACS 5-year. How Census ZCTAs differ from postal ZIP codes.