Rental markets / Grand Rapids

ZIP 49507 fair market rent

HUD rent benchmarks, FY2025–2027. Compare bedrooms and ZIPs.

3-bedroom gross-rent benchmark

$2,070 / month

+4.5% from FY2026

FY2027 · current · effective Oct 1, 2026

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

Published HUD schedules

FY2025
$1,890
FY2026
$1,980
FY2027
$2,070

HUD schedule changes, not observed rent growth.

Rent by bedroom

Monthly gross-rent benchmarks, including tenant-paid utilities
BedroomsFY2025FY2026FY2027
Studio$1,170$1,230$1,280
1 bedroom$1,210$1,280$1,340
2 bedrooms$1,450$1,530$1,600
3 bedrooms$1,890$1,980$2,070
4 bedrooms$2,070$2,190$2,370
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Compare ZIP benchmarks

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

Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI HUD Metro FMR Area · 3 bedrooms · FY2027
ZIP codeMonthly gross rentDifference from 49507
49507 This ZIP$2,070$0
49504$2,100+$30
49512$2,110+$40
49508$2,130+$60
49503$2,280+$210

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Rental housing in ZCTA 49507

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

Renter-occupied homes

4,997

38.0% of occupied homes are rented.

Rental home types

Single-unit houses
53.1%
Buildings with 2–4 units
28.6%
Buildings with 5+ units
16.3%
Other rental housing
2.1%

Rent as a share of income

57.8%

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

35.3% 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 homes4,997± 524
Renter share of occupied homes38.0%± 3.5 pp
Single-unit houses53.1%± 5.8 pp
Buildings with 2–4 units28.6%± 5.9 pp
Buildings with 5+ units16.3%± 4.7 pp
Other rental housing2.1%± 2.4 pp
Rent is 30% or more of income57.8%± 6.5 pp
Rent is 50% or more of income35.3%± 5.2 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.

Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 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.