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Fair Market Rent · California

Fair Market Rent in Santa Clara County, CA

FY2027 HUD figures, effective October 1, 2026, plus what renters pay by ZIP code.

$2,458studio
$2,7781 bedroom
$3,2722 bedrooms
$4,3963 bedrooms
$4,6884 bedrooms

HUD's FY2027 Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom home in Santa Clara County is $3,272 a month, -6.1% from FY2026. Santa Clara County is part of the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA HUD Metro FMR Area (a metro area). HUD also publishes Small Area FMRs by ZIP code here; those can be higher or lower than the area-wide figure. See each ZIP code below.

Area-wide Fair Market Rents

SizeFY2027FY2026ChangeTypical voucher range (90–110%)
Studio$2,458$2,621-6.2%$2,212–2,704
1 bedroom$2,778$2,982-6.8%$2,500–3,056
2 bedrooms$3,272$3,483-6.1%$2,945–3,599
3 bedrooms$4,396$4,602-4.5%$3,956–4,836
4 bedrooms$4,688$5,010-6.4%$4,219–5,157

The voucher range is the typical band housing authorities use for payment standards; your housing authority sets the actual standard.

Rents by ZIP code in Santa Clara County

Open a ZIP code for every size, the spread of rents and nearby ZIP codes.

ZIPPlace2-bedroom FMR (ZIP)Census median, 2 bedroomsCensus median, all sizes
94022Los Altos$3,990$3,500+$3,500+
94024Los Altos$4,030$3,438$3,500+
94040Mountain View$4,050$3,500+$3,089
94041Mountain View$3,710$3,264$2,944
94043Mountain View$3,670$3,216$3,125
94085Sunnyvale$4,020$3,500+$3,216
94086Sunnyvale$3,610$3,052$2,902
94087Sunnyvale$3,860$3,288$3,205
94089Sunnyvale$3,770$3,500+$3,162
94301Palo Alto$3,650$3,500+$3,300
94303Palo Alto$3,390$2,882$2,771
94304Palo Alto$3,880$3,500+$3,500+
94305Stanford$2,290$2,357$2,014
94306Palo Alto$3,530$3,282$2,994
95002Alviso$2,700$2,275$2,107
95008Campbell$3,310$2,765$2,689
95013Coyote$3,110––
95014Cupertino$4,050$3,500+$3,500+
95020Gilroy$2,630$2,239$2,286
95030Los Gatos$3,330$3,208$3,130
95032Los Gatos$3,630$3,057$3,389
95035Milpitas$3,700$3,272$3,118
95037Morgan Hill$2,750$2,299$2,452
95046San Martin$2,800$1,464$2,603
95050Santa Clara$3,190$2,837$2,501
95051Santa Clara$3,690$3,150$3,073
95053Santa Clara$3,190––
95054Santa Clara$4,230$3,500+$3,447
95070Saratoga$3,780$2,911$3,500+
95110San Jose$3,030$2,869$2,604
95111San Jose$2,400$2,182$2,033
95112San Jose$2,900$2,562$2,186
95113San Jose$3,600$3,500+$3,019
95116San Jose$2,610$2,112$2,059
95117San Jose$2,920$2,418$2,355
95118San Jose$2,950$2,450$2,546
95119San Jose$3,580$2,884$3,438
95120San Jose$3,500$3,500+$3,500+
95121San Jose$3,440$3,128$3,061
95122San Jose$2,740$2,348$2,493
95123San Jose$3,370$2,924$2,976
95124San Jose$3,350$2,739$2,865
95125San Jose$3,020$2,690$2,500
95126San Jose$3,250$2,894$2,563
95127San Jose$2,940$2,629$2,641
95128San Jose$3,310$2,807$2,589
95129San Jose$3,230$2,796$2,761
95130San Jose$2,640$2,526$2,370
95131San Jose$3,620$3,150$3,269
95132San Jose$3,630$2,794$3,128
95133San Jose$3,000$2,200$2,582
95134San Jose$4,460$3,500+$3,304
95135San Jose$3,640$3,500+$3,500+
95136San Jose$3,150$3,029$2,762
95138San Jose$3,190$2,641$2,780
95139San Jose$3,870–$3,452
95140Mount Hamilton$3,180––
95148San Jose$3,670$3,172$3,154

Sources: HUD Fair Market Rents and Small Area Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026) and FY2026; U.S. Census Bureau, 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates (median gross rent by ZIP code). Fair Market Rents and Census figures include utilities. Not affiliated with HUD or the Census Bureau. About the data.