Section 8 income limits by ZIP.
Enter a ZIP code — get your county’s HUD income limits at 30%, 50%, and 80% of Area Median Income for household sizes 1–8. These are the numbers that decide who qualifies for a voucher. Free, no email required.
Analyzing a Section 8 rental in this county?
Income limits tell you the tenant pool. The deal itself comes down to the FMR, the market rent, and the monthly spread after costs. Paste an address and we’ll run all of it for you.
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What do the 30/50/80% tiers mean?
HUD publishes three income tiers per area, each a slice of Area Median Income (AMI) adjusted for household size. 30% AMI (“extremely low income”) is where housing authorities must target most of their vouchers — federal law reserves 75% of new Housing Choice Vouchers for households at or below it. 50% AMI (“very low income”) is the standard ceiling to qualify for a voucher in the first place. 80% AMI (“low income”) matters for other programs (public housing, LIHTC) and for staying eligible after income rises.
For a landlord, the practical read: the bigger the population under the 50% line in your county, the deeper the waiting list — and the faster a vacant Section 8 unit re-fills.
Data from the HUD Income Limits API (current program year). Informational only — not investment or eligibility advice.
More free tools: gauge tenant demand with the voucher demand lookup or check the rent ceiling with the FMR lookup.