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Guam, GU

GU holds one record in this dataset, and this is it. The state comparison below therefore measures a two-bedroom Fair Market Rent of $1,589 against a state median that is the same figure, and reports a rank of first of one.

Key HUD figures for Guam, GU

HUD area: Guam

Fair Market Rent (2BR)
$1,589

per month

HUD Median Family Income
$82,100

area median family income, per year

Very Low Income (50%) — 4-person
$46,300

annual household limit

Low Income (80%) — 4-person
$74,100

annual household limit

HUD Year
2026

income limits

FMR Year
2026

fair market rents

Fair Market Rents by bedroom

FY2026 HUD Fair Market Rents applicable to Guam, GU, published for the Guam area. Annualized figures are 12 × the monthly rent.
Unit sizeMonthly FMRAnnualized FMR
Studio / efficiency$1,100$13,200
1 bedroom$1,211$14,532
2 bedrooms(reference benchmark)$1,589$19,068
3 bedrooms$2,226$26,712
4 bedrooms$2,668$32,016

HUD income limits by household size

FY2026 HUD income limits applicable to Guam, GU, published for the Guam area, in annual US dollars by household size.
Income limit category1 person2 persons3 persons4 persons5 persons6 persons7 persons8 persons
Extremely Low Income$19,500$22,250$25,050$27,800$30,050$32,250$34,500$36,700
Very Low Income (50%)$32,450$37,050$41,700$46,300$50,050$53,750$57,450$61,150
Low Income (80%)$51,900$59,300$66,700$74,100$80,050$86,000$91,900$97,850

These are HUD income limits for the Guam area. They are thresholds published by HUD, not an eligibility determination: individual programs apply their own rules, and adjusted-income definitions (deductions, allowances, and which household members count) can change whether a given household qualifies.

A state comparison with nothing to compare against

Applicable HUD 2BR FMR
$1,589
Median 2BR FMR across county records in GU
$1,589
Difference
$0
Difference (%)
0.0%
Rank in state
1 of 1

The two-bedroom Fair Market Rent applicable to Guam is approximately at the state median for GU. It ranks 1 of 1 county records by 2BR FMR.

Rank 1 is the highest 2BR FMR in the state, and county records with an identical rent share a rank. “Approximately at the state median” means within 2% of it. The median is taken across the 1 county records published for GU — it is not weighted by households or population, and it is not a median over unique HUD areas, so a HUD area covering several counties counts once per county record.

Where this record does have company

Every ranking on this site is taken inside a state and an entity type. GU holds one record, so that cohort contains this page and nothing else: the median it is measured against is its own two-bedroom figure, the difference is zero, and the rank is first of one. American Samoa, the District of Columbia and the Northern Mariana Islands are in the same position — each holds a single record in this dataset.

The comparisons that do carry information here are the wider ones. Against all 4,764 records the two-bedroom figure of $1,589 ranks 1,234th and the area median family income of $82,100 ranks 3,285th. Measured against the 3,161 county-type records alone, the rent ranks 362nd.

Rent and income point in different directions here, and the benchmark is where that shows. The annualised two-bedroom rent is 23.23% of the area income, which ranks 114th of 4,764 — an upper-middle rent set against an income in the lower half. A reader who takes the state ranking at face value learns nothing about this record; the corpus rankings are where its position is.

Rent benchmark vs HUD Median Family Income

Annualized 2BR FMR
$19,068

12 × $1,589

HUD Median Family Income (annual)
$82,100
Annualized 2BR FMR as a share of HUD Median Family Income
23.2%

This is a ratio between two HUD benchmarks for the Guam area: the annualized two-bedroom Fair Market Rent divided by HUD Median Family Income. It is not a measured rent burden, not the share of income any particular family spends on housing, and not an affordability or eligibility determination.

HUD area for this county

HUD area name
Guam
HUD area code
NCNTY66010N66010
Income limits fiscal year
FY2026
Fair Market Rent fiscal year
FY2026

HUD income limits and Fair Market Rents apply to HUD-defined areas that can cover multiple geographic entities. The values on this page are those assigned to this HUD entity record; entities sharing the same HUD area can have identical figures.

National economic context

The figures below are federal and national. They are not specific to Guam and do not vary between counties.

Inflation (official BLS CPI-U national series)

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Fonte Dati: bls.govBLS CPI-U CUUR0000SA0

Mostra Dati in Tabella
Date (YYYY-MM)YearPeriodValue
2023-072023M07305.691
2023-082023M08307.026
2023-092023M09307.789
2023-102023M10307.671
2023-112023M11307.051
2023-122023M12306.746
2024-012024M01308.417
2024-022024M02310.326
2024-032024M03312.332
2024-042024M04313.548
2024-052024M05314.069
2024-062024M06314.175
2024-072024M07314.54
2024-082024M08314.796
2024-092024M09315.301
2024-102024M10315.664
2024-112024M11315.493
2024-122024M12315.605
2025-012025M01317.671
2025-022025M02319.082
2025-032025M03319.799
2025-042025M04320.795
2025-052025M05321.465
2025-062025M06322.561
2025-072025M07323.048
2025-082025M08323.976
2025-092025M09324.8
2025-112025M11324.122
2025-122025M12324.054
2026-012026M01325.252
2026-022026M02326.785
2026-032026M03330.213
2026-042026M04333.02
2026-052026M05335.123
2026-062026M06333.952
2026-072026M07333.918

Purchasing power decision engine

Decision snapshot (server-rendered)

Baseline: HUD Median Family Income adjusted from 2025-07 to 2026-07 using embedded CPI-U monthly series.

Inflation-adjusted HUD Median Family Income
$84,863
Change: $2,763 (3.4%)
Purchasing power status
AT_RISK
  • Adjusted income is near the local median and/or purchasing power decreased materially.
  • This suggests moderate affordability risk under CPI-U adjustment assumptions.
Target income for “STABLE”
$90,310
Gap from adjusted: $5,447
Uses a fixed +10% buffer over the local HUD Median Family Income (v1.0). The buffer is a GovCalculator heuristic, not a government threshold.

Purchasing power decision tool (CPI-U monthly)

This module converts an annual income from 2025-07 into its 2026-07 equivalent using the CPI-U series, then compares it to the HUD Median Family Income for Guam, GU.

The baseline is HUD's Median Family Income for the HUD area, not a Census median household income. The CPI-U series is the official BLS CUUR0000SA0 index, unadjusted; months BLS did not publish are left out rather than interpolated.

HUD Median Family Income (annual): $82,100

Use annual income to align with HUD Median Family Income, which is an annual HUD area benchmark.

Decision output

Inflation-adjusted income
$84,863
Change: $2,763 (3.4%)
Position vs HUD Median Family Income
ABOVE MEDIAN
Gap: $2,763 (3.4%)
Purchasing power status
AT_RISK
  • Adjusted income is near the local median and/or purchasing power decreased materially.
  • This suggests moderate affordability risk under CPI-U adjustment assumptions.
Target income for “STABLE”
$90,310
Gap from adjusted income: $5,447
Uses a fixed +10% buffer over HUD Median Family Income (v1.0).
Methodology & assumptions (v1.0)

Adjusted income is computed as Income × CPI(to) / CPI(from) using CPI-U monthly index values embedded in this page.

  • CPI-U is an aggregate price index for urban consumers; individual consumption patterns may differ.
  • No interpolation is applied; both selected months must exist in the dataset.
  • HUD Median Family Income is treated as the annual reference benchmark for the applicable HUD area, compared to adjusted annual income.
  • This module performs a historical transformation, not a forecast.

IRS reference

Publication 15-T (2026) — Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods. Official IRS publication →

Reference only. GovCalculator does not compute federal income tax withholding. The publication's withholding methods and tables are not ingested or modelled here.

Sources & methodology

HUD income limits and Fair Market Rents are taken from the fiscal-year tables HUD publishes per HUD-defined area — which can include more than one county — and joined to this county record. State comparisons are computed across the 2BR Fair Market Rents of the county records in the same state; the median uses the middle value and is not weighted by households or population, rank 1 is the highest rent in the state, and county records with identical rents share a rank.

The income figure used throughout this page is HUD's Median Family Income for the HUD area above. It is not a Census median household income and the two are not interchangeable.

The purchasing power module applies a historical CPI ratio: Adjusted = Nominal × CPI(to) / CPI(from). No interpolation is applied and missing months are not imputed; CPI-U is a historical index, not a forecast. The “STABLE” target adds a fixed +10% buffer over the local HUD Median Family Income — that buffer is a GovCalculator heuristic, not a HUD, BLS or IRS determination.

The CPI-U series is the official BLS CUUR0000SA0 index, not seasonally adjusted, taken from the published BLS series: 36 published monthly observations. Months BLS did not publish are not interpolated. IRS Publication 15-T is cited as an official reference only — no federal withholding is calculated anywhere on this site.

Verify eligibility requirements with local program administrators: household size, deductions, and program-specific definitions can materially change outcomes.

FAQ

Which HUD area do the figures for Guam, GU come from?

HUD assigns this county to the Guam area (code NCNTY66010N66010). A HUD area can cover more than one county, so the area name is not always identical to the county name.

Which fiscal years are shown on this page?

Income limits are FY2026 and Fair Market Rents are FY2026.

What is the Fair Market Rent (2BR) here?

The two-bedroom Fair Market Rent is $1,589 per month. Fair Market Rents for studio through four-bedroom units are listed in the bedroom table above.

Do the income limits on this page decide whether I qualify?

No. They are the thresholds HUD publishes for this area. Programs apply their own rules, and adjusted-income definitions — deductions, allowances, and which household members count — can change the outcome for a given household.

What does the FMR-to-median-family-income share mean?

It is the annualized two-bedroom Fair Market Rent divided by HUD Median Family Income for the same area, here 23.2%. Both inputs are HUD area benchmarks, so it is not a measured rent burden and not an affordability determination.

How does Guam rank within GU?

Its applicable two-bedroom Fair Market Rent ranks 1 of 1 county records in GU. Rank 1 is the highest rent in the state and county records with identical rents share a rank. That places it approximately at the state median.

Is the CPI-based purchasing power module a forecast?

No. It is a historical adjustment using CPI-U monthly index values: Adjusted = Income × CPI(to) / CPI(from). It does not predict future inflation.

Does this page calculate federal income tax withholding?

No. GovCalculator does not compute federal withholding anywhere. IRS Publication 15-T is cited as an official reference only; its withholding methods and tables are not ingested or modelled here.

Why does Guam rank first of one in the state comparison?

Because the comparison is taken across records of the same entity type in the same state, and GU holds one record in this dataset. The median it is compared with is its own two-bedroom figure, so the difference is zero and the rank is first of one. American Samoa, the District of Columbia and the Northern Mariana Islands each hold a single record too. For a comparison with content, use the corpus figures: the two-bedroom rent ranks 1,234th of 4,764, the area median family income 3,285th, and the resulting 23.23% benchmark 114th.

Disclaimer: Estimates are informational and may not reflect every program rule or household adjustment. Always consult official guidance for Guam, GU.