Bronx County, NY
Bronx County carries New York State's highest two-bedroom Fair Market Rent, $2,910 a month, shared with seven other counties and 114% above the state's county-record median of $1,360.50. Its HUD Median Family Income, $104,300, ranks only 24th of New York's 62 county records.
Those two rankings together produce the number this page is really about: twelve months of two-bedroom rent equals 33.5% of area median family income — the second highest such share among all 4,764 HUD records GovCalculator publishes, behind only Santa Cruz County, California.
Key HUD figures for Bronx County, NY
HUD area: New York, NY HUD Metro FMR Area
- Fair Market Rent (2BR)
- $2,910
- HUD Median Family Income
- $104,300
- Very Low Income (50%) — 4-person
- $84,800
- Low Income (80%) — 4-person
- $135,700
- HUD Year
- 2026
- FMR Year
- 2026
per month
area median family income, per year
annual household limit
annual household limit
income limits
fair market rents
Compare HUD Median Family Income
- Lower HUD MFI: Niagara County, NY $101,500/year
- Higher HUD MFI: Greene County, NY $106,500/year
One of the flattest bedroom schedules in the country
| Unit size | Monthly FMR | Annualized FMR |
|---|---|---|
| Studio / efficiency | $2,529 | $30,348 |
| 1 bedroom | $2,655 | $31,860 |
| 2 bedrooms(reference benchmark) | $2,910 | $34,920 |
| 3 bedrooms | $3,644 | $43,728 |
| 4 bedrooms | $3,959 | $47,508 |
Compare 2BR Fair Market Rent
- Lower 2BR FMR: Nassau County, NY $2,747/month
Adding bedrooms changes the figure less here than almost anywhere
A four-bedroom Fair Market Rent of $3,959 is 1.36 times the two-bedroom figure and 1.57 times the $2,529 studio. Across the full corpus only 43 records out of 4,764 have a flatter schedule than that, against a typical ratio of 1.93. In most HUD areas household size is a large lever on the applicable rent; in this one it is a small one. The studio figure alone, $2,529, is higher than the two-bedroom Fair Market Rent of 52 of New York's 62 county records.
HUD income limits by household size
| Income limit category | 1 person | 2 persons | 3 persons | 4 persons | 5 persons | 6 persons | 7 persons | 8 persons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely Low Income | $35,650 | $40,750 | $45,850 | $50,900 | $55,000 | $59,050 | $63,150 | $67,200 |
| Very Low Income (50%) | $59,400 | $67,850 | $76,350 | $84,800 | $91,600 | $98,400 | $105,200 | $111,950 |
| Low Income (80%) | $95,000 | $108,600 | $122,150 | $135,700 | $146,600 | $157,450 | $168,300 | $179,150 |
These are HUD income limits for the New York, NY HUD Metro FMR Area 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.
Highest rent in New York, 24th on area income
- Applicable HUD 2BR FMR
- $2,910
- Median 2BR FMR across county records in NY
- $1,361
- Difference
- +$1,550
- Difference (%)
- +113.9%
- Rank in state
- Tied at 1 of 62
The two-bedroom Fair Market Rent applicable to Bronx County is above the state median for NY. It is tied at rank 1 of 62 county records by 2BR FMR, sharing that rank with 7 other county records at the same rent.
The other 5 records in this HUD area use the same 2BR FMR and therefore share this rank. The statewide tie also includes records from other HUD areas.
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 62 county records published for NY — 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.
Eight counties, one rent, three HUD areas
$2,910 is published for eight New York county records, but they do not come from one HUD area. Six — the Bronx, Kings, New York, Putnam, Queens and Richmond — form the New York, NY HUD Metro FMR Area and share an area median family income of $104,300. Rockland County has its own income limit area at $128,800. Westchester County is a HUD Statutory Exception Area at $164,200.
Because the rent is identical across all eight, the benchmark differences are entirely the denominator: 33.5% here, 27.1% in Rockland, 21.3% in Westchester. The income limits move the same way — every threshold on this page is set from $104,300, so a Bronx household and a Westchester household facing the same published rent are measured against area incomes $59,900 apart.
33.5% — second highest of 4,764 HUD records
- Annualized 2BR FMR
- $34,920
- HUD Median Family Income (annual)
- $104,300
- Annualized 2BR FMR as a share of HUD Median Family Income
- 33.5%
12 × $2,910
This is a ratio between two HUD benchmarks for the New York, NY HUD Metro FMR Area 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.
Where 33.5% sits nationally, and what it is not
Only one record in the corpus is higher: Santa Cruz County, California at 36.9%, where a $4,214 two-bedroom rent meets a $137,200 area income. Positions two through seven are the six members of this HUD area, all at 33.5%. Within New York the range runs down to Wyoming County at 12.7% — a $973 rent against a $92,100 area income, which is to say a lower rent and a lower-but-closer income.
What 33.5% is not: a measurement of what Bronx households pay. It is the ratio of two HUD area benchmarks, both of which are published for the whole six-county area rather than observed in this county. Actual rent burden depends on household income, unit size, subsidy and the rent a household actually signs for, none of which HUD publishes at this level.
HUD area for this county
- HUD area name
- New York, NY HUD Metro FMR Area
- HUD area code
- METRO35620MM5600
- 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.
Other counties in this HUD area
5 other county records are assigned to this HUD area.
National economic context
The figures below are federal and national. They are not specific to Bronx County and do not vary between counties.
Inflation (official BLS CPI-U national series)
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Fonte Dati: bls.gov — BLS CPI-U CUUR0000SA0
Mostra Dati in Tabella
| Date (YYYY-MM) | Year | Period | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07 | 2023 | M07 | 305.691 |
| 2023-08 | 2023 | M08 | 307.026 |
| 2023-09 | 2023 | M09 | 307.789 |
| 2023-10 | 2023 | M10 | 307.671 |
| 2023-11 | 2023 | M11 | 307.051 |
| 2023-12 | 2023 | M12 | 306.746 |
| 2024-01 | 2024 | M01 | 308.417 |
| 2024-02 | 2024 | M02 | 310.326 |
| 2024-03 | 2024 | M03 | 312.332 |
| 2024-04 | 2024 | M04 | 313.548 |
| 2024-05 | 2024 | M05 | 314.069 |
| 2024-06 | 2024 | M06 | 314.175 |
| 2024-07 | 2024 | M07 | 314.54 |
| 2024-08 | 2024 | M08 | 314.796 |
| 2024-09 | 2024 | M09 | 315.301 |
| 2024-10 | 2024 | M10 | 315.664 |
| 2024-11 | 2024 | M11 | 315.493 |
| 2024-12 | 2024 | M12 | 315.605 |
| 2025-01 | 2025 | M01 | 317.671 |
| 2025-02 | 2025 | M02 | 319.082 |
| 2025-03 | 2025 | M03 | 319.799 |
| 2025-04 | 2025 | M04 | 320.795 |
| 2025-05 | 2025 | M05 | 321.465 |
| 2025-06 | 2025 | M06 | 322.561 |
| 2025-07 | 2025 | M07 | 323.048 |
| 2025-08 | 2025 | M08 | 323.976 |
| 2025-09 | 2025 | M09 | 324.8 |
| 2025-11 | 2025 | M11 | 324.122 |
| 2025-12 | 2025 | M12 | 324.054 |
| 2026-01 | 2026 | M01 | 325.252 |
| 2026-02 | 2026 | M02 | 326.785 |
| 2026-03 | 2026 | M03 | 330.213 |
| 2026-04 | 2026 | M04 | 333.02 |
| 2026-05 | 2026 | M05 | 335.123 |
| 2026-06 | 2026 | M06 | 333.952 |
| 2026-07 | 2026 | M07 | 333.918 |
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.
- Adjusted income is near the local median and/or purchasing power decreased materially.
- This suggests moderate affordability risk under CPI-U adjustment assumptions.
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 Bronx County, NY.
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): $104,300
Decision output
- Adjusted income is near the local median and/or purchasing power decreased materially.
- This suggests moderate affordability risk under CPI-U adjustment assumptions.
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 Bronx County, NY come from?
HUD assigns this county to the New York, NY HUD Metro FMR Area area (code METRO35620MM5600). 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 $2,910 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 33.5%. Both inputs are HUD area benchmarks, so it is not a measured rent burden and not an affordability determination.
How does Bronx County rank within NY?
Its applicable two-bedroom Fair Market Rent is tied at rank 1 of 62 county records in NY, shared with 7 other county records at the same rent. Rank 1 is the highest rent in the state and county records with identical rents share a rank. That places it above 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.
Is 33.5% unusually high?
It is the second highest FMR-to-MFI share among the 4,764 HUD records on this site, behind Santa Cruz County, California at 36.9%. Positions two through seven are all six counties in the New York, NY HUD Metro FMR Area, which share the same figures. The driver is the area income of $104,300 rather than the rent alone — Westchester County publishes the same $2,910 rent and reaches only 21.3% because its area income is $164,200.
Which agency runs Section 8 in the Bronx?
Three separate bodies operate Section 8 programs in New York City. The New York City Housing Authority states that it "administers the largest Section 8 program in the country," with approximately 107,979 vouchers and over 26,933 participating owners, and that New York City Housing Preservation & Development and New York State Homes and Community Renewal also operate Section 8 programs in the city (nyc.gov, accessed 19 August 2026). The income limits on this page are HUD's for the area; each administering body applies its own waiting-list and eligibility rules.
Disclaimer: Estimates are informational and may not reflect every program rule or household adjustment. Always consult official guidance for Bronx County, NY.