Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Baconton, GA

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Riverbend Apt

214 W. Plant Street, Baconton, Georgia

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Baconton, Georgia
$16.76/hour
$9.51 (+131%) more than Georgia minimum wage and $9.51 (+131%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Baconton, Georgia?

Public Housing Agencies operate federally assisted affordable housing programs at local levels on behalf of HUD. Notably, housing agencies are responsible for managing Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Public Housing, and Project-Based Voucher waiting lists within their jurisdiction.

Operates the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Homeownership Voucher, Family Self-Sufficiency, Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH), Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV) programs for Baconton, Georgia.

Go to the Georgia Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near Baconton.

How many renters live in Baconton, Georgia?

The City of Baconton has 964 people living in 295 households.

There are 342 renters living in 91 renter households in this City. Renters make up 35.48 percent of the population living in Baconton.

What is the rental market like in Baconton, Georgia?

There are an estimated 333 housing units in the Baconton area. Of these, 94 units are rental homes, making up 28 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Baconton, Georgia, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Baconton?

The rental vacancy rate in Baconton is 3 percent. This is a lower than average vacancy rate. When rental vacancy rates are low there are fewer available units. Rents tend to be higher as more people compete for scarce housing.

How many rental units are in Baconton for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Baconton
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
2 0 7 66 16
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Baconton

A large number of apartments in Baconton have two or fewer bedrooms. Seniors and young professionals especially may have more success finding an apartment that meets their needs.

How many renter households in Baconton are overburdened by housing costs?

Among renter households in this market, 15 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 3 percent of households are extremely rent overburdened. When renters pay too much for their housing, it leaves little money for other necessities like food, clothes, or medicine.

The federal government says that renters are cost-burdened if they pay more than a third of their monthly income for rent and utilities.

How Much Is Rent in Baconton

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $758 to $1,214. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $758
One BR $788
Two BR $885
Three BR $1,070
Four BR $1,214
2024 Fair Market Rents in Baconton, Georgia

How many units are rented at Fair Market Rent (FMR) in Baconton?

Renters with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher must select a home that is at or below the area’s Fair Market Rent. Markets with a large share of units above FMR tend to have longer search times to find a qualified unit, while those with a large share of units below FMR tend to have more choices and shorter search times. The share below FMR can vary by size of unit, as shown in the table below.

These are the approximate number of units renting below the FMR in this market:

Unit Size Count of Units Below FMR Percentage of Total Units Below FMR
Studio 2 100 percent
Two BR 5 71 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Baconton, Georgia

How many affordable rental units are in Baconton?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in Baconton, Georgia including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
Public Housing 15
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 16
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Baconton, Georgia

Rental units may be funded in part by multiple federal programs.

Income Based Apartments in Baconton, Georgia

Baconton features 16 income based apartments. Tenants of income based apartments typically pay no more than 30% of their income towards rent and utilities.

Low Rent Apartments in Baconton, Georgia

There are 0 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Baconton.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Baconton, Georgia

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Baconton landlords $0 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $0 towards rent in Baconton.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Baconton, Georgia for a two-bedroom apartment is between $797 and $974.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.