Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Gordon County, GA

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The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Gordon County, Georgia
$17.27/hour
$10.02 (+138%) more than Georgia minimum wage and $10.02 (+138%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Gordon County, 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 Gordon County, Georgia.

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

How many renters live in Gordon County, Georgia?

The County of Gordon County has 57,785 people living in 20,555 households.

There are 17,086 renters living in 5,853 renter households in this County. Renters make up 29.57 percent of the population living in Gordon County.

What is the rental market like in Gordon County, Georgia?

There are an estimated 22,876 housing units in the Gordon County area. Of these, 6,523 units are rental homes, making up 29 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Gordon County, Georgia, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Gordon County?

The rental vacancy rate in Gordon County is 10 percent. This is a higher than average vacancy rate. When rental vacancy rates are high it means that there are a lot of available units and rents tend to be lower.

How many rental units are in Gordon County for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Gordon County
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
257 790 2,535 1,715 520
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Gordon County

A large number of apartments in Gordon County 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 Gordon County are overburdened by housing costs?

Among renter households in this market, 37 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 12 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 Gordon County

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $674 to $1,412. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $674
One BR $745
Two BR $912
Three BR $1,284
Four BR $1,412
2024 Fair Market Rents in Gordon County, Georgia

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

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 213 83 percent
One BR 390 49 percent
Two BR 1,632 64 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Gordon County, Georgia

How many affordable rental units are in Gordon County?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 270
Public Housing 249
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 144
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 212
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Gordon County, Georgia

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

Income Based Apartments in Gordon County, Georgia

Gordon County features 634 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 Gordon County, Georgia

There are 340 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Gordon County.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Gordon County, Georgia

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Gordon County landlords $800 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $300 towards rent in Gordon County.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Gordon County, Georgia for a two-bedroom apartment is between $821 and $1,003.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.