Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Pascagoula, MS

Discover affordable housing in Pascagoula where there are 10+ housing opportunities based on income and household needs like accessible units for seniors or persons with disabilities. Find and apply to these low income apartments now.

Cambridge Park

3414 Shortcut Rd, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39581

Taylor Heights Apartments

2313 Old Mobile Ave, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567

Morrison Village Apartments

2503 Old Mobile Ave, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567

Bartlett Bayou Apartments

2718 Bartlett Ave, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567

Bayside Village

2903 Pascagoula St, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567

Edenwood Apartments

2403 Eden St, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39581

Monaco Lake Townhomes

5201 Monaco Dr, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39581

Lexington Pointe

3705 Lexington Ave, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39581

Brooks Manor

3401 Brooks St, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567

Brooks Addn

3816 Durden St, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Pascagoula, Mississippi
$20.40/hour
$13.15 (+181%) more than Mississippi minimum wage and $13.15 (+181%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Pascagoula, Mississippi?

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), Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV), Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) programs for Pascagoula, Mississippi.

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

How many renters live in Pascagoula, Mississippi?

The City of Pascagoula has 21,904 people living in 8,595 households.

There are 10,447 renters living in 4,186 renter households in this City. Renters make up 47.69 percent of the population living in Pascagoula.

What is the rental market like in Pascagoula, Mississippi?

There are an estimated 10,263 housing units in the Pascagoula area. Of these, 5,064 units are rental homes, making up 49 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Pascagoula, Mississippi, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Pascagoula?

The rental vacancy rate in Pascagoula is 16 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 Pascagoula for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Pascagoula
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
243 804 1,681 1,361 97
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Pascagoula

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

Among renter households in this market, 55 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 32 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 Pascagoula

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $835 to $1,828. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $835
One BR $957
Two BR $1,077
Three BR $1,438
Four BR $1,828
2024 Fair Market Rents in Pascagoula, Mississippi

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

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 140 58 percent
One BR 743 92 percent
Two BR 1,273 76 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Pascagoula, Mississippi

How many affordable rental units are in Pascagoula?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 660
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Pascagoula, Mississippi

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

Income Based Apartments in Pascagoula, Mississippi

Pascagoula features 198 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 Pascagoula, Mississippi

There are 721 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Pascagoula.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Pascagoula, Mississippi

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Pascagoula landlords $600 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $300 towards rent in Pascagoula.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Pascagoula, Mississippi for a two-bedroom apartment is between $969 and $1,185.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.