Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in St. Marys, WV

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Sandpiper Village

200 Sandpiper Village, St. Marys, West Virginia

calendar_today Opened: Jul 13
Open Until Further Notice

Reported On February 23rd, 2024 by Lorena Bentley

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In St. Marys, West Virginia
$16.06/hour
$7.31 (+84%) more than West Virginia minimum wage and $8.81 (+122%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve St. Marys, West Virginia?

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), Public Housing programs for St. Marys, West Virginia.

Go to the West Virginia Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near St. Marys.

How many renters live in St. Marys, West Virginia?

The City of St. Marys has 2,281 people living in 881 households.

There are 245 renters living in 115 renter households in this City. Renters make up 10.74 percent of the population living in St. Marys.

What is the rental market like in St. Marys, West Virginia?

There are an estimated 1,075 housing units in the St. Marys area. Of these, 144 units are rental homes, making up 13 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in St. Marys, West Virginia, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in St. Marys?

The rental vacancy rate in St. Marys is 20 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 St. Marys for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in St. Marys
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
0 27 64 19 5
Occupied Rental Units by Size in St. Marys

A large number of apartments in St. Marys 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 St. Marys are overburdened by housing costs?

Among renter households in this market, 26 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 St. Marys

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $641 to $1,208. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $641
One BR $645
Two BR $848
Three BR $1,184
Four BR $1,208
2024 Fair Market Rents in St. Marys, West Virginia

How many units are rented at Fair Market Rent (FMR) in St. Marys?

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
One BR 26 96 percent
Two BR 38 59 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in St. Marys, West Virginia

How many affordable rental units are in St. Marys?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in St. Marys, West Virginia including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 32
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 32
Tracked Units by Federal Program in St. Marys, West Virginia

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

Income Based Apartments in St. Marys, West Virginia

St. Marys features 32 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 St. Marys, West Virginia

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

Housing Choice Vouchers in St. Marys, West Virginia

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

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in St. Marys, West Virginia for a two-bedroom apartment is between $763 and $933.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.