Direct recent-lease rent history
Monthly overall-rent index; missing observations are not filled from another geography.
Recent-lease rent$1,4012026-07 · +0.0% year over year
Rental vacancyn/an/a
Time on marketn/an/a
FIPS 25005 · population 582,270 · part of Providence, RI
The latest county-level Zillow ZORI is $2,040 per month in 2026-06. It is a typical asking-rent index across rental types—not an arithmetic average, signed lease or quote for one property.
| Bedrooms | HUD monthly FMR | Geography | Measurement boundary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,203 | Bristol County, MA | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
| 1 bedroom | $1,230 | Bristol County, MA | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
| 2 bedrooms | $1,527 | Bristol County, MA | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
| 3 bedrooms | $1,831 | Bristol County, MA | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
| 4 bedrooms | $2,289 | Bristol County, MA | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
Zillow asking rent, ACS gross rent and HUD FMR describe different housing universes. They remain separate and no metro, city or neighboring-county value replaces missing county evidence.Zillow pulled 2026-07-26 · HUD pulled 2026-07-26
Everything here joins on the county FIPS code, so each figure comes from the agency that publishes it with no name matching in between.
Zillow estimates a current home value. FHFA tracks repeat mortgage transactions. Their growth rates should be read side by side, not averaged.
Survey source: Census ACS 5-year — county housing value, tenure and stock · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30. These values describe different housing universes and are not combined into gross yield.
Workplace source: BLS QCEW — county employment and wages · annual county employment and wages 2021-2025; latest 2025 vs 2024 · pulled 2026-08-02. QCEW counts covered jobs located in the county, not employed residents or the metro score’s CES/LAUS series.
BEA per-capita personal income divides all personal income by the county population. It is broader than wages, but it is not household income or a measure of what renters can afford.
HUD CHAS separates renter households by income relative to local HAMFI. Moderate burden means housing costs above 30% through 50% of income; severe burden means more than 50%.
These Apartment List observations match the exact county Census code 25005. They are kept separate from Zillow asking rent, Census occupied-home rent and wider metro measures.
Monthly overall-rent index; missing observations are not filled from another geography.
Bristol County’s decision tension is positive measured rent growth against a modest starting income return and carrying-cost exposure. Investors seeking current cash flow should investigate whether the $2,040 monthly median asking rent supports a 4.39% gross yield on the $557,368 median home value; buyers needing more margin should be cautious. This is only a county screen, not parcel underwriting. Published market rent allows the gross-yield measure; HUD two-bedroom Fair Market Rent is a payment standard, not a market-rent substitute.
In Zillow’s 2026-06 county series, the median home value rose 3.59% year over year and median asking rent rose 4.65%. Separately, FHFA’s 2025 repeat-transaction HPI increased 4.09% over the year and 53.31% cumulatively over five years. It supports Zillow’s same-direction reading but is neither a dollar home value nor an interval to combine with Zillow. The effective property-tax rate is 1.07%; assess the actual bill and assessment before relying on the headline yield.
At Realtor.com’s 2026-06 MLS listing-market observation, inventory and marketing time increased year over year, while 14.42% of listings had price reductions. These are visible asking supply, marketing time, and seller concessions—not closed-sale prices or independent proof of buyer demand. Net tax-return migration was positive, but incoming movers’ average income was $7,729 below outgoing movers’; that does not establish renter purchasing power. Investor participation was 8.29% of 4,669 purchases, a buyer segment that requires property-type and strategy verification.
Modeled annual building-value loss of 0.09% is consistent with the stated inland-flood hazard, requiring site-level flood, insurance, elevation, and condition review rather than a countywide loss assumption. QCEW reports annual covered jobs at county workplaces, not resident employment or a forecast; Trade, transportation, and utilities is merely the largest disclosed private supersector, not the whole economy. Missing vacancy, operating expense, insurance, financing, submarket rent, and transaction-price evidence prevents net cash-flow, cap-rate, and exit-value conclusions.
This view uses 12 direct Zillow ZIP markets matched to Census ZCTAs. Each ZIP is assigned by its largest HUD residential county share; this is not an exhaustive county inventory.
Within Bristol County, the selected direct-evidence set shows a broad rather than uniform Zillow ZORI rent landscape. In June 2026, the typical observed asking-rent index ranges from $1,666 in 02744 to $2,602 in 02048, a $936 spread; the selected-set median is $1,937.50. The decision question is not which ZIP is best, but whether a current, appropriately sized unit can meet a household’s budget and any program benchmark. The display contains 12 matches of 15 eligible direct-ZORI ZIP/ZCTA matches and covers 73,105 renter households. It therefore provides a screening frame, not a full inventory of county rental choices.
Do not collapse these observed asking indicators into HUD or ACS data. For each displayed ZIP, FY 2026 HUD Fair Market Rent is $1,729 for a two-bedroom unit, a bedroom-specific administrative standard rather than an asking-rent observation. The ZORI-to-two-bedroom-FMR comparison spans 96.4% to 150.5%; it is useful for program benchmark screening but does not show that a listed two-bedroom rents at either amount. The countywide two-bedroom FMR is $1,527. Separately, ACS 2024 five-year ZCTA estimates report median gross rent from $1,086 to $1,803 across the selected areas, and the county ACS estimate is $1,245. Those survey estimates include gross rent and use a different period and geographic framework, so they should not be averaged with ZORI or read as a current listing price.
Burden and vacancy add different constraints to the price screen. In the ACS ZCTA estimates, the share of renter households paying 30% or more of income toward rent ranges from 35.9% to 61.1%, while the county ACS estimate is 52.2%. This points to materially varied household payment pressure within the selected evidence, but it neither identifies a prospective household’s income nor determines what rent a particular unit will command. Estimated vacancy ranges from 1.7% to 9.0%, compared with 4.6% countywide. A higher vacancy estimate is not a count of units available now, and a lower one is not evidence that any individual listing is unaffordable; used together, the measures flag a trade-off to check, rather than establish availability or affordability.
Coverage and crosswalk rules constrain any ZIP-level conclusion. Census ACS values refer to ZCTAs, which are Census statistical areas; their shapes and resident mix need not line up with USPS delivery ZIP service areas. ZIPs displayed here are assigned to Bristol County using the largest HUD residential-address share, ranging from 99.91% to 100.0% among those shown, yet assignment does not turn the set into a countywide census of listings. Before a property-level decision, verify the active asking rent, bedroom count, gross-versus-tenant-paid utilities, lease term, availability date, income or program eligibility, and the property’s actual ZIP/county location. Recheck the applicable HUD standard for the unit’s bedroom count and program use.
15 ZIP profiles passed the county gate; the 12 with the most renter households are shown.
| ZIP / ZCTA | Zillow asking rent | ACS gross rent | HUD 2BR | Burden 30%+ | Vacancy | Income screen | HUD county share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02740 | $1,977 | $1,086 | $1,729 | 48.9% | 4.6% | $79k | 100.0% |
| 02720 | $1,898 | $1,230 | $1,729 | 50.7% | 3.4% | $76k | 100.0% |
| 02780 | $2,121 | $1,313 | $1,729 | 53.2% | 4.5% | $85k | 100.0% |
| 02721 | $1,731 | $1,102 | $1,729 | 50.1% | 9.0% | $69k | 100.0% |
| 02703 | $2,224 | $1,590 | $1,729 | 43.9% | 6.1% | $89k | 100.0% |
| 02746 | $1,850 | $1,179 | $1,729 | 61.1% | 6.5% | $74k | 100.0% |
| 02724 | $1,828 | $1,145 | $1,729 | 46.1% | 6.3% | $73k | 100.0% |
| 02723 | $1,756 | $1,118 | $1,729 | 53.4% | 4.5% | $70k | 100.0% |
| 02745 | $2,057 | $1,139 | $1,729 | 47.1% | 3.1% | $82k | 100.0% |
| 02744 | $1,666 | $1,224 | $1,729 | 42.5% | 5.3% | $67k | 100.0% |
| 02760 | $2,365 | $1,497 | $1,729 | 40.4% | 1.7% | $95k | 99.9% |
| 02048 | $2,602 | $1,803 | $1,729 | 35.9% | 1.8% | $104k | 99.9% |
Census-recognized incorporated places and CDPs that intersect this county. The list does not pretend to include every neighborhood or informal community.
Population is the total place-wide ACS estimate, not an allocated county share. A place crossing a county line is labelled explicitly. Source: Census ACS 5-year — cities and communities · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30.
0.087% of building value expected lost per year
$4,807 median annual bill
11,022 in · 10,854 out
$71,336 arriving · $79,065 leaving
387 of 4,669 mortgages
Listing price is an asking price, not a closed sale. Quality-flagged county rows are withheld instead of displayed.
A metro is an average of these. Which side of a county line a property sits on can change the tax bill, the hazard profile and the tenant pool.
| County | Population | Price | Rent | Yield | Hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol County | 582,270 | $557k | $2,040 | 4.4% | inland flooding |
| Providence County | 664,854 | $460k | $2,110 | 5.5% | inland flooding |
| Kent County | 171,456 | $449k | $2,289 | 6.1% | inland flooding |
| Washington County | 130,344 | $695k | $2,516 | 4.3% | inland flooding |
| Newport County | 84,657 | $800k | $3,135 | 4.7% | inland flooding |
| Bristol County | 50,490 | $662k | $2,271 | 4.1% | inland flooding |
Yes. The record publishes median asking market rent and a gross-yield measure; HUD Fair Market Rent should not be substituted for market rent.
No. It is a repeat-transaction appreciation index and can only be used to compare direction with Zillow’s home-value series.
QCEW measures annual average covered jobs located at county workplaces, not resident employment, unemployment, or a forecast.