Rents are 2% below what Mount Dora's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $1,960 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
Rent in Mount Dora is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in January 2022.
Rent in Mount Dora changed +4.9% over the year to September 2026. Across the 270 Florida cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.8%.
Rent has risen 5 months in a row, and rose in 10 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($74,537) is $1,863 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,700); a 3-bedroom is $2,160.
Eustis, 6 miles away, rents for 20% less ($1,574/mo), about $4,600 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Mount Dora. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Mount Dora, FL is majority owner-occupied, has a large retiree population, 38.6% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Mount Dora, FL has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in Mount Dora, FL has shifted from $1,589 to $1,960, up 23.3% since 2022. Median household income climbed from $60,500 to $74,537 between 2021 and 2024, a 23.2% shift. Census counts show Mount Dora, FL adding about 1,448 residents over the five-year window, up 9.1% on net. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 34.2% to 38.6% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in Mount Dora, FL reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Mount Dora is $1,960/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,420/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,700/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,500/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,160/mo.
At 32% of local median household income ($74,537/yr), Mount Dora ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 4.9% over the past year.
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At $1,960/mo, rent takes ~32% of Mount Dora's median household income ($74,537/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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