Rents are 12% below what Seminole'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 $2,228 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 Seminole is 0.8% below its high of $2,245 in July 2025, at $2,228 as of September 2026.
Rent in Seminole changed +0.5% over the year to September 2026. Across the 270 Florida cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.8%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Seminole rose 59.3% while median household income rose 40.4% ($53,975 to $75,774). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Seminole is 65% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 6 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($75,774) is $1,894 a month. That is less than HUD's Fair Market Rent for a studio ($1,923).
The priciest of 3 ZIP codes in Seminole, 33776 ($3,807/mo), costs 1.9 times the cheapest, 33772 ($2,047/mo).
Largo, 3 miles away, rents for 21% less ($1,754/mo), about $5,700 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Seminole. 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
Seminole, FL is majority owner-occupied, has a large retiree population, 36.3% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Seminole, FL has changed in 5 years
Since 2021, the typical rent in Seminole, FL has increased from $1,536 to $2,228, a 45.1% change over five years. Median household income rose from $63,352 to $75,774 between 2021 and 2024, a 19.6% shift. That spread, with rent up faster than earnings, points to a tougher affordability environment than five years ago. Taken together, the five-year picture in Seminole, 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 Seminole is $2,228/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,923/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,430/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $2,073/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $3,110/mo.
At 35% of local median household income ($75,774/yr), Seminole ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.5% over the past year.
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