Rents are 11% below what Stuart'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 $2,151 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
May. Asking rents in Stuart usually run 1.6% below trend in May and 1.4% above it in December, about $65 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Stuart is 0.4% below its high of $2,159 in July 2026, at $2,151 as of September 2026.
Rent in Stuart changed +2.9% 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 Stuart rose 55.7% while median household income rose 25.7% ($47,921 to $60,225). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Stuart is 62.1% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($60,225) is $1,506 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($1,365); a 2-bedroom is $1,625.
Lake Park, 25 miles away, rents for 12% less ($1,902/mo), about $3,000 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Stuart. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. 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
Stuart, FL is majority owner-occupied, has a large retiree population, has a median income below the national average, 35.1% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Stuart, FL has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in Stuart, FL has shifted from $1,503 to $2,151, up 43.1% since 2021. Census figures show median household income at $60,225 today, compared with $55,157 five years earlier. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show Stuart, FL adding about 1,251 residents over the five-year window, up 7.2% on net. The renter share has eased from 43.1% to 41.1%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 30.4% to 35.1% across the same window. The combined trend lines point to a market that has changed measurably from where it stood in early 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Stuart is $2,151/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,310/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,625/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,365/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,260/mo.
At 43% of local median household income ($60,225/yr), Stuart ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 2.9% over the past year.
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