# Counties in Alabama by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2027

All 67 values come from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research for 2027, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `fair_market_rent_0br`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for an efficiency (a unit with no separate bedroom) in the HUD area that contains the county. Gross rent is the rent plus all utilities paid by the tenant except telephone, cable or satellite television and internet. HUD sets Fair Market Rents at the 40th percentile of gross rents paid by recent movers for standard-quality rental units, from American Community Survey data brought forward to the fiscal year; until 2018 a few metropolitan areas were set at the 50th percentile. They set payment standards for Housing Choice Vouchers and rent ceilings in other HUD programs.
- Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars (https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/department-of-housing-and-urban-development
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/alabama-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Baldwin County | 1,180 |
| 2 | Bibb County | 1,177 |
| 2 | Blount County | 1,177 |
| 2 | Jefferson County | 1,177 |
| 2 | Shelby County | 1,177 |
| 2 | St. Clair County | 1,177 |
| 7 | Limestone County | 1,119 |
| 7 | Madison County | 1,119 |
| 9 | Russell County | 1,026 |
| 10 | Autauga County | 986 |
| 10 | Elmore County | 986 |
| 10 | Lowndes County | 986 |
| 10 | Montgomery County | 986 |
| 14 | Hale County | 970 |
| 14 | Tuscaloosa County | 970 |
| 16 | Mobile County | 938 |
| 17 | Lee County | 891 |
| 18 | Greene County | 883 |
| 19 | Coffee County | 834 |
| 20 | Lawrence County | 830 |
| 20 | Morgan County | 830 |
| 22 | Marengo County | 812 |
| 23 | Pike County | 801 |
| 24 | Calhoun County | 796 |
| 25 | Chilton County | 788 |
| 26 | Cleburne County | 785 |
| 26 | Cullman County | 785 |
| 28 | Talladega County | 764 |
| 29 | Geneva County | 763 |
| 29 | Houston County | 763 |
| 31 | Chambers County | 760 |
| 31 | Colbert County | 760 |
| 31 | Lauderdale County | 760 |
| 34 | Tallapoosa County | 755 |
| 35 | Cherokee County | 749 |
| 36 | Franklin County | 748 |
| 37 | Butler County | 728 |
| 38 | Randolph County | 722 |
| 39 | Barbour County | 720 |
| 39 | Bullock County | 720 |
| 39 | Choctaw County | 720 |
| 39 | Conecuh County | 720 |
| 39 | Coosa County | 720 |
| 39 | Escambia County | 720 |
| 39 | Fayette County | 720 |
| 39 | Jackson County | 720 |
| 39 | Perry County | 720 |
| 39 | Sumter County | 720 |
| 39 | Wilcox County | 720 |
| 39 | Winston County | 720 |
| 51 | Dallas County | 718 |
| 52 | Covington County | 714 |
| 53 | Lamar County | 706 |
| 54 | Marshall County | 702 |
| 55 | Monroe County | 700 |
| 56 | Clarke County | 699 |
| 56 | Clay County | 699 |
| 56 | Crenshaw County | 699 |
| 56 | DeKalb County | 699 |
| 56 | Henry County | 699 |
| 56 | Pickens County | 699 |
| 56 | Washington County | 699 |
| 63 | Macon County | 698 |
| 64 | Walker County | 684 |
| 65 | Etowah County | 679 |
| 66 | Dale County | 665 |
| 67 | Marion County | 641 |