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

All 58 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/california-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Santa Cruz County | 3,230 |
| 2 | Orange County | 2,580 |
| 3 | Marin County | 2,574 |
| 3 | San Francisco County | 2,574 |
| 3 | San Mateo County | 2,574 |
| 6 | Santa Barbara County | 2,479 |
| 7 | Santa Clara County | 2,458 |
| 8 | Napa County | 2,350 |
| 9 | San Benito County | 2,279 |
| 10 | San Diego County | 2,192 |
| 11 | Los Angeles County | 2,151 |
| 12 | Alameda County | 2,088 |
| 12 | Contra Costa County | 2,088 |
| 14 | Sonoma County | 1,980 |
| 15 | Monterey County | 1,956 |
| 16 | San Luis Obispo County | 1,894 |
| 17 | Ventura County | 1,827 |
| 18 | El Dorado County | 1,742 |
| 18 | Placer County | 1,742 |
| 18 | Sacramento County | 1,742 |
| 21 | Solano County | 1,706 |
| 22 | Yolo County | 1,659 |
| 23 | Riverside County | 1,605 |
| 23 | San Bernardino County | 1,605 |
| 25 | San Joaquin County | 1,525 |
| 26 | Amador County | 1,373 |
| 27 | Fresno County | 1,354 |
| 28 | Mono County | 1,342 |
| 29 | Nevada County | 1,313 |
| 30 | Stanislaus County | 1,276 |
| 31 | Kern County | 1,265 |
| 32 | Madera County | 1,264 |
| 33 | Lake County | 1,233 |
| 34 | Mendocino County | 1,209 |
| 35 | Shasta County | 1,201 |
| 36 | Merced County | 1,200 |
| 37 | Kings County | 1,175 |
| 38 | Sutter County | 1,159 |
| 38 | Yuba County | 1,159 |
| 40 | Humboldt County | 1,122 |
| 41 | Tuolumne County | 1,116 |
| 42 | Calaveras County | 1,109 |
| 43 | Tulare County | 1,101 |
| 44 | Colusa County | 1,073 |
| 45 | Butte County | 1,064 |
| 46 | Alpine County | 1,063 |
| 46 | Sierra County | 1,063 |
| 48 | Mariposa County | 1,035 |
| 49 | Inyo County | 1,020 |
| 50 | Plumas County | 990 |
| 51 | Del Norte County | 979 |
| 52 | Siskiyou County | 953 |
| 53 | Glenn County | 948 |
| 53 | Tehama County | 948 |
| 55 | Imperial County | 938 |
| 56 | Lassen County | 884 |
| 57 | Trinity County | 803 |
| 58 | Modoc County | 755 |