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

All 100 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/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cabarrus County | 1,574 |
| 1 | Gaston County | 1,574 |
| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 1,574 |
| 1 | Union County | 1,574 |
| 5 | Chatham County | 1,498 |
| 5 | Durham County | 1,498 |
| 5 | Orange County | 1,498 |
| 8 | Franklin County | 1,489 |
| 8 | Johnston County | 1,489 |
| 8 | Wake County | 1,489 |
| 11 | Buncombe County | 1,482 |
| 11 | Henderson County | 1,482 |
| 11 | Madison County | 1,482 |
| 14 | Currituck County | 1,470 |
| 15 | Gates County | 1,468 |
| 16 | Brunswick County | 1,388 |
| 17 | Cumberland County | 1,302 |
| 18 | Iredell County | 1,260 |
| 19 | Camden County | 1,203 |
| 20 | Dare County | 1,194 |
| 21 | New Hanover County | 1,187 |
| 22 | Guilford County | 1,121 |
| 22 | Randolph County | 1,121 |
| 24 | Transylvania County | 1,111 |
| 25 | Davie County | 1,079 |
| 25 | Forsyth County | 1,079 |
| 25 | Stokes County | 1,079 |
| 25 | Yadkin County | 1,079 |
| 29 | Alamance County | 1,076 |
| 30 | Onslow County | 1,067 |
| 31 | Moore County | 1,042 |
| 32 | Granville County | 1,036 |
| 33 | Chowan County | 1,011 |
| 34 | Haywood County | 1,008 |
| 35 | Lincoln County | 1,003 |
| 36 | Rowan County | 992 |
| 37 | Carteret County | 970 |
| 38 | Edgecombe County | 967 |
| 38 | Nash County | 967 |
| 40 | Alexander County | 961 |
| 40 | Burke County | 961 |
| 40 | Caldwell County | 961 |
| 40 | Catawba County | 961 |
| 40 | Pitt County | 961 |
| 45 | Davidson County | 959 |
| 46 | Wayne County | 958 |
| 47 | Pasquotank County | 957 |
| 48 | Craven County | 946 |
| 49 | Clay County | 928 |
| 50 | Jackson County | 916 |
| 50 | Watauga County | 916 |
| 52 | Pender County | 915 |
| 53 | Lee County | 906 |
| 54 | Hoke County | 898 |
| 55 | Swain County | 892 |
| 56 | Harnett County | 891 |
| 57 | Anson County | 889 |
| 58 | Pamlico County | 872 |
| 59 | Graham County | 864 |
| 59 | Greene County | 864 |
| 59 | McDowell County | 864 |
| 59 | Wilkes County | 864 |
| 63 | Rutherford County | 861 |
| 64 | Columbus County | 858 |
| 65 | Cleveland County | 854 |
| 66 | Wilson County | 843 |
| 67 | Montgomery County | 825 |
| 68 | Bertie County | 821 |
| 69 | Hyde County | 811 |
| 69 | Jones County | 811 |
| 69 | Northampton County | 811 |
| 69 | Tyrrell County | 811 |
| 69 | Washington County | 811 |
| 74 | Robeson County | 807 |
| 75 | Person County | 800 |
| 76 | Yancey County | 797 |
| 77 | Alleghany County | 796 |
| 78 | Beaufort County | 795 |
| 79 | Perquimans County | 790 |
| 80 | Lenoir County | 783 |
| 81 | Halifax County | 782 |
| 82 | Duplin County | 778 |
| 83 | Caswell County | 771 |
| 84 | Ashe County | 769 |
| 84 | Avery County | 769 |
| 84 | Bladen County | 769 |
| 84 | Martin County | 769 |
| 84 | Mitchell County | 769 |
| 84 | Scotland County | 769 |
| 84 | Stanly County | 769 |
| 84 | Surry County | 769 |
| 84 | Vance County | 769 |
| 84 | Warren County | 769 |
| 94 | Sampson County | 761 |
| 95 | Polk County | 757 |
| 95 | Richmond County | 757 |
| 97 | Macon County | 707 |
| 98 | Cherokee County | 705 |
| 98 | Hertford County | 705 |
| 98 | Rockingham County | 705 |