# Counties in North Carolina by fair Market Rent, four bedrooms (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_4br`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for a four-bedroom unit 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: four bedrooms, 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: four bedrooms, 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-four-bedroom/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Buncombe County | 3,109 |
| 1 | Henderson County | 3,109 |
| 1 | Madison County | 3,109 |
| 4 | Franklin County | 2,823 |
| 4 | Johnston County | 2,823 |
| 4 | Wake County | 2,823 |
| 7 | Cabarrus County | 2,773 |
| 7 | Gaston County | 2,773 |
| 7 | Mecklenburg County | 2,773 |
| 7 | Union County | 2,773 |
| 11 | Currituck County | 2,710 |
| 12 | Gates County | 2,708 |
| 13 | Chatham County | 2,486 |
| 13 | Durham County | 2,486 |
| 13 | Orange County | 2,486 |
| 16 | Brunswick County | 2,407 |
| 17 | Iredell County | 2,389 |
| 18 | Cumberland County | 2,380 |
| 19 | Camden County | 2,280 |
| 20 | New Hanover County | 2,241 |
| 21 | Onslow County | 2,205 |
| 22 | Watauga County | 2,191 |
| 23 | Davie County | 2,135 |
| 23 | Forsyth County | 2,135 |
| 23 | Stokes County | 2,135 |
| 23 | Yadkin County | 2,135 |
| 27 | Carteret County | 2,132 |
| 28 | Rowan County | 2,109 |
| 29 | Transylvania County | 2,097 |
| 30 | Haywood County | 2,089 |
| 31 | Alamance County | 2,088 |
| 32 | Moore County | 2,051 |
| 33 | Pender County | 2,004 |
| 34 | Dare County | 2,001 |
| 34 | Wayne County | 2,001 |
| 36 | Pasquotank County | 1,988 |
| 37 | Craven County | 1,985 |
| 38 | Guilford County | 1,932 |
| 38 | Randolph County | 1,932 |
| 40 | Hoke County | 1,922 |
| 41 | Pitt County | 1,909 |
| 42 | Lincoln County | 1,902 |
| 43 | Granville County | 1,835 |
| 44 | Davidson County | 1,817 |
| 45 | Lee County | 1,805 |
| 46 | Edgecombe County | 1,787 |
| 46 | Nash County | 1,787 |
| 48 | Harnett County | 1,757 |
| 49 | Chowan County | 1,749 |
| 50 | Anson County | 1,718 |
| 51 | Alexander County | 1,707 |
| 51 | Burke County | 1,707 |
| 51 | Caldwell County | 1,707 |
| 51 | Catawba County | 1,707 |
| 55 | Jones County | 1,692 |
| 55 | Polk County | 1,692 |
| 57 | Washington County | 1,691 |
| 58 | Montgomery County | 1,675 |
| 59 | Wilson County | 1,658 |
| 60 | Pamlico County | 1,646 |
| 61 | Clay County | 1,644 |
| 62 | Alleghany County | 1,585 |
| 62 | Cherokee County | 1,585 |
| 64 | Halifax County | 1,583 |
| 65 | Rockingham County | 1,554 |
| 65 | Wilkes County | 1,554 |
| 67 | Beaufort County | 1,552 |
| 68 | Perquimans County | 1,539 |
| 69 | Avery County | 1,531 |
| 69 | Caswell County | 1,531 |
| 69 | Graham County | 1,531 |
| 69 | Greene County | 1,531 |
| 69 | Hyde County | 1,531 |
| 69 | Richmond County | 1,531 |
| 69 | Swain County | 1,531 |
| 69 | Tyrrell County | 1,531 |
| 77 | Robeson County | 1,515 |
| 78 | Lenoir County | 1,508 |
| 79 | Person County | 1,460 |
| 80 | Stanly County | 1,447 |
| 81 | Bertie County | 1,432 |
| 82 | Cleveland County | 1,424 |
| 83 | Duplin County | 1,418 |
| 84 | Hertford County | 1,402 |
| 85 | Sampson County | 1,398 |
| 86 | Bladen County | 1,397 |
| 87 | Yancey County | 1,380 |
| 88 | Warren County | 1,378 |
| 89 | Rutherford County | 1,374 |
| 90 | Surry County | 1,370 |
| 91 | Jackson County | 1,366 |
| 92 | Northampton County | 1,346 |
| 93 | Macon County | 1,335 |
| 94 | Vance County | 1,333 |
| 95 | Ashe County | 1,330 |
| 95 | Columbus County | 1,330 |
| 95 | Martin County | 1,330 |
| 95 | McDowell County | 1,330 |
| 95 | Mitchell County | 1,330 |
| 95 | Scotland County | 1,330 |