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Counties in Alaska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly)

Bethel Census Area had the highest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly) of 27 counties in 2016, at $1,175. Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area had the lowest, at $595. The median was $861. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,175Bethel Census Area
Lowest595Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Median86127 counties

Map of counties, 2016

Aleutians East Borough: 791 USDAleutians West Census Area: 1,153 USDAnchorage Municipality: 1,021 USDBethel Census Area: 1,175 USDBristol Bay Borough: 892 USDDenali Borough: 861 USDDillingham Census Area: 926 USDFairbanks North Star Borough: 919 USDHaines Borough: 773 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area: 621 USDJuneau City and Borough: 981 USDKenai Peninsula Borough: 793 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough: 949 USDKodiak Island Borough: 828 USDLake and Peninsula Borough: 731 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough: 756 USDNome Census Area: 1,086 USDNorth Slope Borough: 765 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough: 1,007 USDPetersburg Borough: 768 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 765 USDSitka City and Borough: 899 USDSkagway Municipality: 955 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area: 1,012 USDWrangell City and Borough: 640 USDYakutat City and Borough: 786 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 595 USD
  • Under 770
  • 770 to 790
  • 790 to 910
  • 910 to 1,000
  • 1,000 and over
  • No data
USD, 2016. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2016

Bethel Census Area: 1,175 USDBethel Census Area1,175Aleutians West Census Area: 1,153 USDAleutians West Census Area1,153Nome Census Area: 1,086 USDNome Census Area1,086Anchorage Municipality: 1,021 USDAnchorage Municipality1,021Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 1,012 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area1,012Northwest Arctic Borough: 1,007 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough1,007Juneau City and Borough: 981 USDJuneau City and Borough981Skagway Municipality: 955 USDSkagway Municipality955Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 949 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough949Dillingham Census Area: 926 USDDillingham Census Area926Fairbanks North Star Borough: 919 USDFairbanks North Star Borough919Sitka City and Borough: 899 USDSitka City and Borough899Bristol Bay Borough: 892 USDBristol Bay Borough892Denali Borough: 861 USDDenali Borough861Kodiak Island Borough: 828 USDKodiak Island Borough828Kenai Peninsula Borough: 793 USDKenai Peninsula Borough793Aleutians East Borough: 791 USDAleutians East Borough791Yakutat City and Borough: 786 USDYakutat City and Borough786Haines Borough: 773 USDHaines Borough773Petersburg Borough: 768 USDPetersburg Borough768North Slope Borough: 765 USDNorth Slope Borough765Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 765 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area765Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 756 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough756Lake and Peninsula Borough: 731 USDLake and Peninsula Borough731Wrangell City and Borough: 640 USDWrangell City and Borough640Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 621 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area621Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 595 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area595Bethel Census Area: 1,175 USDBethel Census Area1,175Aleutians West Census Area: 1,153 USDAleutians West Census Area1,153Nome Census Area: 1,086 USDNome Census Area1,086Anchorage Municipality: 1,021 USDAnchorage Municipality1,021Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 1,012 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area1,012Northwest Arctic Borough: 1,007 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough1,007Juneau City and Borough: 981 USDJuneau City and Borough981Skagway Municipality: 955 USDSkagway Municipality955Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 949 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough949Dillingham Census Area: 926 USDDillingham Census Area926Fairbanks North Star Borough: 919 USDFairbanks North Star Borough919Sitka City and Borough: 899 USDSitka City and Borough899Bristol Bay Borough: 892 USDBristol Bay Borough892Denali Borough: 861 USDDenali Borough861Kodiak Island Borough: 828 USDKodiak Island Borough828Kenai Peninsula Borough: 793 USDKenai Peninsula Borough793Aleutians East Borough: 791 USDAleutians East Borough791Yakutat City and Borough: 786 USDYakutat City and Borough786Haines Borough: 773 USDHaines Borough773Petersburg Borough: 768 USDPetersburg Borough768North Slope Borough: 765 USDNorth Slope Borough765Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 765 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area765Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 756 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough756Lake and Peninsula Borough: 731 USDLake and Peninsula Borough731Wrangell City and Borough: 640 USDWrangell City and Borough640Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 621 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area621Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 595 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area595
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016
USD		Change on 2015
1Bethel Census Area1,175+23.3%
2Aleutians West Census Area1,153+6%
3Nome Census Area1,086+8.3%
4Anchorage Municipality1,021+9.1%
5Southeast Fairbanks Census Area1,012+37.5%
6Northwest Arctic Borough1,007-5.4%
7Juneau City and Borough981+5.1%
8Skagway Municipality955-5.2%
9Ketchikan Gateway Borough949+12.6%
10Dillingham Census Area926+3.9%
11Fairbanks North Star Borough919-9.7%
12Sitka City and Borough899+5%
13Bristol Bay Borough892+11.5%
14Denali Borough861-24.1%
15Kodiak Island Borough828+4.2%
16Kenai Peninsula Borough793+12.6%
17Aleutians East Borough791+12.5%
18Yakutat City and Borough786+15.8%
19Haines Borough773+4.3%
20Petersburg Borough768+7.4%
21North Slope Borough765-17.3%
21Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area765+14.5%
23Matanuska-Susitna Borough756-0.7%
24Lake and Peninsula Borough731+17.3%
25Wrangell City and Borough640-1.2%
26Hoonah-Angoon Census Area621+10.1%
27Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area595-2.3%

Other periods

About this ranking

Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for a one-bedroom unit in the HUD area that contains the county.

More on how it is measured
  • 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.

A policy benchmark, not a measured rent: it is lower than the median rent by design and differs from the Census Bureau median gross rent. HUD sets one value per HUD area, a metropolitan area (sometimes split into HUD Metro FMR Areas) or a non-metropolitan county, so every county of a metropolitan area shows the same figure. Counties in the six New England states have no value, because HUD defines their areas by town and a county can span several areas. Where HUD splits off part of a county, the county value is the rest of the county: Howard County, Maryland, without Columbia until FY2015, and Crawford County, Missouri, without its part of Sullivan. The year is HUD's federal fiscal year: FY2027 runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 3 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2016). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Alaska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx

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HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Alaska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2016. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 25 July 2016, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/alaska-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2016. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Alaska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/alaska-counties?period=2016.

Harvard

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2016) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Alaska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/alaska-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly)?

Bethel Census Area, with $1,175 in 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

Which county has the lowest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly)?

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, with $595 in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 3 counties have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.

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