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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 28 counties in 2018, at $1,290. Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area had the lowest, at $617. The median was $947. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,290Bethel Census Area
Lowest617Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Median94728 counties

Map of counties, 2018

Aleutians East Borough: 915 USDAleutians West Census Area: 1,224 USDAnchorage Municipality: 1,035 USDBethel Census Area: 1,290 USDBristol Bay Borough: 949 USDDenali Borough: 1,130 USDDillingham Census Area: 1,046 USDFairbanks North Star Borough: 1,029 USDHaines Borough: 858 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area: 650 USDJuneau City and Borough: 1,072 USDKenai Peninsula Borough: 819 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough: 944 USDKodiak Island Borough: 924 USDKusilvak Census Area: 804 USDLake and Peninsula Borough: 752 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough: 835 USDNome Census Area: 1,285 USDNorth Slope Borough: 1,028 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough: 1,111 USDPetersburg Borough: 816 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 795 USDSitka City and Borough: 1,007 USDSkagway Municipality: 1,090 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area: 1,030 USDWrangell City and Borough: 723 USDYakutat City and Borough: 841 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 617 USD
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USD, 2018. 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, 2018

Bethel Census Area: 1,290 USDBethel Census Area1,290Nome Census Area: 1,285 USDNome Census Area1,285Aleutians West Census Area: 1,224 USDAleutians West Census Area1,224Denali Borough: 1,130 USDDenali Borough1,130Northwest Arctic Borough: 1,111 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough1,111Skagway Municipality: 1,090 USDSkagway Municipality1,090Juneau City and Borough: 1,072 USDJuneau City and Borough1,072Dillingham Census Area: 1,046 USDDillingham Census Area1,046Anchorage Municipality: 1,035 USDAnchorage Municipality1,035Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 1,030 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area1,030Fairbanks North Star Borough: 1,029 USDFairbanks North Star Borough1,029North Slope Borough: 1,028 USDNorth Slope Borough1,028Sitka City and Borough: 1,007 USDSitka City and Borough1,007Bristol Bay Borough: 949 USDBristol Bay Borough949Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 944 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough944Kodiak Island Borough: 924 USDKodiak Island Borough924Aleutians East Borough: 915 USDAleutians East Borough915Haines Borough: 858 USDHaines Borough858Yakutat City and Borough: 841 USDYakutat City and Borough841Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 835 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough835Kenai Peninsula Borough: 819 USDKenai Peninsula Borough819Petersburg Borough: 816 USDPetersburg Borough816Kusilvak Census Area: 804 USDKusilvak Census Area804Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 795 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area795Lake and Peninsula Borough: 752 USDLake and Peninsula Borough752Wrangell City and Borough: 723 USDWrangell City and Borough723Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 650 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area650Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 617 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area617Bethel Census Area: 1,290 USDBethel Census Area1,290Nome Census Area: 1,285 USDNome Census Area1,285Aleutians West Census Area: 1,224 USDAleutians West Census Area1,224Denali Borough: 1,130 USDDenali Borough1,130Northwest Arctic Borough: 1,111 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough1,111Skagway Municipality: 1,090 USDSkagway Municipality1,090Juneau City and Borough: 1,072 USDJuneau City and Borough1,072Dillingham Census Area: 1,046 USDDillingham Census Area1,046Anchorage Municipality: 1,035 USDAnchorage Municipality1,035Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 1,030 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area1,030Fairbanks North Star Borough: 1,029 USDFairbanks North Star Borough1,029North Slope Borough: 1,028 USDNorth Slope Borough1,028Sitka City and Borough: 1,007 USDSitka City and Borough1,007Bristol Bay Borough: 949 USDBristol Bay Borough949Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 944 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough944Kodiak Island Borough: 924 USDKodiak Island Borough924Aleutians East Borough: 915 USDAleutians East Borough915Haines Borough: 858 USDHaines Borough858Yakutat City and Borough: 841 USDYakutat City and Borough841Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 835 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough835Kenai Peninsula Borough: 819 USDKenai Peninsula Borough819Petersburg Borough: 816 USDPetersburg Borough816Kusilvak Census Area: 804 USDKusilvak Census Area804Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 795 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area795Lake and Peninsula Borough: 752 USDLake and Peninsula Borough752Wrangell City and Borough: 723 USDWrangell City and Borough723Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 650 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area650Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 617 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area617
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2018
USD		Change on 2017
1Bethel Census Area1,290+1.7%
2Nome Census Area1,285+3.7%
3Aleutians West Census Area1,224-3.8%
4Denali Borough1,130-8.6%
5Northwest Arctic Borough1,111+1.6%
6Skagway Municipality1,090-0.3%
7Juneau City and Borough1,072-2.8%
8Dillingham Census Area1,046+1.3%
9Anchorage Municipality1,035+1.7%
10Southeast Fairbanks Census Area1,030-2.8%
11Fairbanks North Star Borough1,029+8%
12North Slope Borough1,028-3.7%
13Sitka City and Borough1,007+1.8%
14Bristol Bay Borough949+1.4%
15Ketchikan Gateway Borough944-6.2%
16Kodiak Island Borough924-2.7%
17Aleutians East Borough915-2%
18Haines Borough858-1.7%
19Yakutat City and Borough841-9.2%
20Matanuska-Susitna Borough835+6.6%
21Kenai Peninsula Borough819-5.5%
22Petersburg Borough816+2.3%
23Kusilvak Census Area804n/a
24Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area795-4%
25Lake and Peninsula Borough752-4.7%
26Wrangell City and Borough723-4.9%
27Hoonah-Angoon Census Area650-3.6%
28Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area617+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. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2018 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/fmr2018/FY18_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2018). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Alaska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2018/FY18_4050_FMRs_rev.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), 2018. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 13 Feb. 2018, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2018/FY18_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/alaska-counties?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2018. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Alaska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2018/FY18_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/alaska-counties?period=2018.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2018) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Alaska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2018/FY18_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/alaska-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Bethel Census Area, with $1,290 in 2018, 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 $617 in 2018.

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. 2 counties have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.

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