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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 2020, at $1,483. Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area had the lowest, at $717. The median was $999. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,483Bethel Census Area
Lowest717Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Median99928 counties

Map of counties, 2020

Aleutians East Borough: 913 USDAleutians West Census Area: 1,333 USDAnchorage Municipality: 991 USDBethel Census Area: 1,483 USDBristol Bay Borough: 954 USDDenali Borough: 1,184 USDDillingham Census Area: 1,154 USDFairbanks North Star Borough: 1,006 USDHaines Borough: 813 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area: 869 USDJuneau City and Borough: 1,154 USDKenai Peninsula Borough: 905 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough: 1,074 USDKodiak Island Borough: 1,087 USDKusilvak Census Area: 732 USDLake and Peninsula Borough: 726 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough: 792 USDNome Census Area: 1,398 USDNorth Slope Borough: 1,190 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough: 1,213 USDPetersburg Borough: 957 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 847 USDSitka City and Borough: 1,085 USDSkagway Municipality: 1,177 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area: 1,102 USDWrangell City and Borough: 766 USDYakutat City and Borough: 933 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 717 USD
  • Under 830
  • 830 to 950
  • 950 to 1,100
  • 1,100 to 1,200
  • 1,200 and over
  • No data
USD, 2020. 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, 2020

Bethel Census Area: 1,483 USDBethel Census Area1,483Nome Census Area: 1,398 USDNome Census Area1,398Aleutians West Census Area: 1,333 USDAleutians West Census Area1,333Northwest Arctic Borough: 1,213 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough1,213North Slope Borough: 1,190 USDNorth Slope Borough1,190Denali Borough: 1,184 USDDenali Borough1,184Skagway Municipality: 1,177 USDSkagway Municipality1,177Dillingham Census Area: 1,154 USDDillingham Census Area1,154Juneau City and Borough: 1,154 USDJuneau City and Borough1,154Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 1,102 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area1,102Kodiak Island Borough: 1,087 USDKodiak Island Borough1,087Sitka City and Borough: 1,085 USDSitka City and Borough1,085Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 1,074 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough1,074Fairbanks North Star Borough: 1,006 USDFairbanks North Star Borough1,006Anchorage Municipality: 991 USDAnchorage Municipality991Petersburg Borough: 957 USDPetersburg Borough957Bristol Bay Borough: 954 USDBristol Bay Borough954Yakutat City and Borough: 933 USDYakutat City and Borough933Aleutians East Borough: 913 USDAleutians East Borough913Kenai Peninsula Borough: 905 USDKenai Peninsula Borough905Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 869 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area869Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 847 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area847Haines Borough: 813 USDHaines Borough813Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 792 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough792Wrangell City and Borough: 766 USDWrangell City and Borough766Kusilvak Census Area: 732 USDKusilvak Census Area732Lake and Peninsula Borough: 726 USDLake and Peninsula Borough726Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 717 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area717Bethel Census Area: 1,483 USDBethel Census Area1,483Nome Census Area: 1,398 USDNome Census Area1,398Aleutians West Census Area: 1,333 USDAleutians West Census Area1,333Northwest Arctic Borough: 1,213 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough1,213North Slope Borough: 1,190 USDNorth Slope Borough1,190Denali Borough: 1,184 USDDenali Borough1,184Skagway Municipality: 1,177 USDSkagway Municipality1,177Dillingham Census Area: 1,154 USDDillingham Census Area1,154Juneau City and Borough: 1,154 USDJuneau City and Borough1,154Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 1,102 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area1,102Kodiak Island Borough: 1,087 USDKodiak Island Borough1,087Sitka City and Borough: 1,085 USDSitka City and Borough1,085Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 1,074 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough1,074Fairbanks North Star Borough: 1,006 USDFairbanks North Star Borough1,006Anchorage Municipality: 991 USDAnchorage Municipality991Petersburg Borough: 957 USDPetersburg Borough957Bristol Bay Borough: 954 USDBristol Bay Borough954Yakutat City and Borough: 933 USDYakutat City and Borough933Aleutians East Borough: 913 USDAleutians East Borough913Kenai Peninsula Borough: 905 USDKenai Peninsula Borough905Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 869 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area869Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 847 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area847Haines Borough: 813 USDHaines Borough813Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 792 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough792Wrangell City and Borough: 766 USDWrangell City and Borough766Kusilvak Census Area: 732 USDKusilvak Census Area732Lake and Peninsula Borough: 726 USDLake and Peninsula Borough726Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 717 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area717
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2020
USD		Change on 2019
1Bethel Census Area1,483+8.6%
2Nome Census Area1,398+4.3%
3Aleutians West Census Area1,333+6.4%
4Northwest Arctic Borough1,213+4.7%
5North Slope Borough1,190+2.6%
6Denali Borough1,184+3%
7Skagway Municipality1,177+3.3%
8Dillingham Census Area1,154+8.1%
8Juneau City and Borough1,154+4.8%
10Southeast Fairbanks Census Area1,102+7.1%
11Kodiak Island Borough1,087+5.4%
12Sitka City and Borough1,085+3.3%
13Ketchikan Gateway Borough1,074+6.9%
14Fairbanks North Star Borough1,006-1.9%
15Anchorage Municipality991-1.4%
16Petersburg Borough957+10.8%
17Bristol Bay Borough954+0.2%
18Yakutat City and Borough933+5.1%
19Aleutians East Borough913+6.7%
20Kenai Peninsula Borough905+4.9%
21Hoonah-Angoon Census Area869+14.9%
22Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area847+4.6%
23Haines Borough813+4.4%
24Matanuska-Susitna Borough792-2.8%
25Wrangell City and Borough766+2.4%
26Kusilvak Census Area732-10%
27Lake and Peninsula Borough726+0.8%
28Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area717+6.2%

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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 2020 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/fmr2020/FY20_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. (2020). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Alaska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2020/FY20_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), 2020. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 2 Mar. 2020, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/alaska-counties?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2020. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Alaska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/alaska-counties?period=2020.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2020) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Alaska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/alaska-counties?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Bethel Census Area, with $1,483 in 2020, 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 $717 in 2020.

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 2020 and are not ranked.

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