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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 2021, at $1,407. Lake and Peninsula Borough had the lowest, at $654. The median was $957. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,407Bethel Census Area
Lowest654Lake and Peninsula Borough
Median95728 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Aleutians East Borough: 853 USDAleutians West Census Area: 1,210 USDAnchorage Municipality: 926 USDBethel Census Area: 1,407 USDBristol Bay Borough: 859 USDDenali Borough: 1,111 USDDillingham Census Area: 1,047 USDFairbanks North Star Borough: 987 USDHaines Borough: 756 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area: 860 USDJuneau City and Borough: 1,124 USDKenai Peninsula Borough: 817 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough: 1,027 USDKodiak Island Borough: 1,115 USDKusilvak Census Area: 659 USDLake and Peninsula Borough: 654 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough: 775 USDNome Census Area: 1,259 USDNorth Slope Borough: 1,077 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough: 1,122 USDPetersburg Borough: 862 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 771 USDSitka City and Borough: 1,008 USDSkagway Municipality: 1,063 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area: 992 USDWrangell City and Borough: 690 USDYakutat City and Borough: 882 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 691 USD
  • Under 770
  • 770 to 860
  • 860 to 1,000
  • 1,000 to 1,100
  • 1,100 and over
  • No data
USD, 2021. 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, 2021

Bethel Census Area: 1,407 USDBethel Census Area1,407Nome Census Area: 1,259 USDNome Census Area1,259Aleutians West Census Area: 1,210 USDAleutians West Census Area1,210Juneau City and Borough: 1,124 USDJuneau City and Borough1,124Northwest Arctic Borough: 1,122 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough1,122Kodiak Island Borough: 1,115 USDKodiak Island Borough1,115Denali Borough: 1,111 USDDenali Borough1,111North Slope Borough: 1,077 USDNorth Slope Borough1,077Skagway Municipality: 1,063 USDSkagway Municipality1,063Dillingham Census Area: 1,047 USDDillingham Census Area1,047Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 1,027 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough1,027Sitka City and Borough: 1,008 USDSitka City and Borough1,008Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 992 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area992Fairbanks North Star Borough: 987 USDFairbanks North Star Borough987Anchorage Municipality: 926 USDAnchorage Municipality926Yakutat City and Borough: 882 USDYakutat City and Borough882Petersburg Borough: 862 USDPetersburg Borough862Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 860 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area860Bristol Bay Borough: 859 USDBristol Bay Borough859Aleutians East Borough: 853 USDAleutians East Borough853Kenai Peninsula Borough: 817 USDKenai Peninsula Borough817Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 775 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough775Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 771 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area771Haines Borough: 756 USDHaines Borough756Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 691 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area691Wrangell City and Borough: 690 USDWrangell City and Borough690Kusilvak Census Area: 659 USDKusilvak Census Area659Lake and Peninsula Borough: 654 USDLake and Peninsula Borough654Bethel Census Area: 1,407 USDBethel Census Area1,407Nome Census Area: 1,259 USDNome Census Area1,259Aleutians West Census Area: 1,210 USDAleutians West Census Area1,210Juneau City and Borough: 1,124 USDJuneau City and Borough1,124Northwest Arctic Borough: 1,122 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough1,122Kodiak Island Borough: 1,115 USDKodiak Island Borough1,115Denali Borough: 1,111 USDDenali Borough1,111North Slope Borough: 1,077 USDNorth Slope Borough1,077Skagway Municipality: 1,063 USDSkagway Municipality1,063Dillingham Census Area: 1,047 USDDillingham Census Area1,047Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 1,027 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough1,027Sitka City and Borough: 1,008 USDSitka City and Borough1,008Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 992 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area992Fairbanks North Star Borough: 987 USDFairbanks North Star Borough987Anchorage Municipality: 926 USDAnchorage Municipality926Yakutat City and Borough: 882 USDYakutat City and Borough882Petersburg Borough: 862 USDPetersburg Borough862Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 860 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area860Bristol Bay Borough: 859 USDBristol Bay Borough859Aleutians East Borough: 853 USDAleutians East Borough853Kenai Peninsula Borough: 817 USDKenai Peninsula Borough817Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 775 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough775Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 771 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area771Haines Borough: 756 USDHaines Borough756Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 691 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area691Wrangell City and Borough: 690 USDWrangell City and Borough690Kusilvak Census Area: 659 USDKusilvak Census Area659Lake and Peninsula Borough: 654 USDLake and Peninsula Borough654
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021
USD		Change on 2020
1Bethel Census Area1,407-5.1%
2Nome Census Area1,259-9.9%
3Aleutians West Census Area1,210-9.2%
4Juneau City and Borough1,124-2.6%
5Northwest Arctic Borough1,122-7.5%
6Kodiak Island Borough1,115+2.6%
7Denali Borough1,111-6.2%
8North Slope Borough1,077-9.5%
9Skagway Municipality1,063-9.7%
10Dillingham Census Area1,047-9.3%
11Ketchikan Gateway Borough1,027-4.4%
12Sitka City and Borough1,008-7.1%
13Southeast Fairbanks Census Area992-10%
14Fairbanks North Star Borough987-1.9%
15Anchorage Municipality926-6.6%
16Yakutat City and Borough882-5.5%
17Petersburg Borough862-9.9%
18Hoonah-Angoon Census Area860-1%
19Bristol Bay Borough859-10%
20Aleutians East Borough853-6.6%
21Kenai Peninsula Borough817-9.7%
22Matanuska-Susitna Borough775-2.1%
23Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area771-9%
24Haines Borough756-7%
25Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area691-3.6%
26Wrangell City and Borough690-9.9%
27Kusilvak Census Area659-10%
28Lake and Peninsula Borough654-9.9%

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 2021 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/fmr2021/FY21_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. (2021). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Alaska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2021/FY21_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), 2021. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 10 Mar. 2021, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2021/FY21_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/alaska-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2021. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Alaska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2021/FY21_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/alaska-counties?period=2021.

Harvard

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2021) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Alaska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2021/FY21_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/alaska-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Bethel Census Area, with $1,407 in 2021, 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)?

Lake and Peninsula Borough, with $654 in 2021.

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 2021 and are not ranked.

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