# Counties in California by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2027

All 58 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_1br`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: 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. 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: one bedroom, 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: one bedroom, 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-one-bedroom/california-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Santa Cruz County | 3,390 |
| 2 | Marin County | 3,003 |
| 2 | San Francisco County | 3,003 |
| 2 | San Mateo County | 3,003 |
| 5 | Santa Clara County | 2,778 |
| 6 | Santa Barbara County | 2,711 |
| 7 | Orange County | 2,610 |
| 8 | Napa County | 2,580 |
| 9 | Los Angeles County | 2,402 |
| 10 | San Diego County | 2,335 |
| 11 | San Benito County | 2,296 |
| 12 | Alameda County | 2,290 |
| 12 | Contra Costa County | 2,290 |
| 14 | Sonoma County | 2,155 |
| 15 | San Luis Obispo County | 2,079 |
| 16 | Ventura County | 2,035 |
| 17 | Monterey County | 2,009 |
| 18 | Solano County | 1,876 |
| 19 | El Dorado County | 1,793 |
| 19 | Placer County | 1,793 |
| 19 | Sacramento County | 1,793 |
| 22 | Riverside County | 1,705 |
| 22 | San Bernardino County | 1,705 |
| 24 | Yolo County | 1,670 |
| 25 | San Joaquin County | 1,628 |
| 26 | Mono County | 1,550 |
| 27 | Nevada County | 1,441 |
| 28 | Amador County | 1,381 |
| 29 | Stanislaus County | 1,378 |
| 30 | Sutter County | 1,367 |
| 30 | Yuba County | 1,367 |
| 32 | Fresno County | 1,363 |
| 33 | Inyo County | 1,346 |
| 34 | Del Norte County | 1,292 |
| 35 | Mendocino County | 1,287 |
| 36 | Kern County | 1,273 |
| 37 | Madera County | 1,272 |
| 38 | Tuolumne County | 1,271 |
| 39 | Merced County | 1,262 |
| 40 | Lake County | 1,235 |
| 41 | Shasta County | 1,209 |
| 42 | Butte County | 1,190 |
| 43 | Humboldt County | 1,188 |
| 44 | Kings County | 1,183 |
| 45 | Calaveras County | 1,172 |
| 46 | Alpine County | 1,167 |
| 46 | Sierra County | 1,167 |
| 48 | Mariposa County | 1,147 |
| 49 | Tulare County | 1,108 |
| 50 | Plumas County | 1,087 |
| 51 | Colusa County | 1,080 |
| 52 | Lassen County | 1,046 |
| 53 | Glenn County | 1,040 |
| 53 | Tehama County | 1,040 |
| 55 | Imperial County | 1,030 |
| 56 | Siskiyou County | 959 |
| 57 | Trinity County | 881 |
| 58 | Modoc County | 856 |