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

All 100 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/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Buncombe County | 1,714 |
| 1 | Henderson County | 1,714 |
| 1 | Madison County | 1,714 |
| 4 | Cabarrus County | 1,640 |
| 4 | Gaston County | 1,640 |
| 4 | Mecklenburg County | 1,640 |
| 4 | Union County | 1,640 |
| 8 | New Hanover County | 1,566 |
| 9 | Chatham County | 1,554 |
| 9 | Durham County | 1,554 |
| 9 | Orange County | 1,554 |
| 12 | Franklin County | 1,552 |
| 12 | Johnston County | 1,552 |
| 12 | Wake County | 1,552 |
| 15 | Gates County | 1,489 |
| 16 | Currituck County | 1,488 |
| 17 | Brunswick County | 1,446 |
| 18 | Dare County | 1,387 |
| 19 | Cumberland County | 1,334 |
| 20 | Iredell County | 1,313 |
| 21 | Alamance County | 1,238 |
| 22 | Davie County | 1,224 |
| 22 | Forsyth County | 1,224 |
| 22 | Stokes County | 1,224 |
| 22 | Yadkin County | 1,224 |
| 26 | Camden County | 1,220 |
| 27 | Guilford County | 1,168 |
| 27 | Randolph County | 1,168 |
| 29 | Watauga County | 1,124 |
| 30 | Transylvania County | 1,118 |
| 31 | Moore County | 1,116 |
| 32 | Granville County | 1,114 |
| 33 | Haywood County | 1,113 |
| 34 | Pender County | 1,101 |
| 35 | Onslow County | 1,073 |
| 36 | Lincoln County | 1,045 |
| 37 | Chowan County | 1,017 |
| 38 | Rowan County | 1,012 |
| 39 | Clay County | 999 |
| 39 | Davidson County | 999 |
| 41 | Carteret County | 976 |
| 42 | Edgecombe County | 972 |
| 42 | Nash County | 972 |
| 44 | Pitt County | 967 |
| 45 | Alexander County | 965 |
| 45 | Burke County | 965 |
| 45 | Caldwell County | 965 |
| 45 | Catawba County | 965 |
| 49 | Wayne County | 964 |
| 50 | Pasquotank County | 963 |
| 51 | Jackson County | 954 |
| 52 | Craven County | 952 |
| 53 | Graham County | 915 |
| 54 | Lee County | 912 |
| 55 | McDowell County | 910 |
| 56 | Swain County | 906 |
| 57 | Hoke County | 903 |
| 58 | Greene County | 899 |
| 59 | Harnett County | 896 |
| 60 | Anson County | 895 |
| 61 | Polk County | 885 |
| 62 | Pamlico County | 878 |
| 63 | Wilkes County | 875 |
| 64 | Rutherford County | 866 |
| 65 | Columbus County | 863 |
| 66 | Cleveland County | 859 |
| 67 | Macon County | 851 |
| 68 | Wilson County | 849 |
| 69 | Sampson County | 842 |
| 70 | Montgomery County | 830 |
| 71 | Bertie County | 826 |
| 72 | Cherokee County | 817 |
| 72 | Hyde County | 817 |
| 72 | Jones County | 817 |
| 72 | Northampton County | 817 |
| 72 | Tyrrell County | 817 |
| 72 | Washington County | 817 |
| 78 | Robeson County | 813 |
| 79 | Person County | 805 |
| 80 | Yancey County | 803 |
| 81 | Alleghany County | 801 |
| 82 | Beaufort County | 800 |
| 83 | Perquimans County | 795 |
| 84 | Lenoir County | 788 |
| 85 | Halifax County | 787 |
| 86 | Richmond County | 786 |
| 87 | Duplin County | 784 |
| 88 | Caswell County | 776 |
| 89 | Ashe County | 774 |
| 89 | Avery County | 774 |
| 89 | Bladen County | 774 |
| 89 | Hertford County | 774 |
| 89 | Martin County | 774 |
| 89 | Mitchell County | 774 |
| 89 | Rockingham County | 774 |
| 89 | Scotland County | 774 |
| 89 | Stanly County | 774 |
| 89 | Surry County | 774 |
| 89 | Vance County | 774 |
| 89 | Warren County | 774 |