# Counties in North Carolina by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (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_3br`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for a three-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: three bedrooms, 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: three bedrooms, 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-three-bedroom/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Currituck County | 2,298 |
| 2 | Gates County | 2,291 |
| 3 | New Hanover County | 2,238 |
| 4 | Buncombe County | 2,223 |
| 4 | Henderson County | 2,223 |
| 4 | Madison County | 2,223 |
| 7 | Cabarrus County | 2,179 |
| 7 | Gaston County | 2,179 |
| 7 | Mecklenburg County | 2,179 |
| 7 | Union County | 2,179 |
| 11 | Chatham County | 2,161 |
| 11 | Durham County | 2,161 |
| 11 | Orange County | 2,161 |
| 14 | Franklin County | 2,103 |
| 14 | Johnston County | 2,103 |
| 14 | Wake County | 2,103 |
| 17 | Brunswick County | 2,062 |
| 18 | Cumberland County | 1,937 |
| 19 | Dare County | 1,918 |
| 20 | Iredell County | 1,897 |
| 21 | Camden County | 1,889 |
| 22 | Onslow County | 1,826 |
| 23 | Transylvania County | 1,781 |
| 24 | Davie County | 1,754 |
| 24 | Forsyth County | 1,754 |
| 24 | Stokes County | 1,754 |
| 24 | Yadkin County | 1,754 |
| 28 | Watauga County | 1,737 |
| 29 | Moore County | 1,701 |
| 30 | Pasquotank County | 1,689 |
| 31 | Pender County | 1,660 |
| 32 | Alamance County | 1,658 |
| 33 | Craven County | 1,644 |
| 33 | Guilford County | 1,644 |
| 33 | Randolph County | 1,644 |
| 36 | Carteret County | 1,607 |
| 37 | Rowan County | 1,604 |
| 38 | Hoke County | 1,592 |
| 39 | Chowan County | 1,586 |
| 40 | Lincoln County | 1,576 |
| 41 | Edgecombe County | 1,567 |
| 41 | Nash County | 1,567 |
| 43 | Pitt County | 1,518 |
| 44 | Wayne County | 1,516 |
| 45 | Clay County | 1,505 |
| 45 | Davidson County | 1,505 |
| 47 | Haywood County | 1,489 |
| 48 | Granville County | 1,465 |
| 49 | Harnett County | 1,455 |
| 50 | Perquimans County | 1,440 |
| 51 | Lee County | 1,405 |
| 52 | Cleveland County | 1,404 |
| 53 | Hertford County | 1,401 |
| 53 | Person County | 1,401 |
| 53 | Polk County | 1,401 |
| 53 | Tyrrell County | 1,401 |
| 53 | Washington County | 1,401 |
| 58 | Alexander County | 1,399 |
| 58 | Burke County | 1,399 |
| 58 | Caldwell County | 1,399 |
| 58 | Catawba County | 1,399 |
| 62 | Bladen County | 1,392 |
| 63 | Stanly County | 1,388 |
| 64 | Halifax County | 1,375 |
| 65 | Anson County | 1,362 |
| 66 | Jackson County | 1,360 |
| 67 | Wilkes County | 1,357 |
| 68 | Graham County | 1,356 |
| 68 | Wilson County | 1,356 |
| 70 | Rutherford County | 1,354 |
| 71 | Richmond County | 1,352 |
| 71 | Yancey County | 1,352 |
| 73 | Avery County | 1,346 |
| 74 | Cherokee County | 1,343 |
| 75 | Ashe County | 1,325 |
| 75 | Martin County | 1,325 |
| 75 | Montgomery County | 1,325 |
| 78 | Scotland County | 1,324 |
| 79 | Beaufort County | 1,320 |
| 80 | Caswell County | 1,316 |
| 81 | Pamlico County | 1,309 |
| 82 | Robeson County | 1,292 |
| 82 | Swain County | 1,292 |
| 84 | Hyde County | 1,291 |
| 85 | McDowell County | 1,289 |
| 86 | Bertie County | 1,288 |
| 87 | Lenoir County | 1,273 |
| 88 | Greene County | 1,265 |
| 89 | Vance County | 1,261 |
| 90 | Warren County | 1,260 |
| 91 | Alleghany County | 1,249 |
| 92 | Macon County | 1,236 |
| 92 | Rockingham County | 1,236 |
| 94 | Duplin County | 1,221 |
| 95 | Jones County | 1,219 |
| 96 | Columbus County | 1,206 |
| 96 | Mitchell County | 1,206 |
| 96 | Northampton County | 1,206 |
| 96 | Sampson County | 1,206 |
| 96 | Surry County | 1,206 |