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Counties in Alabama by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly)

Baldwin County had the highest fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly) of 67 counties in 2016, at $873. Winston County had the lowest, at $569. The median was $595. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest873Baldwin County
Lowest569Winston County
Median59567 counties

Map of counties, 2016

Autauga County: 788 USDBaldwin County: 873 USDBarbour County: 636 USDBibb County: 840 USDBlount County: 840 USDBullock County: 569 USDButler County: 569 USDCalhoun County: 637 USDChambers County: 667 USDCherokee County: 569 USDChilton County: 569 USDChoctaw County: 661 USDClarke County: 569 USDClay County: 569 USDCleburne County: 633 USDCoffee County: 584 USDColbert County: 619 USDConecuh County: 569 USDCoosa County: 579 USDCovington County: 569 USDCrenshaw County: 569 USDCullman County: 604 USDDale County: 580 USDDallas County: 569 USDDeKalb County: 595 USDElmore County: 788 USDEscambia County: 569 USDEtowah County: 636 USDFayette County: 569 USDFranklin County: 569 USDGeneva County: 647 USDGreene County: 569 USDHale County: 804 USDHenry County: 580 USDHouston County: 647 USDJackson County: 571 USDJefferson County: 840 USDLamar County: 569 USDLauderdale County: 619 USDLawrence County: 632 USDLee County: 748 USDLimestone County: 727 USDLowndes County: 788 USDMacon County: 569 USDMadison County: 727 USDMarengo County: 569 USDMarion County: 569 USDMarshall County: 579 USDMobile County: 788 USDMonroe County: 569 USDMontgomery County: 788 USDMorgan County: 632 USDPerry County: 569 USDPickens County: 569 USDPike County: 584 USDRandolph County: 569 USDRussell County: 777 USDSt. Clair County: 840 USDShelby County: 840 USDSumter County: 686 USDTalladega County: 569 USDTallapoosa County: 569 USDTuscaloosa County: 804 USDWalker County: 625 USDWashington County: 635 USDWilcox County: 569 USDWinston County: 569 USD
  • Under 570
  • 570 to 600
  • 600 to 640
  • 640 to 790
  • 790 and over
USD, 2016. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2016

Baldwin County: 873 USDBaldwin County873Bibb County: 840 USDBibb County840Blount County: 840 USDBlount County840Jefferson County: 840 USDJefferson County840Shelby County: 840 USDShelby County840St. Clair County: 840 USDSt. Clair County840Hale County: 804 USDHale County804Tuscaloosa County: 804 USDTuscaloosa County804Autauga County: 788 USDAutauga County788Elmore County: 788 USDElmore County788Lowndes County: 788 USDLowndes County788Mobile County: 788 USDMobile County788Montgomery County: 788 USDMontgomery County788Russell County: 777 USDRussell County777Lee County: 748 USDLee County748Limestone County: 727 USDLimestone County727Madison County: 727 USDMadison County727Sumter County: 686 USDSumter County686Chambers County: 667 USDChambers County667Choctaw County: 661 USDChoctaw County661Geneva County: 647 USDGeneva County647Houston County: 647 USDHouston County647Calhoun County: 637 USDCalhoun County637Barbour County: 636 USDBarbour County636Etowah County: 636 USDEtowah County636Washington County: 635 USDWashington County635Cleburne County: 633 USDCleburne County633Lawrence County: 632 USDLawrence County632Morgan County: 632 USDMorgan County632Walker County: 625 USDWalker County625Colbert County: 619 USDColbert County619Lauderdale County: 619 USDLauderdale County619Cullman County: 604 USDCullman County604DeKalb County: 595 USDDeKalb County595Coffee County: 584 USDCoffee County584Pike County: 584 USDPike County584Dale County: 580 USDDale County580Henry County: 580 USDHenry County580Coosa County: 579 USDCoosa County579Marshall County: 579 USDMarshall County579Baldwin County: 873 USDBaldwin County873Bibb County: 840 USDBibb County840Blount County: 840 USDBlount County840Jefferson County: 840 USDJefferson County840Shelby County: 840 USDShelby County840St. Clair County: 840 USDSt. Clair County840Hale County: 804 USDHale County804Tuscaloosa County: 804 USDTuscaloosa County804Autauga County: 788 USDAutauga County788Elmore County: 788 USDElmore County788Lowndes County: 788 USDLowndes County788Mobile County: 788 USDMobile County788Montgomery County: 788 USDMontgomery County788Russell County: 777 USDRussell County777Lee County: 748 USDLee County748Limestone County: 727 USDLimestone County727Madison County: 727 USDMadison County727Sumter County: 686 USDSumter County686Chambers County: 667 USDChambers County667Choctaw County: 661 USDChoctaw County661Geneva County: 647 USDGeneva County647Houston County: 647 USDHouston County647Calhoun County: 637 USDCalhoun County637Barbour County: 636 USDBarbour County636Etowah County: 636 USDEtowah County636Washington County: 635 USDWashington County635Cleburne County: 633 USDCleburne County633Lawrence County: 632 USDLawrence County632Morgan County: 632 USDMorgan County632Walker County: 625 USDWalker County625Colbert County: 619 USDColbert County619Lauderdale County: 619 USDLauderdale County619Cullman County: 604 USDCullman County604DeKalb County: 595 USDDeKalb County595Coffee County: 584 USDCoffee County584Pike County: 584 USDPike County584Dale County: 580 USDDale County580Henry County: 580 USDHenry County580Coosa County: 579 USDCoosa County579Marshall County: 579 USDMarshall County579
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016
USD		Change on 2015
1Baldwin County873+14.6%
2Bibb County840+8.7%
2Blount County840+8.7%
2Jefferson County840+8.7%
2Shelby County840+8.7%
2St. Clair County840+8.7%
7Hale County804+6.2%
7Tuscaloosa County804+6.2%
9Autauga County7880%
9Elmore County7880%
9Lowndes County7880%
9Mobile County788+1.9%
9Montgomery County7880%
14Russell County777+4.3%
15Lee County748-8%
16Limestone County727+2.3%
16Madison County727+2.3%
18Sumter County686+13%
19Chambers County667-4.2%
20Choctaw County661-6.6%
21Geneva County647+1.9%
21Houston County647+1.9%
23Calhoun County637-5.6%
24Barbour County636-5.1%
24Etowah County636+2.3%
26Washington County635+6%
27Cleburne County633-8.9%
28Lawrence County632-3.5%
28Morgan County632-3.5%
30Walker County625+2.8%
31Colbert County619+1.6%
31Lauderdale County619+1.6%
33Cullman County604-1.1%
34DeKalb County595-15.4%
35Coffee County584-5.2%
35Pike County584-3.5%
37Dale County580-3.3%
37Henry County580-3.2%
39Coosa County579-3.3%
39Marshall County579-3.3%
41Jackson County571-4.7%
42Bullock County569-5%
42Butler County569-5%
42Cherokee County569-5%
42Chilton County569-5%
42Clarke County569-5%
42Clay County569-5%
42Conecuh County569-5%
42Covington County569-5%
42Crenshaw County569-5%
42Dallas County569-5%
42Escambia County569-5%
42Fayette County569-5%
42Franklin County569-5%
42Greene County569-24.8%
42Lamar County569-5%
42Macon County569-5%
42Marengo County569-5%
42Marion County569-5%
42Monroe County569-5%
42Perry County569-5%
42Pickens County569-5%
42Randolph County569-8.1%
42Talladega County569-5.6%
42Tallapoosa County569-5%
42Wilcox County569-5%
42Winston County569-5%

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 two-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. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2016). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Alabama by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx

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HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Alabama by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2016. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 25 July 2016, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/alabama-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2016. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Alabama by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/alabama-counties?period=2016.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2016) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Alabama by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/alabama-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/alabama-counties?period=2016. Publisher attribution: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

Baldwin County, with $873 in 2016, 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, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

Winston County, with $569 in 2016.

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: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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