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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 2017, at $977. Winston County had the lowest, at $621. The median was $652. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest977Baldwin County
Lowest621Winston County
Median65267 counties

Map of counties, 2017

Autauga County: 822 USDBaldwin County: 977 USDBarbour County: 671 USDBibb County: 866 USDBlount County: 866 USDBullock County: 621 USDButler County: 621 USDCalhoun County: 630 USDChambers County: 751 USDCherokee County: 621 USDChilton County: 621 USDChoctaw County: 685 USDClarke County: 621 USDClay County: 621 USDCleburne County: 662 USDCoffee County: 661 USDColbert County: 673 USDConecuh County: 621 USDCoosa County: 683 USDCovington County: 621 USDCrenshaw County: 621 USDCullman County: 652 USDDale County: 635 USDDallas County: 621 USDDeKalb County: 797 USDElmore County: 822 USDEscambia County: 621 USDEtowah County: 716 USDFayette County: 621 USDFranklin County: 621 USDGeneva County: 656 USDGreene County: 621 USDHale County: 782 USDHenry County: 621 USDHouston County: 656 USDJackson County: 644 USDJefferson County: 866 USDLamar County: 621 USDLauderdale County: 673 USDLawrence County: 640 USDLee County: 798 USDLimestone County: 746 USDLowndes County: 822 USDMacon County: 621 USDMadison County: 746 USDMarengo County: 621 USDMarion County: 621 USDMarshall County: 621 USDMobile County: 892 USDMonroe County: 621 USDMontgomery County: 822 USDMorgan County: 640 USDPerry County: 621 USDPickens County: 621 USDPike County: 654 USDRandolph County: 662 USDRussell County: 777 USDSt. Clair County: 866 USDShelby County: 866 USDSumter County: 736 USDTalladega County: 675 USDTallapoosa County: 621 USDTuscaloosa County: 782 USDWalker County: 641 USDWashington County: 621 USDWilcox County: 621 USDWinston County: 621 USD
  • Under 650
  • 650 to 680
  • 680 to 800
  • 800 and over
USD, 2017. 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, 2017

Baldwin County: 977 USDBaldwin County977Mobile County: 892 USDMobile County892Bibb County: 866 USDBibb County866Blount County: 866 USDBlount County866Jefferson County: 866 USDJefferson County866Shelby County: 866 USDShelby County866St. Clair County: 866 USDSt. Clair County866Autauga County: 822 USDAutauga County822Elmore County: 822 USDElmore County822Lowndes County: 822 USDLowndes County822Montgomery County: 822 USDMontgomery County822Lee County: 798 USDLee County798DeKalb County: 797 USDDeKalb County797Hale County: 782 USDHale County782Tuscaloosa County: 782 USDTuscaloosa County782Russell County: 777 USDRussell County777Chambers County: 751 USDChambers County751Limestone County: 746 USDLimestone County746Madison County: 746 USDMadison County746Sumter County: 736 USDSumter County736Etowah County: 716 USDEtowah County716Choctaw County: 685 USDChoctaw County685Coosa County: 683 USDCoosa County683Talladega County: 675 USDTalladega County675Colbert County: 673 USDColbert County673Lauderdale County: 673 USDLauderdale County673Barbour County: 671 USDBarbour County671Cleburne County: 662 USDCleburne County662Randolph County: 662 USDRandolph County662Coffee County: 661 USDCoffee County661Geneva County: 656 USDGeneva County656Houston County: 656 USDHouston County656Pike County: 654 USDPike County654Cullman County: 652 USDCullman County652Jackson County: 644 USDJackson County644Walker County: 641 USDWalker County641Lawrence County: 640 USDLawrence County640Morgan County: 640 USDMorgan County640Dale County: 635 USDDale County635Calhoun County: 630 USDCalhoun County630Baldwin County: 977 USDBaldwin County977Mobile County: 892 USDMobile County892Bibb County: 866 USDBibb County866Blount County: 866 USDBlount County866Jefferson County: 866 USDJefferson County866Shelby County: 866 USDShelby County866St. Clair County: 866 USDSt. Clair County866Autauga County: 822 USDAutauga County822Elmore County: 822 USDElmore County822Lowndes County: 822 USDLowndes County822Montgomery County: 822 USDMontgomery County822Lee County: 798 USDLee County798DeKalb County: 797 USDDeKalb County797Hale County: 782 USDHale County782Tuscaloosa County: 782 USDTuscaloosa County782Russell County: 777 USDRussell County777Chambers County: 751 USDChambers County751Limestone County: 746 USDLimestone County746Madison County: 746 USDMadison County746Sumter County: 736 USDSumter County736Etowah County: 716 USDEtowah County716Choctaw County: 685 USDChoctaw County685Coosa County: 683 USDCoosa County683Talladega County: 675 USDTalladega County675Colbert County: 673 USDColbert County673Lauderdale County: 673 USDLauderdale County673Barbour County: 671 USDBarbour County671Cleburne County: 662 USDCleburne County662Randolph County: 662 USDRandolph County662Coffee County: 661 USDCoffee County661Geneva County: 656 USDGeneva County656Houston County: 656 USDHouston County656Pike County: 654 USDPike County654Cullman County: 652 USDCullman County652Jackson County: 644 USDJackson County644Walker County: 641 USDWalker County641Lawrence County: 640 USDLawrence County640Morgan County: 640 USDMorgan County640Dale County: 635 USDDale County635Calhoun County: 630 USDCalhoun County630
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2017
USD		Change on 2016
1Baldwin County977+11.9%
2Mobile County892+13.2%
3Bibb County866+3.1%
3Blount County866+3.1%
3Jefferson County866+3.1%
3Shelby County866+3.1%
3St. Clair County866+3.1%
8Autauga County822+4.3%
8Elmore County822+4.3%
8Lowndes County822+4.3%
8Montgomery County822+4.3%
12Lee County798+6.7%
13DeKalb County797+33.9%
14Hale County782-2.7%
14Tuscaloosa County782-2.7%
16Russell County7770%
17Chambers County751+12.6%
18Limestone County746+2.6%
18Madison County746+2.6%
20Sumter County736+7.3%
21Etowah County716+12.6%
22Choctaw County685+3.6%
23Coosa County683+18%
24Talladega County675+18.6%
25Colbert County673+8.7%
25Lauderdale County673+8.7%
27Barbour County671+5.5%
28Cleburne County662+4.6%
28Randolph County662+16.3%
30Coffee County661+13.2%
31Geneva County656+1.4%
31Houston County656+1.4%
33Pike County654+12%
34Cullman County652+7.9%
35Jackson County644+12.8%
36Walker County641+2.6%
37Lawrence County640+1.3%
37Morgan County640+1.3%
39Dale County635+9.5%
40Calhoun County630-1.1%
41Bullock County621+9.1%
41Butler County621+9.1%
41Cherokee County621+9.1%
41Chilton County621+9.1%
41Clarke County621+9.1%
41Clay County621+9.1%
41Conecuh County621+9.1%
41Covington County621+9.1%
41Crenshaw County621+9.1%
41Dallas County621+9.1%
41Escambia County621+9.1%
41Fayette County621+9.1%
41Franklin County621+9.1%
41Greene County621+9.1%
41Henry County621+7.1%
41Lamar County621+9.1%
41Macon County621+9.1%
41Marengo County621+9.1%
41Marion County621+9.1%
41Marshall County621+7.3%
41Monroe County621+9.1%
41Perry County621+9.1%
41Pickens County621+9.1%
41Tallapoosa County621+9.1%
41Washington County621-2.2%
41Wilcox County621+9.1%
41Winston County621+9.1%

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/fmr2017/FY2017-4050-County-Level_Data.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2017). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Alabama by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2017/FY2017-4050-County-Level_Data.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), 2017. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 29 Mar. 2017, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2017/FY2017-4050-County-Level_Data.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/alabama-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2017. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Alabama by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2017/FY2017-4050-County-Level_Data.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/alabama-counties?period=2017.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2017) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Alabama by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2017/FY2017-4050-County-Level_Data.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/alabama-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  year = {2017},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/alabama-counties?period=2017. 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/fmr2017/FY2017-4050-County-Level\_Data.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

Baldwin County, with $977 in 2017, 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 $621 in 2017.

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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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