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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 2023, at $1,206. Winston County had the lowest, at $740. The median was $790. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,206Baldwin County
Lowest740Winston County
Median79067 counties

Map of counties, 2023

Autauga County: 977 USDBaldwin County: 1,206 USDBarbour County: 740 USDBibb County: 1,075 USDBlount County: 1,075 USDBullock County: 820 USDButler County: 761 USDCalhoun County: 802 USDChambers County: 911 USDCherokee County: 759 USDChilton County: 755 USDChoctaw County: 740 USDClarke County: 740 USDClay County: 740 USDCleburne County: 741 USDCoffee County: 803 USDColbert County: 811 USDConecuh County: 740 USDCoosa County: 766 USDCovington County: 740 USDCrenshaw County: 740 USDCullman County: 815 USDDale County: 740 USDDallas County: 790 USDDeKalb County: 740 USDElmore County: 977 USDEscambia County: 740 USDEtowah County: 769 USDFayette County: 740 USDFranklin County: 740 USDGeneva County: 761 USDGreene County: 794 USDHale County: 1,018 USDHenry County: 740 USDHouston County: 761 USDJackson County: 740 USDJefferson County: 1,075 USDLamar County: 740 USDLauderdale County: 811 USDLawrence County: 795 USDLee County: 992 USDLimestone County: 1,029 USDLowndes County: 977 USDMacon County: 772 USDMadison County: 1,029 USDMarengo County: 740 USDMarion County: 740 USDMarshall County: 740 USDMobile County: 986 USDMonroe County: 740 USDMontgomery County: 977 USDMorgan County: 795 USDPerry County: 799 USDPickens County: 740 USDPike County: 890 USDRandolph County: 740 USDRussell County: 945 USDSt. Clair County: 1,075 USDShelby County: 1,075 USDSumter County: 897 USDTalladega County: 754 USDTallapoosa County: 790 USDTuscaloosa County: 1,018 USDWalker County: 740 USDWashington County: 883 USDWilcox County: 892 USDWinston County: 740 USD
  • Under 790
  • 790 to 820
  • 820 to 990
  • 990 and over
USD, 2023. 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, 2023

Baldwin County: 1,206 USDBaldwin County1,206Bibb County: 1,075 USDBibb County1,075Blount County: 1,075 USDBlount County1,075Jefferson County: 1,075 USDJefferson County1,075Shelby County: 1,075 USDShelby County1,075St. Clair County: 1,075 USDSt. Clair County1,075Limestone County: 1,029 USDLimestone County1,029Madison County: 1,029 USDMadison County1,029Hale County: 1,018 USDHale County1,018Tuscaloosa County: 1,018 USDTuscaloosa County1,018Lee County: 992 USDLee County992Mobile County: 986 USDMobile County986Autauga County: 977 USDAutauga County977Elmore County: 977 USDElmore County977Lowndes County: 977 USDLowndes County977Montgomery County: 977 USDMontgomery County977Russell County: 945 USDRussell County945Chambers County: 911 USDChambers County911Sumter County: 897 USDSumter County897Wilcox County: 892 USDWilcox County892Pike County: 890 USDPike County890Washington County: 883 USDWashington County883Bullock County: 820 USDBullock County820Cullman County: 815 USDCullman County815Colbert County: 811 USDColbert County811Lauderdale County: 811 USDLauderdale County811Coffee County: 803 USDCoffee County803Calhoun County: 802 USDCalhoun County802Perry County: 799 USDPerry County799Lawrence County: 795 USDLawrence County795Morgan County: 795 USDMorgan County795Greene County: 794 USDGreene County794Dallas County: 790 USDDallas County790Tallapoosa County: 790 USDTallapoosa County790Macon County: 772 USDMacon County772Etowah County: 769 USDEtowah County769Coosa County: 766 USDCoosa County766Butler County: 761 USDButler County761Geneva County: 761 USDGeneva County761Houston County: 761 USDHouston County761Baldwin County: 1,206 USDBaldwin County1,206Bibb County: 1,075 USDBibb County1,075Blount County: 1,075 USDBlount County1,075Jefferson County: 1,075 USDJefferson County1,075Shelby County: 1,075 USDShelby County1,075St. Clair County: 1,075 USDSt. Clair County1,075Limestone County: 1,029 USDLimestone County1,029Madison County: 1,029 USDMadison County1,029Hale County: 1,018 USDHale County1,018Tuscaloosa County: 1,018 USDTuscaloosa County1,018Lee County: 992 USDLee County992Mobile County: 986 USDMobile County986Autauga County: 977 USDAutauga County977Elmore County: 977 USDElmore County977Lowndes County: 977 USDLowndes County977Montgomery County: 977 USDMontgomery County977Russell County: 945 USDRussell County945Chambers County: 911 USDChambers County911Sumter County: 897 USDSumter County897Wilcox County: 892 USDWilcox County892Pike County: 890 USDPike County890Washington County: 883 USDWashington County883Bullock County: 820 USDBullock County820Cullman County: 815 USDCullman County815Colbert County: 811 USDColbert County811Lauderdale County: 811 USDLauderdale County811Coffee County: 803 USDCoffee County803Calhoun County: 802 USDCalhoun County802Perry County: 799 USDPerry County799Lawrence County: 795 USDLawrence County795Morgan County: 795 USDMorgan County795Greene County: 794 USDGreene County794Dallas County: 790 USDDallas County790Tallapoosa County: 790 USDTallapoosa County790Macon County: 772 USDMacon County772Etowah County: 769 USDEtowah County769Coosa County: 766 USDCoosa County766Butler County: 761 USDButler County761Geneva County: 761 USDGeneva County761Houston County: 761 USDHouston County761
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023
USD		Change on 2022
1Baldwin County1,206+18.6%
2Bibb County1,075+14%
2Blount County1,075+14%
2Jefferson County1,075+14%
2Shelby County1,075+14%
2St. Clair County1,075+14%
7Limestone County1,029+14.7%
7Madison County1,029+14.7%
9Hale County1,018+9.8%
9Tuscaloosa County1,018+9.8%
11Lee County992+7.4%
12Mobile County986+14.5%
13Autauga County977+6.9%
13Elmore County977+6.9%
13Lowndes County977+6.9%
13Montgomery County977+6.9%
17Russell County945+14.3%
18Chambers County911+5.8%
19Sumter County897+5.8%
20Wilcox County892+16.9%
21Pike County890+5.6%
22Washington County883+25.2%
23Bullock County820+4.7%
24Cullman County815+9.1%
25Colbert County811+8%
25Lauderdale County811+8%
27Coffee County803+10.5%
28Calhoun County802+7.8%
29Perry County799+11.3%
30Lawrence County795+10.4%
30Morgan County795+10.4%
32Greene County794+12.6%
33Dallas County790+7%
33Tallapoosa County790+10.2%
35Macon County772+6.3%
36Etowah County769+8.3%
37Coosa County766+4.6%
38Butler County761+7.9%
38Geneva County761+7.9%
38Houston County761+7.9%
41Cherokee County759+7.7%
42Chilton County755+7.1%
43Talladega County754+2.9%
44Cleburne County741+5.1%
45Barbour County740+5%
45Choctaw County740+5%
45Clarke County740+5%
45Clay County740+5%
45Conecuh County740+5%
45Covington County740+5%
45Crenshaw County740+5%
45Dale County740+5%
45DeKalb County740+5%
45Escambia County740+5%
45Fayette County740+5%
45Franklin County740+5%
45Henry County740+5%
45Jackson County740+5%
45Lamar County740+5%
45Marengo County740+5%
45Marion County740+5%
45Marshall County740+3.5%
45Monroe County740+5%
45Pickens County740+5%
45Randolph County740+5%
45Walker County740+5%
45Winston County740+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/fmr2023/FY23_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2023). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Alabama by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2023/FY23_FMRs_revised.xlsx

MLA 9

HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Alabama by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2023. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 15 Mar. 2023, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2023/FY23_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/alabama-counties?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2023. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Alabama by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2023/FY23_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/alabama-counties?period=2023.

Harvard

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2023) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Alabama by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2023/FY23_FMRs_revised.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/alabama-counties?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  year = {2023},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

Baldwin County, with $1,206 in 2023, 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 $740 in 2023.

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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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