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

Aleutians West Census Area had the highest fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly) of 27 counties in 2017, at $1,691. Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area had the lowest, at $789. The median was $1,223. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,691Aleutians West Census Area
Lowest789Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Median1,22327 counties

Map of counties, 2017

Aleutians East Borough: 1,077 USDAleutians West Census Area: 1,691 USDAnchorage Municipality: 1,293 USDBethel Census Area: 1,464 USDBristol Bay Borough: 1,244 USDDenali Borough: 1,579 USDDillingham Census Area: 1,192 USDFairbanks North Star Borough: 1,267 USDHaines Borough: 1,007 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area: 861 USDJuneau City and Borough: 1,466 USDKenai Peninsula Borough: 1,113 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough: 1,317 USDKodiak Island Borough: 1,096 USDLake and Peninsula Borough: 910 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough: 1,041 USDNome Census Area: 1,582 USDNorth Slope Borough: 1,231 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough: 1,262 USDPetersburg Borough: 1,060 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 1,062 USDSitka City and Borough: 1,278 USDSkagway Municipality: 1,414 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area: 1,223 USDWrangell City and Borough: 1,010 USDYakutat City and Borough: 1,182 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 789 USD
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USD, 2017. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2017

Aleutians West Census Area: 1,691 USDAleutians West Census Area1,691Nome Census Area: 1,582 USDNome Census Area1,582Denali Borough: 1,579 USDDenali Borough1,579Juneau City and Borough: 1,466 USDJuneau City and Borough1,466Bethel Census Area: 1,464 USDBethel Census Area1,464Skagway Municipality: 1,414 USDSkagway Municipality1,414Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 1,317 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough1,317Anchorage Municipality: 1,293 USDAnchorage Municipality1,293Sitka City and Borough: 1,278 USDSitka City and Borough1,278Fairbanks North Star Borough: 1,267 USDFairbanks North Star Borough1,267Northwest Arctic Borough: 1,262 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough1,262Bristol Bay Borough: 1,244 USDBristol Bay Borough1,244North Slope Borough: 1,231 USDNorth Slope Borough1,231Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 1,223 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area1,223Dillingham Census Area: 1,192 USDDillingham Census Area1,192Yakutat City and Borough: 1,182 USDYakutat City and Borough1,182Kenai Peninsula Borough: 1,113 USDKenai Peninsula Borough1,113Kodiak Island Borough: 1,096 USDKodiak Island Borough1,096Aleutians East Borough: 1,077 USDAleutians East Borough1,077Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 1,062 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area1,062Petersburg Borough: 1,060 USDPetersburg Borough1,060Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 1,041 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough1,041Wrangell City and Borough: 1,010 USDWrangell City and Borough1,010Haines Borough: 1,007 USDHaines Borough1,007Lake and Peninsula Borough: 910 USDLake and Peninsula Borough910Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 861 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area861Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 789 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area789Aleutians West Census Area: 1,691 USDAleutians West Census Area1,691Nome Census Area: 1,582 USDNome Census Area1,582Denali Borough: 1,579 USDDenali Borough1,579Juneau City and Borough: 1,466 USDJuneau City and Borough1,466Bethel Census Area: 1,464 USDBethel Census Area1,464Skagway Municipality: 1,414 USDSkagway Municipality1,414Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 1,317 USDKetchikan Gateway Borough1,317Anchorage Municipality: 1,293 USDAnchorage Municipality1,293Sitka City and Borough: 1,278 USDSitka City and Borough1,278Fairbanks North Star Borough: 1,267 USDFairbanks North Star Borough1,267Northwest Arctic Borough: 1,262 USDNorthwest Arctic Borough1,262Bristol Bay Borough: 1,244 USDBristol Bay Borough1,244North Slope Borough: 1,231 USDNorth Slope Borough1,231Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 1,223 USDSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area1,223Dillingham Census Area: 1,192 USDDillingham Census Area1,192Yakutat City and Borough: 1,182 USDYakutat City and Borough1,182Kenai Peninsula Borough: 1,113 USDKenai Peninsula Borough1,113Kodiak Island Borough: 1,096 USDKodiak Island Borough1,096Aleutians East Borough: 1,077 USDAleutians East Borough1,077Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 1,062 USDPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area1,062Petersburg Borough: 1,060 USDPetersburg Borough1,060Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 1,041 USDMatanuska-Susitna Borough1,041Wrangell City and Borough: 1,010 USDWrangell City and Borough1,010Haines Borough: 1,007 USDHaines Borough1,007Lake and Peninsula Borough: 910 USDLake and Peninsula Borough910Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 861 USDHoonah-Angoon Census Area861Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 789 USDYukon-Koyukuk Census Area789
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
1Aleutians West Census Area1,691+12.5%
2Nome Census Area1,582+15%
3Denali Borough1,579+44.9%
4Juneau City and Borough1,466+11.7%
5Bethel Census Area1,464+6.9%
6Skagway Municipality1,414+13.1%
7Ketchikan Gateway Borough1,317+10.4%
8Anchorage Municipality1,293+0.1%
9Sitka City and Borough1,278+6.2%
10Fairbanks North Star Borough1,267+3%
11Northwest Arctic Borough1,262+8.2%
12Bristol Bay Borough1,244+4.2%
13North Slope Borough1,231+39.1%
14Southeast Fairbanks Census Area1,223+4.4%
15Dillingham Census Area1,192+9.2%
16Yakutat City and Borough1,182+18.7%
17Kenai Peninsula Borough1,113+11.7%
18Kodiak Island Borough1,096+14.4%
19Aleutians East Borough1,077+17.6%
20Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area1,062+14.1%
21Petersburg Borough1,060+3.1%
22Matanuska-Susitna Borough1,041+2.9%
23Wrangell City and Borough1,010+18%
24Haines Borough1,007+12.5%
25Lake and Peninsula Borough910+7.6%
26Hoonah-Angoon Census Area861+9.5%
27Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area789+1.7%

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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. 3 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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 Alaska 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 Alaska 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/alaska-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 Alaska 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/alaska-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 Alaska 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/alaska-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

Aleutians West Census Area, with $1,691 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)?

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, with $789 in 2017.

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. 3 counties have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.

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