# Counties in California by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2027

All 58 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_2br`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: 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. 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: two 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: two 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-two-bedroom/california-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Santa Cruz County | 4,254 |
| 2 | Marin County | 3,697 |
| 2 | San Francisco County | 3,697 |
| 2 | San Mateo County | 3,697 |
| 5 | Napa County | 3,375 |
| 6 | Santa Clara County | 3,272 |
| 7 | Santa Barbara County | 3,106 |
| 8 | Orange County | 3,057 |
| 9 | San Benito County | 3,004 |
| 10 | Los Angeles County | 2,964 |
| 11 | San Diego County | 2,823 |
| 12 | Sonoma County | 2,819 |
| 13 | Alameda County | 2,805 |
| 13 | Contra Costa County | 2,805 |
| 15 | San Luis Obispo County | 2,720 |
| 16 | Ventura County | 2,424 |
| 17 | Monterey County | 2,416 |
| 18 | Solano County | 2,342 |
| 19 | El Dorado County | 2,201 |
| 19 | Placer County | 2,201 |
| 19 | Sacramento County | 2,201 |
| 22 | Yolo County | 2,135 |
| 23 | Riverside County | 2,103 |
| 23 | San Bernardino County | 2,103 |
| 25 | San Joaquin County | 2,015 |
| 26 | Mono County | 1,927 |
| 27 | Nevada County | 1,885 |
| 28 | Stanislaus County | 1,803 |
| 29 | Amador County | 1,765 |
| 30 | Fresno County | 1,685 |
| 31 | Mendocino County | 1,683 |
| 32 | Kern County | 1,656 |
| 33 | Lake County | 1,616 |
| 34 | Tuolumne County | 1,603 |
| 35 | Sutter County | 1,600 |
| 35 | Yuba County | 1,600 |
| 37 | Shasta County | 1,581 |
| 38 | Humboldt County | 1,554 |
| 39 | Calaveras County | 1,533 |
| 40 | Alpine County | 1,526 |
| 40 | Sierra County | 1,526 |
| 42 | Merced County | 1,517 |
| 43 | Kings County | 1,512 |
| 44 | Butte County | 1,509 |
| 45 | Mariposa County | 1,486 |
| 46 | Inyo County | 1,465 |
| 47 | Madera County | 1,460 |
| 48 | Tulare County | 1,450 |
| 49 | Plumas County | 1,422 |
| 50 | Del Norte County | 1,406 |
| 51 | Glenn County | 1,361 |
| 51 | Tehama County | 1,361 |
| 53 | Imperial County | 1,347 |
| 54 | Colusa County | 1,344 |
| 55 | Siskiyou County | 1,254 |
| 56 | Lassen County | 1,248 |
| 57 | Trinity County | 1,153 |
| 58 | Modoc County | 1,084 |