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

All 100 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/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Buncombe County | 1,866 |
| 1 | Henderson County | 1,866 |
| 1 | Madison County | 1,866 |
| 4 | Cabarrus County | 1,785 |
| 4 | Gaston County | 1,785 |
| 4 | Mecklenburg County | 1,785 |
| 4 | Union County | 1,785 |
| 8 | Chatham County | 1,745 |
| 8 | Durham County | 1,745 |
| 8 | Orange County | 1,745 |
| 11 | New Hanover County | 1,705 |
| 12 | Franklin County | 1,689 |
| 12 | Johnston County | 1,689 |
| 12 | Wake County | 1,689 |
| 15 | Currituck County | 1,667 |
| 16 | Gates County | 1,665 |
| 17 | Brunswick County | 1,574 |
| 18 | Dare County | 1,510 |
| 19 | Cumberland County | 1,476 |
| 20 | Iredell County | 1,429 |
| 21 | Transylvania County | 1,386 |
| 22 | Camden County | 1,364 |
| 23 | Alamance County | 1,348 |
| 24 | Davie County | 1,332 |
| 24 | Forsyth County | 1,332 |
| 24 | Stokes County | 1,332 |
| 24 | Yadkin County | 1,332 |
| 28 | Chowan County | 1,331 |
| 29 | Onslow County | 1,319 |
| 30 | Watauga County | 1,311 |
| 31 | Carteret County | 1,277 |
| 32 | Guilford County | 1,271 |
| 32 | Randolph County | 1,271 |
| 34 | Rowan County | 1,262 |
| 35 | Wayne County | 1,261 |
| 36 | Haywood County | 1,250 |
| 37 | Craven County | 1,246 |
| 38 | Moore County | 1,223 |
| 39 | Pasquotank County | 1,220 |
| 40 | Granville County | 1,213 |
| 41 | Pender County | 1,199 |
| 42 | Lee County | 1,179 |
| 43 | Edgecombe County | 1,167 |
| 43 | Nash County | 1,167 |
| 43 | Pitt County | 1,167 |
| 46 | Hoke County | 1,150 |
| 47 | Alexander County | 1,147 |
| 47 | Burke County | 1,147 |
| 47 | Caldwell County | 1,147 |
| 47 | Catawba County | 1,147 |
| 51 | Anson County | 1,143 |
| 52 | Lincoln County | 1,138 |
| 53 | Pamlico County | 1,088 |
| 54 | Clay County | 1,087 |
| 54 | Davidson County | 1,087 |
| 56 | Bertie County | 1,081 |
| 57 | Wilson County | 1,069 |
| 58 | Harnett County | 1,051 |
| 59 | Yancey County | 1,050 |
| 60 | Alleghany County | 1,048 |
| 61 | Perquimans County | 1,040 |
| 62 | Jackson County | 1,039 |
| 63 | Duplin County | 1,025 |
| 64 | Macon County | 1,015 |
| 65 | Cleveland County | 1,014 |
| 66 | Ashe County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Avery County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Beaufort County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Bladen County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Caswell County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Cherokee County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Columbus County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Graham County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Greene County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Halifax County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Hertford County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Hyde County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Jones County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Lenoir County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Martin County | 1,012 |
| 66 | McDowell County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Mitchell County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Montgomery County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Northampton County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Person County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Polk County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Richmond County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Robeson County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Rockingham County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Rutherford County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Sampson County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Scotland County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Stanly County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Surry County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Swain County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Tyrrell County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Vance County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Warren County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Washington County | 1,012 |
| 66 | Wilkes County | 1,012 |