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HUD Fair Market Rent · FY 2026

Fair Market Rent in Alabama by county (FY 2026)

Alabama has 67 counties, and HUD sets a Fair Market Rent for every one of them. For FY 2026 the median two-bedroom is $879. The highest is Baldwin County at $1,345, the lowest Winston County at $776.

Median 2BR

$879

Highest 2BR

$1,345

Baldwin County

Lowest 2BR

$776

Winston County

Counties

67

31 in metro areas

Alabama's two-bedroom fair market rent lands at $879 a month statewide, but that's just the median across 67 counties. Baldwin County tops the list at $1,345, coastal demand pushing it well above anywhere else in the state. Winston County sits at the other end at $776, a gap of almost $600 if you're comparing the two. Alabama groups a lot of counties under shared metro rates. Five counties, Bibb, Blount, Jefferson, Shelby, and St. Clair, all use the Birmingham-Hoover number. Inside that same metro, Jefferson County's ZIP-level Small Area FMRs actually range from $1,020 to $1,900, so if you're renting out a place there, the flat county figure hides a lot of neighborhood-to-neighborhood swing you'd miss otherwise.

31 of the 67 counties sit inside a HUD metro area and share that metro's rate. The other 36 get a county rate built from their own rents. The Alabama median of $879 is about 14% below the national median county ($1,018). HUD also publishes ZIP-level Small Area FMRs covering 67 of the 67 counties, which is where the real variation shows up. Pick a county below for the full studio-to-four-bedroom table, payment standard ranges and ZIP rates.

The median two-bedroom moved up 3% from FY 2025. 47 counties went up, 20 went down, and the rest held.

HUD has already published FY 2027, effective October 1, 2026. Two-bedroom rates go up in 63 counties, down in 4, and hold in the rest. The table shows both years.

Fair Market Rent by county

County
Area
Studio
1 BR
2 BR
3 BR
4 BR
YoYFY 2027 2BR
Population
Baldwin CountyMetro$1,094$1,200$1,345$1,692$2,171+8.1%$1,434233,420
Limestone CountyMetro$1,030$1,136$1,310$1,690$2,109+5.0%$1,341104,199
Madison CountyMetro$1,030$1,136$1,310$1,690$2,109+5.0%$1,341389,781
Bibb CountyMetro$1,024$1,155$1,266$1,583$1,801-0.1%$1,37522,251
Blount CountyMetro$1,024$1,155$1,266$1,583$1,801-0.1%$1,37559,077
Jefferson CountyMetro$1,024$1,155$1,266$1,583$1,801-0.1%$1,375672,265
St. Clair CountyMetro$1,024$1,155$1,266$1,583$1,801-0.1%$1,37591,719
Shelby CountyMetro$1,024$1,155$1,266$1,583$1,801-0.1%$1,375223,916
Lee CountyMetro$847$1,077$1,181$1,494$1,699+1.1%$1,277175,126
Hale CountyMetro$966$972$1,169$1,490$1,548+2.7%$1,16514,742
Tuscaloosa CountyMetro$966$972$1,169$1,490$1,548+2.7%$1,165231,558
Greene CountyMetro$863$869$1,140$1,367$1,509+6.1%$1,1637,706
Russell CountyMetro$895$939$1,088$1,445$1,703-1.8%$1,21258,849
Mobile CountyMetro$854$919$1,083$1,414$1,445-1.0%$1,139413,878
Autauga CountyMetro$860$870$1,016$1,304$1,537-3.7%$1,15058,761
Elmore CountyMetro$860$870$1,016$1,304$1,537-3.7%$1,15087,694
Lowndes CountyMetro$860$870$1,016$1,304$1,537-3.7%$1,15010,153
Montgomery CountyMetro$860$870$1,016$1,304$1,537-3.7%$1,150228,132
Chambers CountyRural$691$770$1,002$1,265$1,327+0.5%$1,09134,612
Colbert CountyMetro$698$775$1,000$1,242$1,409+2.7%$1,08557,270
Lauderdale CountyMetro$698$775$1,000$1,242$1,409+2.7%$1,08594,329
Macon CountyMetro$720$758$995$1,222$1,501+22.8%$98119,198
Washington CountyRural$729$818$983$1,292$1,314-10.0%$92115,434
Chilton CountyMetro$734$739$970$1,274$1,448+10.1%$1,03845,140
Calhoun CountyMetro$753$757$962$1,300$1,361+2.2%$1,010116,162
Lawrence CountyMetro$755$776$961$1,262$1,550+4.1%$1,02333,116
Morgan CountyMetro$755$776$961$1,262$1,550+4.1%$1,023123,102
Geneva CountyMetro$757$762$950$1,288$1,428+6.0%$96626,647
Houston CountyMetro$757$762$950$1,288$1,428+6.0%$966107,040
Coffee CountyRural$693$711$933$1,298$1,383+8.9%$1,09853,559
Etowah CountyMetro$639$792$927$1,124$1,304-1.6%$975103,348
Pike CountyRural$677$695$912$1,093$1,208-8.1%$1,05532,997
Walker CountyMetro$644$724$886$1,232$1,481+14.8%$94964,978
Cullman CountyRural$666$670$879$1,137$1,381-2.5%$1,03488,284
Henry CountyMetro$665$669$878$1,078$1,217+12.1%$92117,282
Cleburne CountyRural$644$687$867$1,082$1,148+4.7%$1,00415,144
Tallapoosa CountyRural$637$663$857$1,030$1,216+3.1%$99441,251
Cherokee CountyRural$627$682$844$1,012$1,259+4.8%$98625,069
Wilcox CountyRural$632$656$843$1,079$1,261-9.9%$92110,441
Butler CountyRural$622$638$837$1,004$1,139+3.5%$95918,981
Dallas CountyRural$620$637$836$1,103$1,107+1.8%$94538,326
Sumter CountyRural$619$642$827$1,107$1,193-9.9%$92112,196
Talladega CountyRural$561$682$814$1,107$1,112-0.5%$97781,105
Perry CountyRural$596$636$803$963$1,198+3.2%$9218,479
Clarke CountyRural$588$603$791$1,034$1,261+2.5%$92123,058
Marengo CountyRural$582$693$783$1,018$1,187+1.4%$92119,180
Choctaw CountyRural$578$616$778$1,024$1,179+0.8%$92112,669
Randolph CountyRural$536$634$778$980$1,126+0.8%$92322,179
Barbour CountyRural$576$693$776$1,017$1,068+0.5%$92124,877
Bullock CountyRural$576$708$776$930$1,302+0.5%$92110,328
Clay CountyRural$576$591$776$1,024$1,027+0.5%$92114,209
Conecuh CountyRural$576$615$776$1,079$1,157+0.5%$92111,576
Coosa CountyRural$576$615$776$1,079$1,157-2.0%$92110,329
Covington CountyRural$576$591$776$999$1,302+0.5%$92137,542
Crenshaw CountyRural$588$591$776$930$1,027+0.5%$92113,205
Dale CountyRural$603$690$776$1,079$1,302+0.5%$92149,455
DeKalb CountyRural$576$591$776$992$1,302+0.5%$92171,680
Escambia CountyRural$576$675$776$972$1,203+0.5%$92136,755
Fayette CountyRural$576$671$776$1,079$1,157+0.5%$92116,297
Franklin CountyRural$576$704$776$976$1,071+0.5%$92132,011
Jackson CountyRural$576$643$776$1,004$1,234+0.5%$92152,618
Lamar CountyRural$618$636$776$1,024$1,040+0.5%$92113,885
Marion CountyRural$535$591$776$1,039$1,302+0.5%$92129,203
Marshall CountyRural$588$591$776$1,069$1,073-0.5%$92597,923
Monroe CountyRural$576$619$776$1,079$1,254+0.5%$92119,816
Pickens CountyMetro$588$591$776$994$1,290+0.5%$92118,925
Winston CountyRural$576$631$776$1,070$1,150+0.5%$92123,655

67 counties. HUD publishes studio through 4 bedroom rates. Tap a county for payment standards, ZIP-level rates and income needed.

Questions people ask

It depends on the county. For FY 2026 the median two-bedroom FMR across Alabama's 67 counties is $879, ranging from $776 in Winston County to $1,345 in Baldwin County. Every county's full table is linked on this page.

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