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Average Rent in Alabama (2027) — HUD Fair Market Rents

HUD data · effective Oct 1, 2026 Alabama landlord-tenant laws →

The average two-bedroom rent in Alabama is $1,170 per month by HUD's FY 2027 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $921 to $1,434 across 55 rent areas.

Fair Market Rent is HUD's annual estimate of what a modest rental costs in each local market — the 40th percentile of gross rents (rent plus tenant-paid utilities) for recent movers, published for studio through four-bedroom units and used to set Section 8 / Housing Choice Voucher payment standards. FMRs are a federal benchmark, not an asking-rent average: use them to sanity-check your pricing (statewide, Alabama's typical two-bedroom FMR moved +8.3% versus FY 2026).

All 55 Alabama FMR areas

Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 19 metro areas; the rest are non-metro county areas. "vs FY 2026" is the two-bedroom change from last year's FMR for the same area.

Area Studio1 BR2 BR3 BR4 BR 2 BR vs FY 2026
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL MSA Metro $1,180$1,317$1,434$1,855$2,347 +6.6%
Birmingham-Hoover, AL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
5 counties Bibb County · Blount County · Jefferson County · Shelby County · St. Clair County
$1,177$1,263$1,375$1,727$1,941 +8.6%
Huntsville, AL MSA Metro
2 counties Limestone County · Madison County
$1,119$1,177$1,341$1,735$2,241 +2.4%
Auburn-Opelika, AL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $891$1,167$1,277$1,548$1,794 +8.1%
Columbus, GA-AL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $1,026$1,053$1,212$1,611$1,876 +11.4%
Tuscaloosa, AL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
2 counties Hale County · Tuscaloosa County
$970$975$1,165$1,470$1,531 -0.3%
Greene County, AL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $883$889$1,163$1,386$1,528 +2.0%
Montgomery, AL MSA Metro
4 counties Autauga County · Elmore County · Lowndes County · Montgomery County
$986$1,003$1,150$1,476$1,708 +13.2%
Mobile, AL MSA Metro $938$981$1,139$1,474$1,565 +5.2%
Coffee County, AL Non-metro $834$839$1,098$1,520$1,598 +17.7%
Chambers County, AL Non-metro $760$967$1,091$1,401$1,434 +8.9%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL MSA Metro
2 counties Colbert County · Lauderdale County
$760$834$1,085$1,348$1,426 +8.5%
Pike County, AL Non-metro $801$806$1,055$1,257$1,490 +15.7%
Chilton County, AL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $788$793$1,038$1,309$1,641 +7.0%
Cullman County, AL Non-metro $785$790$1,034$1,356$1,581 +17.6%
Decatur, AL MSA Metro
2 counties Lawrence County · Morgan County
$830$835$1,023$1,315$1,686 +6.5%
Anniston-Oxford, AL MSA Metro $796$801$1,010$1,337$1,341 +5.0%
Cleburne County, AL Non-metro $785$804$1,004$1,245$1,320 +15.8%
Tallapoosa County, AL Non-metro $755$760$994$1,214$1,587 +16.0%
Cherokee County, AL Non-metro $749$754$986$1,175$1,464 +16.8%
Macon County, AL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $698$750$981$1,223$1,479 -1.4%
Talladega County, AL Non-metro $764$799$977$1,281$1,286 +20.0%
Gadsden, AL MSA Metro $679$830$975$1,235$1,397 +5.2%
Dothan, AL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
2 counties Geneva County · Houston County
$763$768$966$1,291$1,415 +1.7%
Butler County, AL Non-metro $728$733$959$1,143$1,369 +14.6%
Walker County, AL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $684$776$949$1,314$1,586 +7.1%
Dallas County, AL Non-metro $718$722$945$1,301$1,306 +13.0%
Marshall County, AL Non-metro $702$707$925$1,281$1,285 +19.2%
Randolph County, AL Non-metro $722$748$923$1,100$1,245 +18.6%
Barbour County, AL Non-metro $720$846$921$1,255$1,284 +18.7%
Bullock County, AL Non-metro $720$846$921$1,097$1,368 +18.7%
Choctaw County, AL Non-metro $720$737$921$1,211$1,368 +18.4%
Clarke County, AL Non-metro $699$704$921$1,204$1,476 +16.4%
Clay County, AL Non-metro $699$704$921$1,275$1,368 +18.7%
Conecuh County, AL Non-metro $720$737$921$1,275$1,368 +18.7%
Coosa County, AL Non-metro $720$737$921$1,275$1,368 +18.7%
Covington County, AL Non-metro $714$719$921$1,181$1,539 +18.7%
Crenshaw County, AL Non-metro $699$704$921$1,097$1,210 +18.7%
Dale County, AL Non-metro $665$844$921$1,275$1,539 +18.7%
DeKalb County, AL Non-metro $699$704$921$1,154$1,539 +18.7%
Escambia County, AL Non-metro $720$753$921$1,129$1,518 +18.7%
Fayette County, AL Non-metro $720$802$921$1,275$1,368 +18.7%
Franklin County, AL Non-metro $748$846$921$1,196$1,210 +18.7%
Henry County, AL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $699$704$921$1,105$1,284 +4.9%
Jackson County, AL Non-metro $720$728$921$1,236$1,453 +18.7%
Lamar County, AL Non-metro $706$741$921$1,206$1,210 +18.7%
Marengo County, AL Non-metro $812$819$921$1,219$1,280 +17.6%
Marion County, AL Non-metro $641$738$921$1,275$1,539 +18.7%
Monroe County, AL Non-metro $700$704$921$1,275$1,496 +18.7%
Perry County, AL Non-metro $720$737$921$1,097$1,368 +14.7%
Pickens County, AL HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $699$704$921$1,133$1,430 +18.7%
Sumter County, AL Non-metro $720$788$921$1,275$1,368 +11.4%
Washington County, AL Non-metro $699$737$921$1,211$1,539 -6.3%
Wilcox County, AL Non-metro $720$846$921$1,275$1,368 +9.3%
Winston County, AL Non-metro $720$802$921$1,275$1,407 +18.7%

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About this data

Source: HUD FY 2027 Fair Market Rents, county-level file, published at huduser.gov — a U.S. government work in the public domain, republished here unmodified. The typical-rent figure is the population-weighted average across the areas above (county populations from HUD's file); year-over-year comparisons match each area with last year's file by HUD area code. Effective October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027; last regenerated from HUD's file on 2026-09-01. FMRs cap what a housing authority can pay under the voucher program; your local Public Housing Authority's payment standard may be set between 90% and 110% of FMR. Full method notes: how the rent figures are computed.

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