Average Rent in North Carolina (2027) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in North Carolina is $1,441 per month by HUD's FY 2027 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $1,012 to $1,866 across 83 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, North Carolina's typical two-bedroom FMR moved +3.5% versus FY 2026).
All 83 North Carolina FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 28 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 | Studio | 1 BR | 2 BR | 3 BR | 4 BR | 2 BR vs FY 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asheville, NC MSA Metro 3 countiesBuncombe County · Henderson County · Madison County | $1,482 | $1,714 | $1,866 | $2,223 | $3,109 | +1.7% |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 4 countiesCabarrus County · Gaston County · Mecklenburg County · Union County | $1,574 | $1,640 | $1,785 | $2,179 | $2,773 | +5.9% |
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 3 countiesChatham County · Durham County · Orange County | $1,498 | $1,554 | $1,745 | $2,161 | $2,486 | +2.0% |
| Wilmington, NC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,187 | $1,566 | $1,705 | $2,238 | $2,241 | +2.8% |
Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA Metro 3 countiesFranklin County · Johnston County · Wake County | $1,489 | $1,552 | $1,689 | $2,103 | $2,823 | -3.5% |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,470 | $1,488 | $1,667 | $2,298 | $2,710 | -2.7% |
| Gates County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,468 | $1,489 | $1,665 | $2,291 | $2,708 | -2.6% |
| Brunswick County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,388 | $1,446 | $1,574 | $2,062 | $2,407 | +10.4% |
| Dare County, NC Non-metro | $1,194 | $1,387 | $1,510 | $1,918 | $2,001 | +5.6% |
| Fayetteville, NC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,302 | $1,334 | $1,476 | $1,937 | $2,380 | +18.0% |
| Iredell County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,260 | $1,313 | $1,429 | $1,897 | $2,389 | +6.6% |
| Transylvania County, NC Non-metro | $1,111 | $1,118 | $1,386 | $1,781 | $2,097 | +1.7% |
| Camden County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,203 | $1,220 | $1,364 | $1,889 | $2,280 | +6.0% |
| Burlington, NC MSA Metro | $1,076 | $1,238 | $1,348 | $1,658 | $2,088 | 0.0% |
Winston-Salem, NC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 4 countiesDavie County · Forsyth County · Stokes County · Yadkin County | $1,079 | $1,224 | $1,332 | $1,754 | $2,135 | +8.1% |
| Chowan County, NC Non-metro | $1,011 | $1,017 | $1,331 | $1,586 | $1,749 | +9.1% |
| Jacksonville, NC MSA Metro | $1,067 | $1,073 | $1,319 | $1,826 | $2,205 | +12.4% |
| Watauga County, NC Non-metro | $916 | $1,124 | $1,311 | $1,737 | $2,191 | +11.4% |
| Carteret County, NC Non-metro | $970 | $976 | $1,277 | $1,607 | $2,132 | +6.6% |
Greensboro-High Point, NC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 2 countiesGuilford County · Randolph County | $1,121 | $1,168 | $1,271 | $1,644 | $1,932 | -4.4% |
| Rowan County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $992 | $1,012 | $1,262 | $1,604 | $2,109 | +5.5% |
| Goldsboro, NC MSA Metro | $958 | $964 | $1,261 | $1,516 | $2,001 | +1.4% |
| Haywood County, NC Non-metro | $1,008 | $1,113 | $1,250 | $1,489 | $2,089 | +1.6% |
| Craven County, NC Non-metro | $946 | $952 | $1,246 | $1,644 | $1,985 | +5.2% |
| Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC MSA Metro | $1,042 | $1,116 | $1,223 | $1,701 | $2,051 | -9.9% |
| Pasquotank County, NC Non-metro | $957 | $963 | $1,220 | $1,689 | $1,988 | +0.3% |
| Granville County, NC Non-metro | $1,036 | $1,114 | $1,213 | $1,465 | $1,835 | +1.1% |
| Pender County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $915 | $1,101 | $1,199 | $1,660 | $2,004 | +2.8% |
| Lee County, NC Non-metro | $906 | $912 | $1,179 | $1,405 | $1,805 | +3.8% |
| Greenville, NC MSA Metro | $961 | $967 | $1,167 | $1,518 | $1,909 | +6.6% |
Rocky Mount, NC MSA Metro 2 countiesEdgecombe County · Nash County | $967 | $972 | $1,167 | $1,567 | $1,787 | +2.1% |
| Hoke County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $898 | $903 | $1,150 | $1,592 | $1,922 | +15.2% |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC MSA Metro 4 countiesAlexander County · Burke County · Caldwell County · Catawba County | $961 | $965 | $1,147 | $1,399 | $1,707 | +4.7% |
| Anson County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $889 | $895 | $1,143 | $1,362 | $1,718 | +0.4% |
| Lincoln County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,003 | $1,045 | $1,138 | $1,576 | $1,902 | +8.0% |
| Pamlico County, NC Non-metro | $872 | $878 | $1,088 | $1,309 | $1,646 | +1.0% |
| Clay County, NC Non-metro | $928 | $999 | $1,087 | $1,505 | $1,644 | +4.6% |
| Davidson County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $959 | $999 | $1,087 | $1,505 | $1,817 | +13.2% |
| Bertie County, NC Non-metro | $821 | $826 | $1,081 | $1,288 | $1,432 | +3.5% |
| Wilson County, NC Non-metro | $843 | $849 | $1,069 | $1,356 | $1,658 | +4.3% |
| Harnett County, NC Non-metro | $891 | $896 | $1,051 | $1,455 | $1,757 | +7.2% |
| Yancey County, NC Non-metro | $797 | $803 | $1,050 | $1,352 | $1,380 | +12.3% |
| Alleghany County, NC Non-metro | $796 | $801 | $1,048 | $1,249 | $1,585 | +7.2% |
| Perquimans County, NC Non-metro | $790 | $795 | $1,040 | $1,440 | $1,539 | +4.1% |
| Jackson County, NC Non-metro | $916 | $954 | $1,039 | $1,360 | $1,366 | +7.8% |
| Duplin County, NC Non-metro | $778 | $784 | $1,025 | $1,221 | $1,418 | +4.6% |
| Macon County, NC Non-metro | $707 | $851 | $1,015 | $1,236 | $1,335 | +2.8% |
| Cleveland County, NC Non-metro | $854 | $859 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,424 | +9.6% |
| Ashe County, NC Non-metro | $769 | $774 | $1,012 | $1,325 | $1,330 | +9.4% |
| Avery County, NC Non-metro | $769 | $774 | $1,012 | $1,346 | $1,531 | +0.7% |
| Beaufort County, NC Non-metro | $795 | $800 | $1,012 | $1,320 | $1,552 | +9.4% |
| Bladen County, NC Non-metro | $769 | $774 | $1,012 | $1,392 | $1,397 | +9.4% |
| Caswell County, NC Non-metro | $771 | $776 | $1,012 | $1,316 | $1,531 | +9.4% |
| Cherokee County, NC Non-metro | $705 | $817 | $1,012 | $1,343 | $1,585 | +8.2% |
| Columbus County, NC Non-metro | $858 | $863 | $1,012 | $1,206 | $1,330 | +9.4% |
| Graham County, NC Non-metro | $864 | $915 | $1,012 | $1,356 | $1,531 | +9.4% |
| Greene County, NC Non-metro | $864 | $899 | $1,012 | $1,265 | $1,531 | +9.4% |
| Halifax County, NC Non-metro | $782 | $787 | $1,012 | $1,375 | $1,583 | +9.4% |
| Hertford County, NC Non-metro | $705 | $774 | $1,012 | $1,401 | $1,402 | +9.4% |
| Hyde County, NC Non-metro | $811 | $817 | $1,012 | $1,291 | $1,531 | +7.7% |
| Jones County, NC Non-metro | $811 | $817 | $1,012 | $1,219 | $1,692 | +9.4% |
| Lenoir County, NC Non-metro | $783 | $788 | $1,012 | $1,273 | $1,508 | +9.4% |
| Martin County, NC Non-metro | $769 | $774 | $1,012 | $1,325 | $1,330 | +9.4% |
| McDowell County, NC Non-metro | $864 | $910 | $1,012 | $1,289 | $1,330 | +9.4% |
| Mitchell County, NC Non-metro | $769 | $774 | $1,012 | $1,206 | $1,330 | +9.4% |
| Montgomery County, NC Non-metro | $825 | $830 | $1,012 | $1,325 | $1,675 | +9.4% |
| Northampton County, NC Non-metro | $811 | $817 | $1,012 | $1,206 | $1,346 | +4.1% |
| Person County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $800 | $805 | $1,012 | $1,401 | $1,460 | +6.8% |
| Polk County, NC Non-metro | $757 | $885 | $1,012 | $1,401 | $1,692 | +3.0% |
| Richmond County, NC Non-metro | $757 | $786 | $1,012 | $1,352 | $1,531 | +9.4% |
| Robeson County, NC Non-metro | $807 | $813 | $1,012 | $1,292 | $1,515 | +9.4% |
| Rockingham County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $705 | $774 | $1,012 | $1,236 | $1,554 | -2.7% |
| Rutherford County, NC Non-metro | $861 | $866 | $1,012 | $1,354 | $1,374 | +9.4% |
| Sampson County, NC Non-metro | $761 | $842 | $1,012 | $1,206 | $1,398 | +9.4% |
| Scotland County, NC Non-metro | $769 | $774 | $1,012 | $1,324 | $1,330 | +9.4% |
| Stanly County, NC Non-metro | $769 | $774 | $1,012 | $1,388 | $1,447 | +9.4% |
| Surry County, NC Non-metro | $769 | $774 | $1,012 | $1,206 | $1,370 | +9.4% |
| Swain County, NC Non-metro | $892 | $906 | $1,012 | $1,292 | $1,531 | +9.4% |
| Tyrrell County, NC Non-metro | $811 | $817 | $1,012 | $1,401 | $1,531 | +9.4% |
| Vance County, NC Non-metro | $769 | $774 | $1,012 | $1,261 | $1,333 | +3.8% |
| Warren County, NC Non-metro | $769 | $774 | $1,012 | $1,260 | $1,378 | +9.4% |
| Washington County, NC Non-metro | $811 | $817 | $1,012 | $1,401 | $1,691 | +9.4% |
| Wilkes County, NC Non-metro | $864 | $875 | $1,012 | $1,357 | $1,554 | +9.4% |
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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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