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Section 8 Fair Market Rents in North Carolina (FY2026)

Official FY2026 HUD Fair Market Rents for all 83 FMR areas in North Carolina28 metro areas and 55 county-level areas. The median 2-bedroom FMR statewide is $998. Click any area for payment-standard ranges, covered counties, and comparable markets.

FMR areaStudio1 BR2 BR3 BR4 BR
Alleghany County$740$745$978$1,173$1,470
Anson County$785$867$1,138$1,364$1,654
Ashe County$700$705$925$1,220$1,225
Asheville$1,436$1,674$1,835$2,231$3,078
Avery County$761$766$1,005$1,205$1,510
Beaufort County$732$737$925$1,220$1,552
Bertie County$790$796$1,044$1,252$1,449
Bladen County$700$705$925$1,258$1,298
Brunswick County$1,242$1,301$1,426$1,983$2,392
Burlington$992$1,230$1,348$1,670$1,972
Camden County$1,121$1,139$1,287$1,790$2,159
Carteret County$907$913$1,198$1,541$1,966
Caswell County$743$748$925$1,270$1,390
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia (NC-SC)$1,469$1,538$1,686$2,076$2,637
Cherokee County$645$713$935$1,290$1,497
Chowan County$924$930$1,220$1,463$1,615
Clay County$878$948$1,039$1,429$1,561
Cleveland County$758$763$925$1,286$1,322
Columbus County$718$722$925$1,109$1,225
Craven County$897$902$1,184$1,591$1,988
Dare County$1,120$1,305$1,430$1,821$1,893
Davidson County$816$876$960$1,316$1,591
Duplin County$742$747$980$1,175$1,377
Durham-Chapel Hill$1,417$1,507$1,711$2,117$2,527
Fayetteville$1,090$1,113$1,251$1,667$2,068
Gates County$1,489$1,513$1,709$2,364$2,794
Goldsboro$942$948$1,244$1,496$2,021
Graham County$782$844$925$1,199$1,390
Granville County$1,026$1,084$1,200$1,571$1,700
Greene County$782$823$925$1,189$1,390
Greensboro-High Point$1,159$1,213$1,330$1,703$1,960
Greenville$891$896$1,095$1,465$1,837
Halifax County$638$742$925$1,190$1,367
Harnett County$805$810$980$1,363$1,644
Haywood County$1,039$1,122$1,230$1,475$1,844
Hertford County$638$705$925$1,210$1,225
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton$858$908$1,095$1,372$1,660
Hoke County$756$761$998$1,388$1,674
Hyde County$751$756$940$1,204$1,413
Iredell County$1,167$1,222$1,340$1,809$2,248
Jackson County$840$879$964$1,272$1,276
Jacksonville$929$935$1,173$1,631$1,968
Jones County$748$752$925$1,179$1,552
Lee County$874$880$1,136$1,362$1,715
Lenoir County$727$732$925$1,241$1,441
Lincoln County$917$953$1,054$1,461$1,728
Macon County$681$830$987$1,183$1,325
Martin County$700$705$925$1,220$1,225
McDowell County$782$790$925$1,180$1,225
Mitchell County$700$705$925$1,134$1,225
Montgomery County$789$794$925$1,252$1,552
Northampton County$736$741$972$1,165$1,344
Pamlico County$861$866$1,077$1,291$1,618
Pasquotank County$921$927$1,216$1,640$1,899
Pender County$1,016$1,064$1,166$1,622$1,956
Perquimans County$799$804$999$1,382$1,387
Person County$739$744$948$1,318$1,377
Pinehurst-Southern Pines$1,157$1,239$1,358$1,889$2,278
Polk County$824$829$983$1,351$1,649
Raleigh-Cary$1,524$1,596$1,750$2,196$2,936
Richmond County$714$814$925$1,286$1,406
Robeson County$744$748$925$1,187$1,389
Rockingham County$717$793$1,040$1,286$1,463
Rocky Mount$913$918$1,143$1,550$1,812
Rowan County$952$958$1,196$1,573$2,006
Rutherford County$801$806$925$1,275$1,332
Sampson County$663$806$925$1,109$1,302
Scotland County$750$755$925$1,244$1,249
Stanly County$638$705$925$1,281$1,466
Surry County$700$705$925$1,109$1,406
Swain County$806$813$925$1,264$1,390
Transylvania County$1,032$1,039$1,363$1,634$2,048
Tyrrell County$739$744$925$1,286$1,390
Vance County$738$743$975$1,197$1,318
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News (VA-NC)$1,492$1,512$1,713$2,376$2,797
Warren County$700$705$925$1,172$1,239
Washington County$739$744$925$1,197$1,391
Watauga County$822$988$1,177$1,504$1,974
Wilkes County$782$793$925$1,233$1,538
Wilmington$1,144$1,513$1,659$2,178$2,319
Wilson County$789$794$1,025$1,307$1,541
Winston-Salem$995$1,082$1,232$1,607$1,898
Yancey County$708$713$935$1,233$1,238

Source: HUD User — FY 2026 Fair Market Rents. FY2026 FMRs are effective October 1, 2025. Retrieved 2026-06-11.

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