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Section 8 rent versus market rent in Alabama

The largest 2-bedroom voucher premium in Alabama is +$708 in Greene County.

HUD FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent and Census median gross rent for each county.

Largest premium
+$708
Greene County
2-bedroom FMR
$1,140
FY2026
Census rent
$432
B25064
Counties
67
Alabama

Counties in Alabama

77Greene County$1,140$432$146B25064+$708
182Bibb County$1,266$728$108B25031+$538$1,020$1,070
200Blount County$1,266$751$40B25031+$515$1,020$1,220
205Lowndes County$1,016$507$39B25031+$509$900$900
305Limestone County$1,310$864$43B25031+$446
323Hale County$1,169$735$44B25031+$434
427Choctaw County$778$390$165B25031+$388
472Washington County$983$611$398B25031+$372$960$960
527St. Clair County$1,266$919$159B25031+$347$1,020$1,520
915Macon County$995$739$65B25031+$256
964Wilcox County$843$593$133B25031+$250
990Lamar County$776$530$42B25031+$246
1068Pickens County$776$541$229B25031+$235
1101Geneva County$950$719$243B25031+$231
1167Lawrence County$961$738$60B25031+$223
1355Franklin County$776$575$130B25031+$201
1428Monroe County$776$582$19B25031+$194
1544Russell County$1,088$906$46B25031+$182
1688Chilton County$970$803$74B25031+$167$940$1,140
1705Fayette County$776$610$113B25031+$166
1731Marion County$776$612$72B25031+$164
1780Winston County$776$616$132B25031+$160
1796Colbert County$1,000$842$40B25031+$158
1834Calhoun County$962$807$33B25031+$155
1888Madison County$1,310$1,159$32B25031+$151
1925Walker County$886$737$58B25031+$149$1,020$1,020
1992Crenshaw County$776$633$116B25031+$143$900$900
2046Perry County$803$664$199B25031+$139
2051Clay County$776$638$222B25031+$138
2063Chambers County$1,002$865$92B25031+$137
2074Tuscaloosa County$1,169$1,032$32B25031+$137$1,170$1,240
2143Coosa County$776$645$212B25031+$131$900$900
2148Lee County$1,181$1,050$52B25031+$131
2157Bullock County$776$646$118B25031+$130$900$900
2171Dallas County$836$707$66B25031+$129$900$1,230
2206DeKalb County$776$651$30B25031+$125
2252Lauderdale County$1,000$878$25B25031+$122
2280Baldwin County$1,345$1,226$66B25031+$119
2294Covington County$776$658$50B25031+$118
2297Morgan County$961$843$25B25031+$118
2371Jefferson County$1,266$1,155$19B25031+$111$1,020$1,900
2385Etowah County$927$817$58B25031+$110$1,020$1,110
2397Sumter County$827$718$319B25031+$109
2404Clarke County$791$683$116B25031+$108
2484Butler County$837$736$76B25031+$101
2511Tallapoosa County$857$759$35B25031+$98$900$900
2558Cleburne County$867$775$34B25031+$92
2581Houston County$950$860$18B25031+$90
2634Conecuh County$776$692$273B25031+$84
2675Barbour County$776$697$55B25031+$79
2749Mobile County$1,083$1,014$31B25031+$69$900$1,480
2838Jackson County$776$720$107B25031+$56
2895Randolph County$778$733$88B25031+$45
2900Henry County$878$835$76B25031+$43
2916Marshall County$776$735$25B25031+$41$1,020$1,020
2923Cherokee County$844$806$72B25031+$38
2948Talladega County$814$782$37B25031+$32
2954Coffee County$933$903$84B25031+$30
2959Cullman County$879$850$91B25031+$29$1,020$1,020
2968Marengo County$783$757$109B25031+$26
2971Pike County$912$886$106B25031+$26
2983Dale County$776$755$60B25031+$21
3000Escambia County$776$762$41B25031+$14
3036Elmore County$1,016$1,023$71B25031-$7$900$1,080
3051Montgomery County$1,016$1,030$43B25031-$14$900$1,520
3091Shelby County$1,266$1,344$49B25031-$78$1,020$1,820
3110Autauga County$1,016$1,168$200B25031-$152$900$1,240

Method

The voucher premium is the FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent minus the Census median gross rent for the same county. The Census rent is ACS 2024 5-year table B25031, 2-bedroom median (column B25031004), when that estimate is published and positive. Otherwise it is ACS table B25064, median gross rent. The margin of error on the premium is the ACS margin of error on that rent, because the Fair Market Rent is a HUD schedule. Other bedroom rows use B25031 when that bedroom median is published. When a county file has town Fair Market Rents and no single county schedule, the county rent is the population-weighted mean of the town rents, rounded half up. The Small Area FMR range is the low and high ZIP Small Area FMR inside the county. Rank is the premium, then the county name. A county is left out when both the 2-bedroom B25031 median and the B25064 median are missing or not positive.

Source: HUD FY2026 Fair Market Rents and Small Area FMRs, effective 2025-10-01, retrieved 2026-10-09, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr.html, and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024 5-year tables B25031 and B25064, as of 2024-07-01 (data years 2020-2024), retrieved 2026-10-09, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25031.

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest 2-bedroom voucher premium in Alabama?

Greene County at +$708. The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent is $1,140. The Census median gross rent is $432 (margin of error $146), from B25064.