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The largest 2-bedroom voucher premium in North Carolina is +$1,077 in Madison County.
HUD FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent and Census median gross rent for each county.
| 5 | Madison County | $1,835 | $758 | $125 | B25031 | +$1,077 | ||
| 43 | Gates County | $1,709 | $905 | $667 | B25031 | +$804 | ||
| 49 | Johnston County | $1,750 | $970 | $54 | B25031 | +$780 | $1,350 | $1,910 |
| 55 | Currituck County | $1,713 | $953 | $292 | B25031 | +$760 | $1,460 | $1,800 |
| 68 | Franklin County | $1,750 | $1,023 | $75 | B25031 | +$727 | $1,350 | $1,390 |
| 85 | Henderson County | $1,835 | $1,144 | $69 | B25031 | +$691 | ||
| 142 | Chatham County | $1,711 | $1,128 | $92 | B25031 | +$583 | $1,330 | $1,330 |
| 153 | Gaston County | $1,686 | $1,115 | $29 | B25031 | +$571 | $930 | $1,500 |
| 181 | Chowan County | $1,220 | $681 | $40 | B25064 | +$539 | ||
| 223 | Transylvania County | $1,363 | $867 | $94 | B25031 | +$496 | ||
| 240 | Stokes County | $1,232 | $746 | $78 | B25031 | +$486 | $930 | $1,310 |
| 249 | Union County | $1,686 | $1,205 | $64 | B25031 | +$481 | $1,200 | $2,220 |
| 255 | Randolph County | $1,330 | $856 | $37 | B25031 | +$474 | $1,040 | $1,330 |
| 279 | Yadkin County | $1,232 | $772 | $63 | B25031 | +$460 | $930 | $990 |
| 344 | Buncombe County | $1,835 | $1,412 | $72 | B25031 | +$423 | ||
| 362 | Davie County | $1,232 | $819 | $67 | B25031 | +$413 | $1,060 | $1,200 |
| 403 | Edgecombe County | $1,143 | $747 | $101 | B25031 | +$396 | ||
| 450 | Anson County | $1,138 | $759 | $183 | B25031 | +$379 | $1,200 | $1,230 |
| 492 | Caldwell County | $1,095 | $731 | $24 | B25031 | +$364 | ||
| 503 | Cabarrus County | $1,686 | $1,328 | $66 | B25031 | +$358 | $1,250 | $2,530 |
| 556 | Graham County | $925 | $586 | $135 | B25031 | +$339 | ||
| 600 | Alamance County | $1,348 | $1,023 | $50 | B25031 | +$325 | $1,240 | $1,470 |
| 601 | Alexander County | $1,095 | $770 | $35 | B25031 | +$325 | ||
| 670 | Wayne County | $1,244 | $936 | $40 | B25031 | +$308 | $1,350 | $1,350 |
| 703 | Tyrrell County | $925 | $624 | $72 | B25031 | +$301 | ||
| 757 | Pamlico County | $1,077 | $789 | $180 | B25031 | +$288 | ||
| 786 | Northampton County | $972 | $691 | $120 | B25031 | +$281 | ||
| 905 | New Hanover County | $1,659 | $1,400 | $38 | B25031 | +$259 | ||
| 1038 | Pasquotank County | $1,216 | $978 | $121 | B25031 | +$238 | ||
| 1039 | Pender County | $1,166 | $928 | $49 | B25031 | +$238 | ||
| 1042 | Wilkes County | $925 | $687 | $25 | B25031 | +$238 | ||
| 1083 | Moore County | $1,358 | $1,125 | $155 | B25031 | +$233 | $1,330 | $1,330 |
| 1106 | Rockingham County | $1,040 | $809 | $40 | B25031 | +$231 | $930 | $1,080 |
| 1122 | Perquimans County | $999 | $770 | $226 | B25031 | +$229 | ||
| 1129 | Nash County | $1,143 | $915 | $38 | B25031 | +$228 | $1,350 | $1,350 |
| 1141 | Avery County | $1,005 | $779 | $94 | B25031 | +$226 | ||
| 1156 | Washington County | $925 | $700 | $46 | B25031 | +$225 | ||
| 1158 | Burke County | $1,095 | $871 | $70 | B25031 | +$224 | ||
| 1216 | Halifax County | $925 | $708 | $105 | B25031 | +$217 | $1,350 | $1,350 |
| 1242 | Iredell County | $1,340 | $1,126 | $51 | B25031 | +$214 | $1,010 | $1,110 |
| 1260 | Bladen County | $925 | $714 | $88 | B25031 | +$211 | ||
| 1261 | Clay County | $1,039 | $828 | $318 | B25031 | +$211 | ||
| 1293 | Guilford County | $1,330 | $1,122 | $20 | B25031 | +$208 | $1,110 | $2,000 |
| 1317 | Bertie County | $1,044 | $839 | $115 | B25031 | +$205 | ||
| 1323 | Rowan County | $1,196 | $991 | $46 | B25031 | +$205 | $1,160 | $1,240 |
| 1329 | Jones County | $925 | $721 | $32 | B25031 | +$204 | ||
| 1352 | Swain County | $925 | $723 | $33 | B25031 | +$202 | ||
| 1354 | Dare County | $1,430 | $1,229 | $95 | B25031 | +$201 | ||
| 1380 | Caswell County | $925 | $727 | $27 | B25031 | +$198 | ||
| 1397 | Durham County | $1,711 | $1,514 | $45 | B25031 | +$197 | $1,750 | $1,900 |
| 1409 | Orange County | $1,711 | $1,515 | $55 | B25031 | +$196 | ||
| 1426 | Martin County | $925 | $731 | $124 | B25031 | +$194 | ||
| 1456 | Warren County | $925 | $734 | $150 | B25031 | +$191 | $1,350 | $1,350 |
| 1510 | Granville County | $1,200 | $1,015 | $60 | B25031 | +$185 | $1,400 | $1,400 |
| 1518 | Richmond County | $925 | $740 | $61 | B25031 | +$185 | ||
| 1542 | Montgomery County | $925 | $743 | $72 | B25031 | +$182 | $960 | $960 |
| 1566 | Forsyth County | $1,232 | $1,054 | $27 | B25031 | +$178 | $1,050 | $1,770 |
| 1601 | Macon County | $987 | $812 | $71 | B25031 | +$175 | ||
| 1628 | Catawba County | $1,095 | $923 | $50 | B25031 | +$172 | ||
| 1640 | Lincoln County | $1,054 | $883 | $54 | B25031 | +$171 | $960 | $1,280 |
| 1660 | Robeson County | $925 | $755 | $36 | B25031 | +$170 | ||
| 1677 | Craven County | $1,184 | $1,016 | $59 | B25031 | +$168 | ||
| 1720 | Surry County | $925 | $760 | $30 | B25031 | +$165 | $930 | $940 |
| 1755 | Brunswick County | $1,426 | $1,265 | $124 | B25031 | +$161 | ||
| 1804 | Camden County | $1,287 | $1,130 | $134 | B25031 | +$157 | ||
| 1871 | Davidson County | $960 | $808 | $28 | B25031 | +$152 | $960 | $1,050 |
| 1880 | Rutherford County | $925 | $773 | $17 | B25031 | +$152 | ||
| 1884 | Greene County | $925 | $774 | $80 | B25031 | +$151 | ||
| 1897 | Alleghany County | $978 | $828 | $121 | B25031 | +$150 | ||
| 1905 | Haywood County | $1,230 | $1,080 | $71 | B25031 | +$150 | ||
| 1911 | Wake County | $1,750 | $1,600 | $20 | B25031 | +$150 | $1,350 | $2,240 |
| 1943 | Scotland County | $925 | $778 | $28 | B25031 | +$147 | ||
| 1997 | McDowell County | $925 | $782 | $68 | B25031 | +$143 | ||
| 2140 | Beaufort County | $925 | $794 | $39 | B25031 | +$131 | ||
| 2141 | Cherokee County | $935 | $804 | $202 | B25031 | +$131 | ||
| 2142 | Columbus County | $925 | $794 | $43 | B25031 | +$131 | ||
| 2149 | Mitchell County | $925 | $794 | $65 | B25031 | +$131 | ||
| 2159 | Carteret County | $1,198 | $1,068 | $53 | B25031 | +$130 | ||
| 2177 | Hertford County | $925 | $797 | $52 | B25031 | +$128 | ||
| 2178 | Hoke County | $998 | $870 | $62 | B25031 | +$128 | ||
| 2198 | Person County | $948 | $822 | $111 | B25031 | +$126 | ||
| 2232 | Wilson County | $1,025 | $901 | $41 | B25031 | +$124 | ||
| 2246 | Vance County | $975 | $852 | $38 | B25031 | +$123 | $1,350 | $1,350 |
| 2272 | Lee County | $1,136 | $1,016 | $64 | B25031 | +$120 | ||
| 2302 | Ashe County | $925 | $808 | $96 | B25031 | +$117 | ||
| 2366 | Cumberland County | $1,251 | $1,140 | $20 | B25031 | +$111 | ||
| 2384 | Duplin County | $980 | $870 | $52 | B25031 | +$110 | ||
| 2573 | Onslow County | $1,173 | $1,082 | $50 | B25031 | +$91 | ||
| 2641 | Pitt County | $1,095 | $1,011 | $37 | B25031 | +$84 | ||
| 2646 | Jackson County | $964 | $881 | $61 | B25031 | +$83 | ||
| 2662 | Stanly County | $925 | $843 | $24 | B25031 | +$82 | $950 | $970 |
| 2719 | Lenoir County | $925 | $851 | $45 | B25031 | +$74 | ||
| 2733 | Harnett County | $980 | $909 | $54 | B25031 | +$71 | $1,350 | $1,350 |
| 2754 | Sampson County | $925 | $857 | $66 | B25031 | +$68 | $1,350 | $1,350 |
| 2775 | Mecklenburg County | $1,686 | $1,621 | $20 | B25031 | +$65 | $1,470 | $2,530 |
| 2780 | Cleveland County | $925 | $861 | $62 | B25031 | +$64 | $970 | $970 |
| 2989 | Yancey County | $935 | $915 | $63 | B25031 | +$20 | ||
| 3014 | Watauga County | $1,177 | $1,169 | $94 | B25031 | +$8 | ||
| 3124 | Hyde County | $940 | $1,188 | $771 | B25031 | -$248 | ||
| 3129 | Polk County | $983 | $1,240 | $333 | B25031 | -$257 |
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.
Madison County at +$1,077. The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent is $1,835. The Census median gross rent is $758 (margin of error $125), from B25031.