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Georgia (GA)

STATESAFMR
Found 920 ZIPs

State Median Investment Score

88Below average

095130300
BRRent
0 BR$698 - $2,330Median: $992
1 BR$766 - $2,430Median: $1,053
2 BR$1,000 - $2,640Median: $1,205
3 BR$1,190 - $3,150Median: $1,555
4 BR$1,317 - $3,740Median: $1,760

Market Alignment

Studio
72
0.35-1.79
1 BR
61
0.39-1.88
2 BR
52
0.47-1.51
3 BR
53
53
0.47-1.69
4 BR
62
0.39-1.69
0.701.001.30aligned range

Bedroom curve

Counties

Ranked by Investment Score (vs state median)

1Bibb County
16789.3%
2Richmond County
14664.6%
3Glascock County
12945.9%
4Baker County
12945.9%
5Hancock County
12945.9%
6Wilkinson County
12945.9%
7Wilcox County
12945.9%
8Webster County
12945.9%
9Appling County
12945.9%
10Atkinson County
12945.9%
11Twiggs County
12945.9%
12Turner County
12945.9%
13Terrell County
12945.9%
14Emanuel County
12945.9%
15Calhoun County
12945.9%
16Stewart County
12945.9%
17Jenkins County
12945.9%
18Randolph County
12945.9%
19Dougherty County
12945.9%
20Dooly County
12945.9%
21Muscogee County
12945.6%
22Jefferson County
12945.4%
23Echols County
12844.6%
24Clayton County
12844.5%
25Berrien County
12844.3%
26Laurens County
12743.6%
27Bleckley County
12440.1%
28Burke County
12339.2%
29Sumter County
12238.3%
30Mitchell County
12237.4%
31Lee County
12137.2%
32McDuffie County
12137.1%
33Murray County
12035.2%
34Macon County
11935.0%
35Dodge County
11833.7%
36Grady County
11833.0%
37Houston County
11630.7%
38Floyd County
11529.7%
39Clay County
11529.7%
40Peach County
11429.3%
41Clinch County
11428.6%
42Worth County
11327.8%
43Liberty County
11226.6%
44Schley County
11125.3%
45Chattahoochee County
11024.9%
46Colquitt County
11024.3%
47Pulaski County
11023.8%
48Baldwin County
11023.8%
49Bacon County
10822.4%
50Columbia County
10721.2%
51Telfair County
10721.0%
52Decatur County
10620.2%
53Quitman County
10619.8%
54Marion County
10619.7%
55Charlton County
10619.5%
56Talbot County
10518.8%
57Crisp County
10417.7%
58Crawford County
10317.0%
59Miller County
10215.2%
60Lanier County
10114.4%
61Thomas County
10013.1%
62Early County
10013.0%
63Chattooga County
10012.9%
64Brooks County
10012.7%
65Henry County
10012.7%
66Taylor County
9911.6%
67Polk County
9911.6%
68Coffee County
9911.5%
69Douglas County
9911.4%
70Meriwether County
9811.2%
71Spalding County
9810.8%
72Rockdale County
9810.4%
73Lowndes County
9810.4%
74Montgomery County
979.6%
75Johnson County
979.2%
76Screven County
935.3%
77Ben Hill County
935.2%
78Tift County
924.4%
79Effingham County
924.0%
80Toombs County
913.3%
81Wilkes County
913.3%
82Chatham County
913.1%
83Evans County
912.8%
84Ware County
912.6%
85Long County
902.0%
86Jones County
890.3%
87Cobb County
880.6%
88Newton County
881.0%
89Paulding County
871.5%
90Coweta County
863.0%
91Troup County
863.3%
92Fayette County
853.6%
93Harris County
853.6%
94Bulloch County
853.6%
95Bryan County
853.8%
96Treutlen County
844.6%
97Cook County
845.1%
98Brantley County
835.6%
99Bartow County
835.8%
100Barrow County
827.3%
101Gordon County
818.4%
102Gwinnett County
818.7%
103Carroll County
818.8%
104Whitfield County
809.4%
105DeKalb County
7910.4%
106Seminole County
7910.7%
107Catoosa County
7911.2%
108Fulton County
7613.6%
109Hall County
7613.6%
110Cherokee County
7613.7%
111Wayne County
7613.9%
112Lamar County
7614.5%
113Glynn County
7416.3%
114Irwin County
7416.5%
115Upson County
7317.1%
116Monroe County
7317.5%
117Walton County
7317.7%
118Elbert County
7317.9%
119Butts County
7317.9%
120Habersham County
7218.7%
121Forsyth County
7218.8%
122Candler County
7119.9%
123Washington County
7119.9%
124McIntosh County
7020.9%
125Jackson County
7021.3%
126Oglethorpe County
6922.1%
127Greene County
6822.7%
128Clarke County
6822.7%
129Walker County
6823.3%
130Pierce County
6723.9%
131Heard County
6724.3%
132Camden County
6724.8%
133Dade County
6625.0%
134Taliaferro County
6625.4%
135Oconee County
6625.9%
136Tattnall County
6526.6%
137Hart County
6427.3%
138Madison County
6427.5%
139Warren County
6229.4%
140Jasper County
6229.6%
141Haralson County
6131.2%
142Banks County
6032.6%
143Lumpkin County
6032.6%
144Dawson County
6032.7%
145Pickens County
5834.3%
146Gilmer County
5636.3%
147Lincoln County
5537.9%
148Stephens County
5438.4%
149Rabun County
5438.9%
150White County
5439.2%
151Pike County
5340.3%
152Putnam County
5043.2%
153Franklin County
5043.6%
154Morgan County
4845.2%
155Towns County
4549.5%
156Union County
4252.0%
157Fannin County
4055.2%

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Georgia fair market rent by county, FY 2027

HUD's FY 2027 fair market rents cover 159 counties in Georgia. The median county two-bedroom FMR is $1,058. That is down 1.5% from $1,074 in FY 2026. Two-bedroom FMRs run from $1,002 in Wilkinson County to $1,762 in Barrow County. 27 HUD metropolitan FMR areas cover 74 of those counties; each county in the same metro area shares one FMR. 357 ZIP codes in 8 metro areas must use Small Area FMRs, so voucher payment standards there are set by ZIP code.

Two-bedroom FMR by county

FY 2027 two-bedroom fair market rent by county in Georgia
County2BRChange
Barrow County$1,762−3.2%
Bartow County$1,762−3.2%
Carroll County$1,762−3.2%
Cherokee County$1,762−3.2%
Clayton County$1,762−3.2%
Cobb County$1,762−3.2%
Coweta County$1,762−3.2%
Dawson County$1,762−3.2%
DeKalb County$1,762−3.2%
Douglas County$1,762−3.2%
Fayette County$1,762−3.2%
Forsyth County$1,762−3.2%
Fulton County$1,762−3.2%
Gwinnett County$1,762−3.2%
Heard County$1,762−3.2%
Henry County$1,762−3.2%
Jasper County$1,762−3.2%
Newton County$1,762−3.2%
Paulding County$1,762−3.2%
Pickens County$1,762−3.2%
Pike County$1,762−3.2%
Rockdale County$1,762−3.2%
Spalding County$1,762−3.2%
Walton County$1,762−3.2%
Bryan County$1,679−0.1%
Chatham County$1,679−0.1%
Effingham County$1,679−0.1%
Hall County$1,543+1.9%
Houston County$1,396+2.5%
Liberty County$1,396−0.7%
Brantley County$1,378+6.6%
Glynn County$1,378+6.6%
McIntosh County$1,378+6.6%
Catoosa County$1,340−3.6%
Dade County$1,340−3.6%
Walker County$1,340−3.6%
Burke County$1,329+5.4%
Columbia County$1,329+5.4%
McDuffie County$1,329+5.4%
Richmond County$1,329+5.4%
Morgan County$1,327−8.0%
Bibb County$1,309+0.2%
Crawford County$1,309+0.2%
Jones County$1,309+0.2%
Twiggs County$1,309+0.2%
Camden County$1,300+6.1%
Clarke County$1,285−3.5%
Madison County$1,285−3.5%
Oconee County$1,285−3.5%
Oglethorpe County$1,285−3.5%
Thomas County$1,233+7.3%
Chattahoochee County$1,212+11.4%
Harris County$1,212+11.4%
Marion County$1,212+11.4%
Muscogee County$1,212+11.4%
Jackson County$1,205+4.5%
Floyd County$1,204+1.0%
Troup County$1,194+2.3%
White County$1,194+1.4%
Charlton County$1,190+14.9%
Brooks County$1,179−1.1%
Echols County$1,179−1.1%
Lanier County$1,179−1.1%
Lowndes County$1,179−1.1%
Long County$1,163+2.6%
Bulloch County$1,160−1.5%
Monroe County$1,151−2.0%
Lumpkin County$1,148−7.8%
Sumter County$1,139+4.7%
Putnam County$1,127−0.6%
Rabun County$1,127+0.9%
Whitfield County$1,127+0.5%
Peach County$1,118−1.0%
Baldwin County$1,104+2.9%
Dougherty County$1,103−2.3%
Lee County$1,103−2.3%
Terrell County$1,103−2.3%
Worth County$1,103−2.3%
Irwin County$1,080−0.8%
Pierce County$1,058+1.5%
Gilmer County$1,047+1.1%
Union County$1,042+5.9%
Franklin County$1,032+1.5%
Lincoln County$1,026+3.1%
Haralson County$1,023−7.6%
Polk County$1,017−0.1%
Randolph County$1,017−1.1%
Elbert County$1,013−5.7%
Gordon County$1,013+0.2%
Ware County$1,011−1.9%
Habersham County$1,007−1.1%
Laurens County$1,007+3.5%
Murray County$1,006−0.3%
Appling County$1,002+3.0%
Atkinson County$1,002+3.0%
Bacon County$1,002+3.0%
Baker County$1,002+3.0%
Banks County$1,002+3.0%
Ben Hill County$1,002+3.0%
Berrien County$1,002+3.0%
Bleckley County$1,002+3.0%
Butts County$1,002−6.8%
Calhoun County$1,002+3.0%
Candler County$1,002+3.0%
Chattooga County$1,002+3.0%
Clay County$1,002+3.0%
Clinch County$1,002+3.0%
Coffee County$1,002+3.0%
Colquitt County$1,002+3.0%
Cook County$1,002+3.0%
Crisp County$1,002+3.0%
Decatur County$1,002+3.0%
Dodge County$1,002+3.0%
Dooly County$1,002+3.0%
Early County$1,002+3.0%
Emanuel County$1,002+3.0%
Evans County$1,002+3.0%
Fannin County$1,002+3.0%
Glascock County$1,002+3.0%
Grady County$1,002+3.0%
Greene County$1,002+3.0%
Hancock County$1,002+3.0%
Hart County$1,002−3.8%
Jeff Davis County$1,002+3.0%
Jefferson County$1,002+3.0%
Jenkins County$1,002+3.0%
Johnson County$1,002+3.0%
Lamar County$1,002+3.0%
Macon County$1,002+3.0%
Meriwether County$1,002+0.1%
Miller County$1,002+3.0%
Mitchell County$1,002+3.0%
Montgomery County$1,002+3.0%
Pulaski County$1,002−0.1%
Quitman County$1,002+3.0%
Schley County$1,002+3.0%
Screven County$1,002+3.0%
Seminole County$1,002+3.0%
Stephens County$1,002−0.4%
Stewart County$1,002+3.0%
Talbot County$1,002+3.0%
Taliaferro County$1,002+3.0%
Tattnall County$1,002+3.0%
Taylor County$1,002+3.0%
Telfair County$1,002+3.0%
Tift County$1,002+3.0%
Toombs County$1,002+3.0%
Towns County$1,002+3.0%
Treutlen County$1,002+3.0%
Turner County$1,002+3.0%
Upson County$1,002+3.0%
Warren County$1,002+3.0%
Washington County$1,002+0.3%
Wayne County$1,002−1.9%
Webster County$1,002+3.0%
Wheeler County$1,002+3.0%
Wilcox County$1,002+3.0%
Wilkes County$1,002+3.0%
Wilkinson County$1,002+3.0%

HUD metro FMR areas

FY 2027 two-bedroom fair market rent by HUD metro area in Georgia
Metro areaCounties2BR
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HUD Metro FMR Area24$1,762
Savannah, GA MSA3$1,679
Gainesville, GA MSA1$1,543
Warner Robins, GA HUD Metro FMR Area1$1,396
Hinesville, GA HUD Metro FMR Area1$1,396
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA MSA3$1,378
Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA3$1,340
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC HUD Metro FMR Area4$1,329
Morgan County, GA HUD Metro FMR Area1$1,327
Macon-Bibb County, GA HUD Metro FMR Area4$1,309
Athens-Clarke County, GA MSA4$1,285
Columbus, GA-AL HUD Metro FMR Area4$1,212
Rome, GA MSA1$1,204
Valdosta, GA MSA4$1,179
Long County, GA HUD Metro FMR Area1$1,163
Monroe County, GA HUD Metro FMR Area1$1,151
Lumpkin County, GA HUD Metro FMR Area1$1,148
Dalton, GA HUD Metro FMR Area1$1,127
Peach County, GA HUD Metro FMR Area1$1,118
Albany, GA MSA4$1,103
Lincoln County, GA HUD Metro FMR Area1$1,026
Haralson County, GA HUD Metro FMR Area1$1,023
Murray County, GA HUD Metro FMR Area1$1,006
Butts County, GA HUD Metro FMR Area1$1,002
Meriwether County, GA HUD Metro FMR Area1$1,002
Stewart County, GA HUD Metro FMR Area1$1,002
Talbot County, GA HUD Metro FMR Area1$1,002

Questions about Georgia rents

What is the fair market rent in Georgia?

HUD sets fair market rents by metro area and county, not statewide. For FY 2027 the median county two-bedroom FMR in Georgia is $1,058. Look up the county or ZIP code to see the value that applies to a specific property.

Which Georgia counties have the highest fair market rent?

For FY 2027, the highest two-bedroom FMRs are in Barrow County ($1,762), Bartow County ($1,762), Carroll County ($1,762).

Does Georgia use Small Area Fair Market Rents?

Yes, in part. HUD requires Small Area FMRs in 357 ZIP codes across 8 metro areas, led by the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HUD Metro FMR Area; Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC HUD Metro FMR Area; Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA. Elsewhere, housing authorities use the metro or county FMR unless they choose to adopt Small Area FMRs.

Source: HUD FY 2027 Fair Market Rents. Change compares each county's two-bedroom FMR with FY 2026.

Data source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Fiscal Year 2027