Counties in Arkansas by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly)

Crittenden County had the highest fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly) of 75 counties in 2025, at $1,105. Poinsett County had the lowest, at $581. The median was $638. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,105Crittenden County
Median63875 counties

Map of counties, 2025

Arkansas County: 624 USDAshley County: 642 USDBaxter County: 706 USDBenton County: 853 USDBoone County: 581 USDBradley County: 618 USDCalhoun County: 710 USDCarroll County: 615 USDChicot County: 618 USDClark County: 699 USDClay County: 642 USDCleburne County: 673 USDCleveland County: 633 USDColumbia County: 642 USDConway County: 581 USDCraighead County: 697 USDCrawford County: 689 USDCrittenden County: 1,105 USDCross County: 618 USDDallas County: 618 USDDesha County: 642 USDDrew County: 675 USDFaulkner County: 887 USDFranklin County: 642 USDFulton County: 618 USDGarland County: 799 USDGrant County: 704 USDGreene County: 648 USDHempstead County: 650 USDHot Spring County: 638 USDHoward County: 634 USDIndependence County: 653 USDIzard County: 618 USDJackson County: 618 USDJefferson County: 633 USDJohnson County: 629 USDLafayette County: 618 USDLawrence County: 618 USDLee County: 618 USDLincoln County: 633 USDLittle River County: 642 USDLogan County: 583 USDLonoke County: 887 USDMadison County: 853 USDMarion County: 657 USDMiller County: 848 USDMississippi County: 619 USDMonroe County: 598 USDMontgomery County: 618 USDNevada County: 664 USDNewton County: 596 USDOuachita County: 677 USDPerry County: 887 USDPhillips County: 618 USDPike County: 618 USDPoinsett County: 581 USDPolk County: 653 USDPope County: 619 USDPrairie County: 650 USDPulaski County: 887 USDRandolph County: 618 USDSt. Francis County: 648 USDSaline County: 887 USDScott County: 618 USDSearcy County: 618 USDSebastian County: 689 USDSevier County: 642 USDSharp County: 632 USDStone County: 618 USDUnion County: 709 USDVan Buren County: 618 USDWashington County: 853 USDWhite County: 635 USDWoodruff County: 618 USDYell County: 618 USD
  • Under 620
  • 620 to 640
  • 640 to 650
  • 650 to 710
  • 710 and over
USD, 2025. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2025

Crittenden County: 1,105 USDCrittenden County1,105Faulkner County: 887 USDFaulkner County887Lonoke County: 887 USDLonoke County887Perry County: 887 USDPerry County887Pulaski County: 887 USDPulaski County887Saline County: 887 USDSaline County887Benton County: 853 USDBenton County853Madison County: 853 USDMadison County853Washington County: 853 USDWashington County853Miller County: 848 USDMiller County848Garland County: 799 USDGarland County799Calhoun County: 710 USDCalhoun County710Union County: 709 USDUnion County709Baxter County: 706 USDBaxter County706Grant County: 704 USDGrant County704Clark County: 699 USDClark County699Craighead County: 697 USDCraighead County697Crawford County: 689 USDCrawford County689Sebastian County: 689 USDSebastian County689Ouachita County: 677 USDOuachita County677Drew County: 675 USDDrew County675Cleburne County: 673 USDCleburne County673Nevada County: 664 USDNevada County664Marion County: 657 USDMarion County657Independence County: 653 USDIndependence County653Polk County: 653 USDPolk County653Hempstead County: 650 USDHempstead County650Prairie County: 650 USDPrairie County650Greene County: 648 USDGreene County648St. Francis County: 648 USDSt. Francis County648Ashley County: 642 USDAshley County642Clay County: 642 USDClay County642Columbia County: 642 USDColumbia County642Desha County: 642 USDDesha County642Franklin County: 642 USDFranklin County642Little River County: 642 USDLittle River County642Sevier County: 642 USDSevier County642Hot Spring County: 638 USDHot Spring County638White County: 635 USDWhite County635Howard County: 634 USDHoward County634Crittenden County: 1,105 USDCrittenden County1,105Faulkner County: 887 USDFaulkner County887Lonoke County: 887 USDLonoke County887Perry County: 887 USDPerry County887Pulaski County: 887 USDPulaski County887Saline County: 887 USDSaline County887Benton County: 853 USDBenton County853Madison County: 853 USDMadison County853Washington County: 853 USDWashington County853Miller County: 848 USDMiller County848Garland County: 799 USDGarland County799Calhoun County: 710 USDCalhoun County710Union County: 709 USDUnion County709Baxter County: 706 USDBaxter County706Grant County: 704 USDGrant County704Clark County: 699 USDClark County699Craighead County: 697 USDCraighead County697Crawford County: 689 USDCrawford County689Sebastian County: 689 USDSebastian County689Ouachita County: 677 USDOuachita County677Drew County: 675 USDDrew County675Cleburne County: 673 USDCleburne County673Nevada County: 664 USDNevada County664Marion County: 657 USDMarion County657Independence County: 653 USDIndependence County653Polk County: 653 USDPolk County653Hempstead County: 650 USDHempstead County650Prairie County: 650 USDPrairie County650Greene County: 648 USDGreene County648St. Francis County: 648 USDSt. Francis County648Ashley County: 642 USDAshley County642Clay County: 642 USDClay County642Columbia County: 642 USDColumbia County642Desha County: 642 USDDesha County642Franklin County: 642 USDFranklin County642Little River County: 642 USDLittle River County642Sevier County: 642 USDSevier County642Hot Spring County: 638 USDHot Spring County638White County: 635 USDWhite County635Howard County: 634 USDHoward County634
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2025
USD
Change on 2024
1Crittenden County1,105+7.2%
2Faulkner County887-6%
2Lonoke County887-6%
2Perry County887-6%
2Pulaski County887-6%
2Saline County887-6%
7Benton County853-2.1%
7Madison County853-2.1%
7Washington County853-2.1%
10Miller County848+8.9%
11Garland County799+4.2%
12Calhoun County710+4.7%
13Union County709+2.5%
14Baxter County706+4.7%
15Grant County704-5.2%
16Clark County699+5.1%
17Craighead County697+9.9%
18Crawford County689+2.2%
18Sebastian County689+2.2%
20Ouachita County677-2.7%
21Drew County675+3.1%
22Cleburne County673+3.5%
23Nevada County664+1.7%
24Marion County657+4.3%
25Independence County653+5.7%
25Polk County653+11.8%
27Hempstead County650+1.1%
27Prairie County650+3%
29Greene County648+1.9%
29St. Francis County648+4.9%
31Ashley County642-1.7%
31Clay County642+4.4%
31Columbia County642+4.4%
31Desha County642+1.9%
31Franklin County642+0.6%
31Little River County642+4.4%
31Sevier County642+3.5%
38Hot Spring County638+5.8%
39White County635+5.1%
40Howard County634+3.9%
41Cleveland County633-0.3%
41Jefferson County633-0.3%
41Lincoln County633-0.3%
44Sharp County632+3.4%
45Johnson County629+2.8%
46Arkansas County624+7.4%
47Mississippi County619+3.5%
47Pope County619+6.5%
49Bradley County618+2.3%
49Chicot County618+2.3%
49Cross County618+2.3%
49Dallas County618+2.3%
49Fulton County618+12%
49Izard County618+2.3%
49Jackson County618+2.3%
49Lafayette County618+2.3%
49Lawrence County618+2.3%
49Lee County618+2.3%
49Montgomery County618+2.3%
49Phillips County618+2.3%
49Pike County618+2.3%
49Randolph County618+2.3%
49Scott County618+2.3%
49Searcy County618+2.3%
49Stone County618+2.3%
49Van Buren County618+0.5%
49Woodruff County618+2.3%
49Yell County618+2.3%
69Carroll County615+8.8%
70Monroe County598+8.3%
71Newton County596-1.3%
72Logan County583+3.6%
73Boone County581+5.3%
73Conway County581-3.8%
73Poinsett County581-5.5%

Other periods

About this ranking

Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for an efficiency (a unit with no separate bedroom) in the HUD area that contains the county.

More on how it is measured
  • Gross rent is the rent plus all utilities paid by the tenant except telephone, cable or satellite television and internet.
  • HUD sets Fair Market Rents at the 40th percentile of gross rents paid by recent movers for standard-quality rental units, from American Community Survey data brought forward to the fiscal year; until 2018 a few metropolitan areas were set at the 50th percentile.
  • They set payment standards for Housing Choice Vouchers and rent ceilings in other HUD programs.

A policy benchmark, not a measured rent: it is lower than the median rent by design and differs from the Census Bureau median gross rent. HUD sets one value per HUD area, a metropolitan area (sometimes split into HUD Metro FMR Areas) or a non-metropolitan county, so every county of a metropolitan area shows the same figure. Counties in the six New England states have no value, because HUD defines their areas by town and a county can span several areas. Where HUD splits off part of a county, the county value is the rest of the county: Howard County, Maryland, without Columbia until FY2015, and Crawford County, Missouri, without its part of Sullivan. The year is HUD's federal fiscal year: FY2027 runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2025/FY25_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2025). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Arkansas by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2025/FY25_FMRs_revised.xlsx

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HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Arkansas by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2025. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 18 Feb. 2025, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2025/FY25_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/arkansas-counties?period=2025. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2025. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Arkansas by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2025/FY25_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/arkansas-counties?period=2025.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2025) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Arkansas by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2025/FY25_FMRs_revised.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/arkansas-counties?period=2025 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly)?

Crittenden County, with $1,105 in 2025, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

Which county has the lowest fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly)?

Poinsett County, with $581 in 2025.

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