Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, four bedrooms (HUD, monthly)

Jefferson Parish had the highest fair Market Rent, four bedrooms (HUD, monthly) of 64 counties in 2018, at $1,477. West Carroll Parish had the lowest, at $926. The median was $1,161. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,477Jefferson Parish
Median1,16164 counties

Map of counties, 2018

Acadia Parish: 1,023 USDAllen Parish: 926 USDAscension Parish: 1,459 USDAssumption Parish: 1,062 USDAvoyelles Parish: 1,074 USDBeauregard Parish: 1,198 USDBienville Parish: 926 USDBossier Parish: 1,175 USDCaddo Parish: 1,175 USDCalcasieu Parish: 1,158 USDCaldwell Parish: 1,157 USDCameron Parish: 1,158 USDCatahoula Parish: 1,198 USDClaiborne Parish: 1,198 USDConcordia Parish: 1,023 USDDe Soto Parish: 1,175 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish: 1,459 USDEast Carroll Parish: 1,023 USDEast Feliciana Parish: 1,459 USDEvangeline Parish: 1,151 USDFranklin Parish: 1,023 USDGrant Parish: 1,161 USDIberia Parish: 1,047 USDIberville Parish: 964 USDJackson Parish: 1,198 USDJefferson Parish: 1,477 USDJefferson Davis Parish: 973 USDLafayette Parish: 1,259 USDLafourche Parish: 1,406 USDLaSalle Parish: 1,023 USDLincoln Parish: 1,066 USDLivingston Parish: 1,459 USDMadison Parish: 926 USDMorehouse Parish: 1,023 USDNatchitoches Parish: 1,045 USDOrleans Parish: 1,477 USDOuachita Parish: 1,004 USDPlaquemines Parish: 1,477 USDPointe Coupee Parish: 1,459 USDRapides Parish: 1,161 USDRed River Parish: 1,035 USDRichland Parish: 1,198 USDSabine Parish: 1,198 USDSt. Bernard Parish: 1,477 USDSt. Charles Parish: 1,477 USDSt. Helena Parish: 1,459 USDSt. James Parish: 1,198 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish: 1,477 USDSt. Landry Parish: 959 USDSt. Martin Parish: 1,259 USDSt. Mary Parish: 1,213 USDSt. Tammany Parish: 1,477 USDTangipahoa Parish: 1,132 USDTensas Parish: 1,023 USDTerrebonne Parish: 1,406 USDUnion Parish: 1,004 USDVermilion Parish: 987 USDVernon Parish: 1,472 USDWashington Parish: 1,093 USDWebster Parish: 973 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish: 1,459 USDWest Carroll Parish: 926 USDWest Feliciana Parish: 1,459 USDWinn Parish: 1,069 USD
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USD, 2018. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: four bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2018

Jefferson Parish: 1,477 USDJefferson Parish1,477Orleans Parish: 1,477 USDOrleans Parish1,477Plaquemines Parish: 1,477 USDPlaquemines Parish1,477St. Bernard Parish: 1,477 USDSt. Bernard Parish1,477St. Charles Parish: 1,477 USDSt. Charles Parish1,477St. John the Baptist Parish: 1,477 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish1,477St. Tammany Parish: 1,477 USDSt. Tammany Parish1,477Vernon Parish: 1,472 USDVernon Parish1,472Ascension Parish: 1,459 USDAscension Parish1,459East Baton Rouge Parish: 1,459 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish1,459East Feliciana Parish: 1,459 USDEast Feliciana Parish1,459Livingston Parish: 1,459 USDLivingston Parish1,459Pointe Coupee Parish: 1,459 USDPointe Coupee Parish1,459St. Helena Parish: 1,459 USDSt. Helena Parish1,459West Baton Rouge Parish: 1,459 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish1,459West Feliciana Parish: 1,459 USDWest Feliciana Parish1,459Lafourche Parish: 1,406 USDLafourche Parish1,406Terrebonne Parish: 1,406 USDTerrebonne Parish1,406Lafayette Parish: 1,259 USDLafayette Parish1,259St. Martin Parish: 1,259 USDSt. Martin Parish1,259St. Mary Parish: 1,213 USDSt. Mary Parish1,213Beauregard Parish: 1,198 USDBeauregard Parish1,198Catahoula Parish: 1,198 USDCatahoula Parish1,198Claiborne Parish: 1,198 USDClaiborne Parish1,198Jackson Parish: 1,198 USDJackson Parish1,198Richland Parish: 1,198 USDRichland Parish1,198Sabine Parish: 1,198 USDSabine Parish1,198St. James Parish: 1,198 USDSt. James Parish1,198Bossier Parish: 1,175 USDBossier Parish1,175Caddo Parish: 1,175 USDCaddo Parish1,175De Soto Parish: 1,175 USDDe Soto Parish1,175Grant Parish: 1,161 USDGrant Parish1,161Rapides Parish: 1,161 USDRapides Parish1,161Calcasieu Parish: 1,158 USDCalcasieu Parish1,158Cameron Parish: 1,158 USDCameron Parish1,158Caldwell Parish: 1,157 USDCaldwell Parish1,157Evangeline Parish: 1,151 USDEvangeline Parish1,151Tangipahoa Parish: 1,132 USDTangipahoa Parish1,132Washington Parish: 1,093 USDWashington Parish1,093Avoyelles Parish: 1,074 USDAvoyelles Parish1,074Jefferson Parish: 1,477 USDJefferson Parish1,477Orleans Parish: 1,477 USDOrleans Parish1,477Plaquemines Parish: 1,477 USDPlaquemines Parish1,477St. Bernard Parish: 1,477 USDSt. Bernard Parish1,477St. Charles Parish: 1,477 USDSt. Charles Parish1,477St. John the Baptist Parish: 1,477 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish1,477St. Tammany Parish: 1,477 USDSt. Tammany Parish1,477Vernon Parish: 1,472 USDVernon Parish1,472Ascension Parish: 1,459 USDAscension Parish1,459East Baton Rouge Parish: 1,459 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish1,459East Feliciana Parish: 1,459 USDEast Feliciana Parish1,459Livingston Parish: 1,459 USDLivingston Parish1,459Pointe Coupee Parish: 1,459 USDPointe Coupee Parish1,459St. Helena Parish: 1,459 USDSt. Helena Parish1,459West Baton Rouge Parish: 1,459 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish1,459West Feliciana Parish: 1,459 USDWest Feliciana Parish1,459Lafourche Parish: 1,406 USDLafourche Parish1,406Terrebonne Parish: 1,406 USDTerrebonne Parish1,406Lafayette Parish: 1,259 USDLafayette Parish1,259St. Martin Parish: 1,259 USDSt. Martin Parish1,259St. Mary Parish: 1,213 USDSt. Mary Parish1,213Beauregard Parish: 1,198 USDBeauregard Parish1,198Catahoula Parish: 1,198 USDCatahoula Parish1,198Claiborne Parish: 1,198 USDClaiborne Parish1,198Jackson Parish: 1,198 USDJackson Parish1,198Richland Parish: 1,198 USDRichland Parish1,198Sabine Parish: 1,198 USDSabine Parish1,198St. James Parish: 1,198 USDSt. James Parish1,198Bossier Parish: 1,175 USDBossier Parish1,175Caddo Parish: 1,175 USDCaddo Parish1,175De Soto Parish: 1,175 USDDe Soto Parish1,175Grant Parish: 1,161 USDGrant Parish1,161Rapides Parish: 1,161 USDRapides Parish1,161Calcasieu Parish: 1,158 USDCalcasieu Parish1,158Cameron Parish: 1,158 USDCameron Parish1,158Caldwell Parish: 1,157 USDCaldwell Parish1,157Evangeline Parish: 1,151 USDEvangeline Parish1,151Tangipahoa Parish: 1,132 USDTangipahoa Parish1,132Washington Parish: 1,093 USDWashington Parish1,093Avoyelles Parish: 1,074 USDAvoyelles Parish1,074
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: four bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2018
USD
Change on 2017
1Jefferson Parish1,477+2%
1Orleans Parish1,477+2%
1Plaquemines Parish1,477+2%
1St. Bernard Parish1,477+2%
1St. Charles Parish1,477+2%
1St. John the Baptist Parish1,477+2%
1St. Tammany Parish1,477+2%
8Vernon Parish1,472+11.3%
9Ascension Parish1,459+7.3%
9East Baton Rouge Parish1,459+7.3%
9East Feliciana Parish1,459+7.3%
9Livingston Parish1,459+7.3%
9Pointe Coupee Parish1,459+7.3%
9St. Helena Parish1,459+7.3%
9West Baton Rouge Parish1,459+7.3%
9West Feliciana Parish1,459+7.3%
17Lafourche Parish1,406-3%
17Terrebonne Parish1,406-3%
19Lafayette Parish1,259-0.4%
19St. Martin Parish1,259-0.4%
21St. Mary Parish1,213+16.6%
22Beauregard Parish1,198+12.6%
22Catahoula Parish1,198+12.6%
22Claiborne Parish1,198+12.6%
22Jackson Parish1,198+12.6%
22Richland Parish1,198+12.6%
22Sabine Parish1,198+12.6%
22St. James Parish1,198+12.6%
29Bossier Parish1,175-5.1%
29Caddo Parish1,175-5.1%
29De Soto Parish1,175-5.1%
32Grant Parish1,161-7.2%
32Rapides Parish1,161-7.2%
34Calcasieu Parish1,158-0.2%
34Cameron Parish1,158-0.2%
36Caldwell Parish1,157+9.2%
37Evangeline Parish1,151+10.1%
38Tangipahoa Parish1,132+1.1%
39Washington Parish1,093+13.7%
40Avoyelles Parish1,074+9.8%
41Winn Parish1,069+28.3%
42Lincoln Parish1,066+8.2%
43Assumption Parish1,062+11.6%
44Iberia Parish1,047+10.1%
45Natchitoches Parish1,045+11.6%
46Red River Parish1,035-2.8%
47Acadia Parish1,023+19.9%
47Concordia Parish1,023+10.7%
47East Carroll Parish1,023+10.7%
47Franklin Parish1,023-1.4%
47LaSalle Parish1,023+10.7%
47Morehouse Parish1,023-3.9%
47Tensas Parish1,023+10.7%
54Ouachita Parish1,004-10%
54Union Parish1,004-10%
56Vermilion Parish987-0.8%
57Jefferson Davis Parish973+15.7%
57Webster Parish973+5.6%
59Iberville Parish964-7.7%
60St. Landry Parish959+15.1%
61Allen Parish926+11.2%
61Bienville Parish926+7.2%
61Madison Parish926+11.2%
61West Carroll Parish926+11.2%

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Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for a four-bedroom unit 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: four bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2018/FY18_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2018). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: four bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, four bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2018/FY18_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx

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HUD Fair Market Rents by county: four bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, four bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2018. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 13 Feb. 2018, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2018/FY18_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-four-bedroom/louisiana-counties?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2018. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: four bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, four bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2018/FY18_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-four-bedroom/louisiana-counties?period=2018.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2018) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: four bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, four bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2018/FY18_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-four-bedroom/louisiana-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, four bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

Jefferson Parish, with $1,477 in 2018, 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, four bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

West Carroll Parish, with $926 in 2018.

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