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

Crittenden County had the highest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly) of 75 counties in 2016, at $700. Yell County had the lowest, at $461. The median was $487. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Lowest461Yell County
Median48775 counties

Map of counties, 2016

Arkansas County: 525 USDAshley County: 516 USDBaxter County: 480 USDBenton County: 548 USDBoone County: 462 USDBradley County: 485 USDCalhoun County: 491 USDCarroll County: 511 USDChicot County: 497 USDClark County: 461 USDClay County: 461 USDCleburne County: 461 USDCleveland County: 497 USDColumbia County: 515 USDConway County: 537 USDCraighead County: 526 USDCrawford County: 492 USDCrittenden County: 700 USDCross County: 493 USDDallas County: 485 USDDesha County: 463 USDDrew County: 461 USDFaulkner County: 633 USDFranklin County: 468 USDFulton County: 461 USDGarland County: 553 USDGrant County: 533 USDGreene County: 530 USDHempstead County: 502 USDHot Spring County: 536 USDHoward County: 461 USDIndependence County: 465 USDIzard County: 499 USDJackson County: 461 USDJefferson County: 497 USDJohnson County: 461 USDLafayette County: 461 USDLawrence County: 463 USDLee County: 461 USDLincoln County: 497 USDLittle River County: 461 USDLogan County: 461 USDLonoke County: 633 USDMadison County: 548 USDMarion County: 461 USDMiller County: 563 USDMississippi County: 478 USDMonroe County: 461 USDMontgomery County: 461 USDNevada County: 461 USDNewton County: 461 USDOuachita County: 533 USDPerry County: 633 USDPhillips County: 461 USDPike County: 533 USDPoinsett County: 505 USDPolk County: 461 USDPope County: 488 USDPrairie County: 478 USDPulaski County: 633 USDRandolph County: 461 USDSt. Francis County: 522 USDSaline County: 633 USDScott County: 461 USDSearcy County: 510 USDSebastian County: 492 USDSevier County: 461 USDSharp County: 461 USDStone County: 461 USDUnion County: 487 USDVan Buren County: 461 USDWashington County: 548 USDWhite County: 498 USDWoodruff County: 461 USDYell County: 461 USD
  • Under 490
  • 490 to 500
  • 500 to 540
  • 540 and over
USD, 2016. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2016

Crittenden County: 700 USDCrittenden County700Faulkner County: 633 USDFaulkner County633Lonoke County: 633 USDLonoke County633Perry County: 633 USDPerry County633Pulaski County: 633 USDPulaski County633Saline County: 633 USDSaline County633Miller County: 563 USDMiller County563Garland County: 553 USDGarland County553Benton County: 548 USDBenton County548Madison County: 548 USDMadison County548Washington County: 548 USDWashington County548Conway County: 537 USDConway County537Hot Spring County: 536 USDHot Spring County536Grant County: 533 USDGrant County533Ouachita County: 533 USDOuachita County533Pike County: 533 USDPike County533Greene County: 530 USDGreene County530Craighead County: 526 USDCraighead County526Arkansas County: 525 USDArkansas County525St. Francis County: 522 USDSt. Francis County522Ashley County: 516 USDAshley County516Columbia County: 515 USDColumbia County515Carroll County: 511 USDCarroll County511Searcy County: 510 USDSearcy County510Poinsett County: 505 USDPoinsett County505Hempstead County: 502 USDHempstead County502Izard County: 499 USDIzard County499White County: 498 USDWhite County498Chicot County: 497 USDChicot County497Cleveland County: 497 USDCleveland County497Jefferson County: 497 USDJefferson County497Lincoln County: 497 USDLincoln County497Cross County: 493 USDCross County493Crawford County: 492 USDCrawford County492Sebastian County: 492 USDSebastian County492Calhoun County: 491 USDCalhoun County491Pope County: 488 USDPope County488Union County: 487 USDUnion County487Bradley County: 485 USDBradley County485Dallas County: 485 USDDallas County485Crittenden County: 700 USDCrittenden County700Faulkner County: 633 USDFaulkner County633Lonoke County: 633 USDLonoke County633Perry County: 633 USDPerry County633Pulaski County: 633 USDPulaski County633Saline County: 633 USDSaline County633Miller County: 563 USDMiller County563Garland County: 553 USDGarland County553Benton County: 548 USDBenton County548Madison County: 548 USDMadison County548Washington County: 548 USDWashington County548Conway County: 537 USDConway County537Hot Spring County: 536 USDHot Spring County536Grant County: 533 USDGrant County533Ouachita County: 533 USDOuachita County533Pike County: 533 USDPike County533Greene County: 530 USDGreene County530Craighead County: 526 USDCraighead County526Arkansas County: 525 USDArkansas County525St. Francis County: 522 USDSt. Francis County522Ashley County: 516 USDAshley County516Columbia County: 515 USDColumbia County515Carroll County: 511 USDCarroll County511Searcy County: 510 USDSearcy County510Poinsett County: 505 USDPoinsett County505Hempstead County: 502 USDHempstead County502Izard County: 499 USDIzard County499White County: 498 USDWhite County498Chicot County: 497 USDChicot County497Cleveland County: 497 USDCleveland County497Jefferson County: 497 USDJefferson County497Lincoln County: 497 USDLincoln County497Cross County: 493 USDCross County493Crawford County: 492 USDCrawford County492Sebastian County: 492 USDSebastian County492Calhoun County: 491 USDCalhoun County491Pope County: 488 USDPope County488Union County: 487 USDUnion County487Bradley County: 485 USDBradley County485Dallas County: 485 USDDallas County485
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016
USD
Change on 2015
1Crittenden County700-0.3%
2Faulkner County633+2.3%
2Lonoke County633+2.3%
2Perry County633+2.3%
2Pulaski County633+2.3%
2Saline County633+2.3%
7Miller County563-9.5%
8Garland County553-6%
9Benton County548-2%
9Madison County548-2%
9Washington County548-2%
12Conway County537+15%
13Hot Spring County536+5.1%
14Grant County533+8.1%
14Ouachita County533+17.9%
14Pike County533+19.5%
17Greene County530+13.7%
18Craighead County526+4%
19Arkansas County525+19.9%
20St. Francis County522+5.9%
21Ashley County516+19.4%
22Columbia County515+19.2%
23Carroll County511+11.6%
24Searcy County510+18.1%
25Poinsett County505+13.2%
26Hempstead County502+5.2%
27Izard County499+15.5%
28White County498+9.2%
29Chicot County497+14.5%
29Cleveland County497+3.1%
29Jefferson County497+3.1%
29Lincoln County497+3.1%
33Cross County4930%
34Crawford County492+1%
34Sebastian County492+1%
36Calhoun County491+6.5%
37Pope County488+6.3%
38Union County487-0.4%
39Bradley County485+12.3%
39Dallas County485-1.6%
41Baxter County480+5.3%
42Mississippi County478+6.9%
42Prairie County478-3%
44Franklin County468+1.7%
45Independence County465+6.7%
46Desha County463+7.2%
46Lawrence County463+7.2%
48Boone County462+4.8%
49Clark County461+4.1%
49Clay County461+6.7%
49Cleburne County461-2.9%
49Drew County461+6.7%
49Fulton County461+6.7%
49Howard County461+6.7%
49Jackson County461+6.7%
49Johnson County461+2.9%
49Lafayette County461+6.7%
49Lee County461-9.6%
49Little River County461+6.7%
49Logan County461+6.7%
49Marion County461+6.7%
49Monroe County461+6.7%
49Montgomery County461+6.7%
49Nevada County461+6.7%
49Newton County461+6.7%
49Phillips County461+6.7%
49Polk County461+2.2%
49Randolph County461+6.7%
49Scott County461+6.7%
49Sevier County461-0.4%
49Sharp County461+6.7%
49Stone County461+6.7%
49Van Buren County461-6.5%
49Woodruff County461+6.7%
49Yell County461+6.7%

Other periods

About this ranking

Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for a one-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: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2016). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Arkansas by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx

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HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Arkansas by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2016. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 25 July 2016, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/arkansas-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2016. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Arkansas by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/arkansas-counties?period=2016.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2016) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Arkansas by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/arkansas-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Crittenden County, with $700 in 2016, 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, one bedroom (HUD, monthly)?

Yell County, with $461 in 2016.

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