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

Jefferson Parish had the highest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly) of 64 counties in 2017, at $796. West Carroll Parish had the lowest, at $454. The median was $548. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Map of counties, 2017

Acadia Parish: 454 USDAllen Parish: 512 USDAscension Parish: 742 USDAssumption Parish: 492 USDAvoyelles Parish: 469 USDBeauregard Parish: 524 USDBienville Parish: 524 USDBossier Parish: 754 USDCaddo Parish: 754 USDCalcasieu Parish: 630 USDCaldwell Parish: 524 USDCameron Parish: 630 USDCatahoula Parish: 506 USDClaiborne Parish: 454 USDConcordia Parish: 454 USDDe Soto Parish: 754 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish: 742 USDEast Carroll Parish: 465 USDEast Feliciana Parish: 742 USDEvangeline Parish: 454 USDFranklin Parish: 454 USDGrant Parish: 634 USDIberia Parish: 518 USDIberville Parish: 501 USDJackson Parish: 454 USDJefferson Parish: 796 USDJefferson Davis Parish: 524 USDLafayette Parish: 731 USDLafourche Parish: 666 USDLaSalle Parish: 459 USDLincoln Parish: 576 USDLivingston Parish: 742 USDMadison Parish: 454 USDMorehouse Parish: 506 USDNatchitoches Parish: 511 USDOrleans Parish: 796 USDOuachita Parish: 626 USDPlaquemines Parish: 796 USDPointe Coupee Parish: 742 USDRapides Parish: 634 USDRed River Parish: 524 USDRichland Parish: 454 USDSabine Parish: 524 USDSt. Bernard Parish: 796 USDSt. Charles Parish: 796 USDSt. Helena Parish: 742 USDSt. James Parish: 524 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish: 796 USDSt. Landry Parish: 454 USDSt. Martin Parish: 731 USDSt. Mary Parish: 521 USDSt. Tammany Parish: 796 USDTangipahoa Parish: 610 USDTensas Parish: 454 USDTerrebonne Parish: 666 USDUnion Parish: 626 USDVermilion Parish: 560 USDVernon Parish: 694 USDWashington Parish: 456 USDWebster Parish: 535 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish: 742 USDWest Carroll Parish: 454 USDWest Feliciana Parish: 742 USDWinn Parish: 524 USD
  • Under 460
  • 460 to 520
  • 520 to 550
  • 550 to 670
  • 670 to 740
  • 740 and over
USD, 2017. 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, 2017

Jefferson Parish: 796 USDJefferson Parish796Orleans Parish: 796 USDOrleans Parish796Plaquemines Parish: 796 USDPlaquemines Parish796St. Bernard Parish: 796 USDSt. Bernard Parish796St. Charles Parish: 796 USDSt. Charles Parish796St. John the Baptist Parish: 796 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish796St. Tammany Parish: 796 USDSt. Tammany Parish796Bossier Parish: 754 USDBossier Parish754Caddo Parish: 754 USDCaddo Parish754De Soto Parish: 754 USDDe Soto Parish754Ascension Parish: 742 USDAscension Parish742East Baton Rouge Parish: 742 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish742East Feliciana Parish: 742 USDEast Feliciana Parish742Livingston Parish: 742 USDLivingston Parish742Pointe Coupee Parish: 742 USDPointe Coupee Parish742St. Helena Parish: 742 USDSt. Helena Parish742West Baton Rouge Parish: 742 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish742West Feliciana Parish: 742 USDWest Feliciana Parish742Lafayette Parish: 731 USDLafayette Parish731St. Martin Parish: 731 USDSt. Martin Parish731Vernon Parish: 694 USDVernon Parish694Lafourche Parish: 666 USDLafourche Parish666Terrebonne Parish: 666 USDTerrebonne Parish666Grant Parish: 634 USDGrant Parish634Rapides Parish: 634 USDRapides Parish634Calcasieu Parish: 630 USDCalcasieu Parish630Cameron Parish: 630 USDCameron Parish630Ouachita Parish: 626 USDOuachita Parish626Union Parish: 626 USDUnion Parish626Tangipahoa Parish: 610 USDTangipahoa Parish610Lincoln Parish: 576 USDLincoln Parish576Vermilion Parish: 560 USDVermilion Parish560Webster Parish: 535 USDWebster Parish535Beauregard Parish: 524 USDBeauregard Parish524Bienville Parish: 524 USDBienville Parish524Caldwell Parish: 524 USDCaldwell Parish524Jefferson Davis Parish: 524 USDJefferson Davis Parish524Red River Parish: 524 USDRed River Parish524Sabine Parish: 524 USDSabine Parish524St. James Parish: 524 USDSt. James Parish524Jefferson Parish: 796 USDJefferson Parish796Orleans Parish: 796 USDOrleans Parish796Plaquemines Parish: 796 USDPlaquemines Parish796St. Bernard Parish: 796 USDSt. Bernard Parish796St. Charles Parish: 796 USDSt. Charles Parish796St. John the Baptist Parish: 796 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish796St. Tammany Parish: 796 USDSt. Tammany Parish796Bossier Parish: 754 USDBossier Parish754Caddo Parish: 754 USDCaddo Parish754De Soto Parish: 754 USDDe Soto Parish754Ascension Parish: 742 USDAscension Parish742East Baton Rouge Parish: 742 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish742East Feliciana Parish: 742 USDEast Feliciana Parish742Livingston Parish: 742 USDLivingston Parish742Pointe Coupee Parish: 742 USDPointe Coupee Parish742St. Helena Parish: 742 USDSt. Helena Parish742West Baton Rouge Parish: 742 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish742West Feliciana Parish: 742 USDWest Feliciana Parish742Lafayette Parish: 731 USDLafayette Parish731St. Martin Parish: 731 USDSt. Martin Parish731Vernon Parish: 694 USDVernon Parish694Lafourche Parish: 666 USDLafourche Parish666Terrebonne Parish: 666 USDTerrebonne Parish666Grant Parish: 634 USDGrant Parish634Rapides Parish: 634 USDRapides Parish634Calcasieu Parish: 630 USDCalcasieu Parish630Cameron Parish: 630 USDCameron Parish630Ouachita Parish: 626 USDOuachita Parish626Union Parish: 626 USDUnion Parish626Tangipahoa Parish: 610 USDTangipahoa Parish610Lincoln Parish: 576 USDLincoln Parish576Vermilion Parish: 560 USDVermilion Parish560Webster Parish: 535 USDWebster Parish535Beauregard Parish: 524 USDBeauregard Parish524Bienville Parish: 524 USDBienville Parish524Caldwell Parish: 524 USDCaldwell Parish524Jefferson Davis Parish: 524 USDJefferson Davis Parish524Red River Parish: 524 USDRed River Parish524Sabine Parish: 524 USDSabine Parish524St. James Parish: 524 USDSt. James Parish524
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2017
USD
Change on 2016
1Jefferson Parish796+1.1%
1Orleans Parish796+1.1%
1Plaquemines Parish796+1.1%
1St. Bernard Parish796+1.1%
1St. Charles Parish796+1.1%
1St. John the Baptist Parish796+1.1%
1St. Tammany Parish796+1.1%
8Bossier Parish754+9%
8Caddo Parish754+9%
8De Soto Parish754+9%
11Ascension Parish742+1.9%
11East Baton Rouge Parish742+1.9%
11East Feliciana Parish742+1.9%
11Livingston Parish742+1.9%
11Pointe Coupee Parish742+1.9%
11St. Helena Parish742+1.9%
11West Baton Rouge Parish742+1.9%
11West Feliciana Parish742+1.9%
19Lafayette Parish731-3.6%
19St. Martin Parish731-3.6%
21Vernon Parish694+7.8%
22Lafourche Parish666+3.6%
22Terrebonne Parish666+3.6%
24Grant Parish634+9.3%
24Rapides Parish634+9.3%
26Calcasieu Parish630+4.3%
26Cameron Parish630+4.3%
28Ouachita Parish626+10.8%
28Union Parish626+10.8%
30Tangipahoa Parish610-2.4%
31Lincoln Parish576+2.7%
32Vermilion Parish560+2.2%
33Webster Parish535+12.2%
34Beauregard Parish524+4.8%
34Bienville Parish524+4.8%
34Caldwell Parish524+4.8%
34Jefferson Davis Parish524+4.8%
34Red River Parish524+19.9%
34Sabine Parish524+4.8%
34St. James Parish524+4.8%
34Winn Parish524+4.8%
42St. Mary Parish521+6.8%
43Iberia Parish518-2.1%
44Allen Parish512+3.9%
45Natchitoches Parish511+4.1%
46Catahoula Parish506+1.2%
46Morehouse Parish506+11.5%
48Iberville Parish501+5.7%
49Assumption Parish492+9.3%
50Avoyelles Parish469+8.3%
51East Carroll Parish465+4.3%
52LaSalle Parish459+6%
53Washington Parish456+1.8%
54Acadia Parish454+4.4%
54Claiborne Parish454-0.9%
54Concordia Parish454+4.8%
54Evangeline Parish454+4.8%
54Franklin Parish454+4.8%
54Jackson Parish454+4.8%
54Madison Parish454+4.8%
54Richland Parish454+4.8%
54St. Landry Parish454+1.3%
54Tensas Parish454+4.8%
54West Carroll Parish454+4.8%

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/fmr2017/FY2017-4050-County-Level_Data.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2017). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2017/FY2017-4050-County-Level_Data.xlsx

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HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2017. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 29 Mar. 2017, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2017/FY2017-4050-County-Level_Data.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/louisiana-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2017. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2017/FY2017-4050-County-Level_Data.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/louisiana-counties?period=2017.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2017) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2017/FY2017-4050-County-Level_Data.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/louisiana-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Jefferson Parish, with $796 in 2017, 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)?

West Carroll Parish, with $454 in 2017.

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