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

Ascension Parish had the highest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly) of 64 counties in 2019, at $849. West Carroll Parish had the lowest, at $485. The median was $597. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Map of counties, 2019

Acadia Parish: 485 USDAllen Parish: 523 USDAscension Parish: 849 USDAssumption Parish: 592 USDAvoyelles Parish: 520 USDBeauregard Parish: 556 USDBienville Parish: 560 USDBossier Parish: 718 USDCaddo Parish: 718 USDCalcasieu Parish: 661 USDCaldwell Parish: 560 USDCameron Parish: 661 USDCatahoula Parish: 485 USDClaiborne Parish: 511 USDConcordia Parish: 503 USDDe Soto Parish: 718 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish: 849 USDEast Carroll Parish: 488 USDEast Feliciana Parish: 849 USDEvangeline Parish: 500 USDFranklin Parish: 485 USDGrant Parish: 623 USDIberia Parish: 594 USDIberville Parish: 663 USDJackson Parish: 542 USDJefferson Parish: 844 USDJefferson Davis Parish: 560 USDLafayette Parish: 730 USDLafourche Parish: 669 USDLaSalle Parish: 485 USDLincoln Parish: 617 USDLivingston Parish: 849 USDMadison Parish: 485 USDMorehouse Parish: 560 USDNatchitoches Parish: 548 USDOrleans Parish: 844 USDOuachita Parish: 579 USDPlaquemines Parish: 844 USDPointe Coupee Parish: 849 USDRapides Parish: 623 USDRed River Parish: 555 USDRichland Parish: 485 USDSabine Parish: 533 USDSt. Bernard Parish: 844 USDSt. Charles Parish: 844 USDSt. Helena Parish: 849 USDSt. James Parish: 611 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish: 844 USDSt. Landry Parish: 515 USDSt. Martin Parish: 730 USDSt. Mary Parish: 600 USDSt. Tammany Parish: 844 USDTangipahoa Parish: 645 USDTensas Parish: 503 USDTerrebonne Parish: 669 USDUnion Parish: 579 USDVermilion Parish: 582 USDVernon Parish: 750 USDWashington Parish: 560 USDWebster Parish: 560 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish: 849 USDWest Carroll Parish: 485 USDWest Feliciana Parish: 849 USDWinn Parish: 522 USD
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  • 840 and over
USD, 2019. 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, 2019

Ascension Parish: 849 USDAscension Parish849East Baton Rouge Parish: 849 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish849East Feliciana Parish: 849 USDEast Feliciana Parish849Livingston Parish: 849 USDLivingston Parish849Pointe Coupee Parish: 849 USDPointe Coupee Parish849St. Helena Parish: 849 USDSt. Helena Parish849West Baton Rouge Parish: 849 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish849West Feliciana Parish: 849 USDWest Feliciana Parish849Jefferson Parish: 844 USDJefferson Parish844Orleans Parish: 844 USDOrleans Parish844Plaquemines Parish: 844 USDPlaquemines Parish844St. Bernard Parish: 844 USDSt. Bernard Parish844St. Charles Parish: 844 USDSt. Charles Parish844St. John the Baptist Parish: 844 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish844St. Tammany Parish: 844 USDSt. Tammany Parish844Vernon Parish: 750 USDVernon Parish750Lafayette Parish: 730 USDLafayette Parish730St. Martin Parish: 730 USDSt. Martin Parish730Bossier Parish: 718 USDBossier Parish718Caddo Parish: 718 USDCaddo Parish718De Soto Parish: 718 USDDe Soto Parish718Lafourche Parish: 669 USDLafourche Parish669Terrebonne Parish: 669 USDTerrebonne Parish669Iberville Parish: 663 USDIberville Parish663Calcasieu Parish: 661 USDCalcasieu Parish661Cameron Parish: 661 USDCameron Parish661Tangipahoa Parish: 645 USDTangipahoa Parish645Grant Parish: 623 USDGrant Parish623Rapides Parish: 623 USDRapides Parish623Lincoln Parish: 617 USDLincoln Parish617St. James Parish: 611 USDSt. James Parish611St. Mary Parish: 600 USDSt. Mary Parish600Iberia Parish: 594 USDIberia Parish594Assumption Parish: 592 USDAssumption Parish592Vermilion Parish: 582 USDVermilion Parish582Ouachita Parish: 579 USDOuachita Parish579Union Parish: 579 USDUnion Parish579Bienville Parish: 560 USDBienville Parish560Caldwell Parish: 560 USDCaldwell Parish560Jefferson Davis Parish: 560 USDJefferson Davis Parish560Ascension Parish: 849 USDAscension Parish849East Baton Rouge Parish: 849 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish849East Feliciana Parish: 849 USDEast Feliciana Parish849Livingston Parish: 849 USDLivingston Parish849Pointe Coupee Parish: 849 USDPointe Coupee Parish849St. Helena Parish: 849 USDSt. Helena Parish849West Baton Rouge Parish: 849 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish849West Feliciana Parish: 849 USDWest Feliciana Parish849Jefferson Parish: 844 USDJefferson Parish844Orleans Parish: 844 USDOrleans Parish844Plaquemines Parish: 844 USDPlaquemines Parish844St. Bernard Parish: 844 USDSt. Bernard Parish844St. Charles Parish: 844 USDSt. Charles Parish844St. John the Baptist Parish: 844 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish844St. Tammany Parish: 844 USDSt. Tammany Parish844Vernon Parish: 750 USDVernon Parish750Lafayette Parish: 730 USDLafayette Parish730St. Martin Parish: 730 USDSt. Martin Parish730Bossier Parish: 718 USDBossier Parish718Caddo Parish: 718 USDCaddo Parish718De Soto Parish: 718 USDDe Soto Parish718Lafourche Parish: 669 USDLafourche Parish669Terrebonne Parish: 669 USDTerrebonne Parish669Iberville Parish: 663 USDIberville Parish663Calcasieu Parish: 661 USDCalcasieu Parish661Cameron Parish: 661 USDCameron Parish661Tangipahoa Parish: 645 USDTangipahoa Parish645Grant Parish: 623 USDGrant Parish623Rapides Parish: 623 USDRapides Parish623Lincoln Parish: 617 USDLincoln Parish617St. James Parish: 611 USDSt. James Parish611St. Mary Parish: 600 USDSt. Mary Parish600Iberia Parish: 594 USDIberia Parish594Assumption Parish: 592 USDAssumption Parish592Vermilion Parish: 582 USDVermilion Parish582Ouachita Parish: 579 USDOuachita Parish579Union Parish: 579 USDUnion Parish579Bienville Parish: 560 USDBienville Parish560Caldwell Parish: 560 USDCaldwell Parish560Jefferson Davis Parish: 560 USDJefferson Davis Parish560
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2019
USD
Change on 2018
1Ascension Parish849+7.6%
1East Baton Rouge Parish849+7.6%
1East Feliciana Parish849+7.6%
1Livingston Parish849+7.6%
1Pointe Coupee Parish849+7.6%
1St. Helena Parish849+7.6%
1West Baton Rouge Parish849+7.6%
1West Feliciana Parish849+7.6%
9Jefferson Parish844+2.1%
9Orleans Parish844+2.1%
9Plaquemines Parish844+2.1%
9St. Bernard Parish844+2.1%
9St. Charles Parish844+2.1%
9St. John the Baptist Parish844+2.1%
9St. Tammany Parish844+2.1%
16Vernon Parish750-2.6%
17Lafayette Parish730-2.8%
17St. Martin Parish730-2.8%
19Bossier Parish718+1.1%
19Caddo Parish718+1.1%
19De Soto Parish718+1.1%
22Lafourche Parish669+2.9%
22Terrebonne Parish669+2.9%
24Iberville Parish663+14.3%
25Calcasieu Parish661+3.6%
25Cameron Parish661+3.6%
27Tangipahoa Parish645+1.6%
28Grant Parish623+3.8%
28Rapides Parish623+3.8%
30Lincoln Parish617-5.4%
31St. James Parish611+3.2%
32St. Mary Parish600+0.3%
33Iberia Parish594+1.7%
34Assumption Parish592-1.5%
35Vermilion Parish582-1.7%
36Ouachita Parish579+2.3%
36Union Parish579+2.3%
38Bienville Parish560-5.4%
38Caldwell Parish560-5.4%
38Jefferson Davis Parish560-5.4%
38Morehouse Parish560-5.4%
38Washington Parish560+9.6%
38Webster Parish560-5.4%
44Beauregard Parish556-5.6%
45Red River Parish555-2.8%
46Natchitoches Parish548-5%
47Jackson Parish542+1.9%
48Sabine Parish533-10%
49Allen Parish523-9.8%
50Winn Parish522-10%
51Avoyelles Parish520-2.8%
52St. Landry Parish515-2.6%
53Claiborne Parish5110%
54Concordia Parish503-4.2%
54Tensas Parish503-4.2%
56Evangeline Parish500-2.2%
57East Carroll Parish488-4.5%
58Acadia Parish485-5.1%
58Catahoula Parish485-6%
58Franklin Parish485-5.1%
58LaSalle Parish485-7.6%
58Madison Parish485-5.1%
58Richland Parish485-5.1%
58West Carroll Parish485-5.1%

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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/fmr2019/FY2019_4050_FMRs_rev2.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2019). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2019/FY2019_4050_FMRs_rev2.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), 2019. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 15 Mar. 2019, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2019/FY2019_4050_FMRs_rev2.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/louisiana-counties?period=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2019. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2019. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2019/FY2019_4050_FMRs_rev2.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/louisiana-counties?period=2019.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2019) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2019/FY2019_4050_FMRs_rev2.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/louisiana-counties?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Ascension Parish, with $849 in 2019, 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 $485 in 2019.

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