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

Crittenden County had the highest fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly) of 75 counties in 2016, at $1,128. Woodruff County had the lowest, at $766. The median was $837. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,128Crittenden County
Median83775 counties

Map of counties, 2016

Arkansas County: 804 USDAshley County: 836 USDBaxter County: 884 USDBenton County: 1,030 USDBoone County: 883 USDBradley County: 807 USDCalhoun County: 784 USDCarroll County: 810 USDChicot County: 899 USDClark County: 852 USDClay County: 899 USDCleburne County: 899 USDCleveland County: 808 USDColumbia County: 899 USDConway County: 892 USDCraighead County: 884 USDCrawford County: 878 USDCrittenden County: 1,128 USDCross County: 854 USDDallas County: 891 USDDesha County: 855 USDDrew County: 829 USDFaulkner County: 1,044 USDFranklin County: 778 USDFulton County: 820 USDGarland County: 936 USDGrant County: 899 USDGreene County: 837 USDHempstead County: 838 USDHot Spring County: 809 USDHoward County: 798 USDIndependence County: 783 USDIzard County: 816 USDJackson County: 810 USDJefferson County: 808 USDJohnson County: 769 USDLafayette County: 790 USDLawrence County: 827 USDLee County: 766 USDLincoln County: 808 USDLittle River County: 766 USDLogan County: 870 USDLonoke County: 1,044 USDMadison County: 1,030 USDMarion County: 799 USDMiller County: 893 USDMississippi County: 830 USDMonroe County: 803 USDMontgomery County: 766 USDNevada County: 809 USDNewton County: 774 USDOuachita County: 826 USDPerry County: 1,044 USDPhillips County: 899 USDPike County: 766 USDPoinsett County: 849 USDPolk County: 811 USDPope County: 910 USDPrairie County: 899 USDPulaski County: 1,044 USDRandolph County: 766 USDSt. Francis County: 899 USDSaline County: 1,044 USDScott County: 773 USDSearcy County: 810 USDSebastian County: 878 USDSevier County: 766 USDSharp County: 859 USDStone County: 771 USDUnion County: 799 USDVan Buren County: 883 USDWashington County: 1,030 USDWhite County: 964 USDWoodruff County: 766 USDYell County: 899 USD
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  • 780 to 810
  • 810 to 840
  • 840 to 880
  • 880 to 900
  • 900 and over
USD, 2016. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2016

Crittenden County: 1,128 USDCrittenden County1,128Faulkner County: 1,044 USDFaulkner County1,044Lonoke County: 1,044 USDLonoke County1,044Perry County: 1,044 USDPerry County1,044Pulaski County: 1,044 USDPulaski County1,044Saline County: 1,044 USDSaline County1,044Benton County: 1,030 USDBenton County1,030Madison County: 1,030 USDMadison County1,030Washington County: 1,030 USDWashington County1,030White County: 964 USDWhite County964Garland County: 936 USDGarland County936Pope County: 910 USDPope County910Chicot County: 899 USDChicot County899Clay County: 899 USDClay County899Cleburne County: 899 USDCleburne County899Columbia County: 899 USDColumbia County899Grant County: 899 USDGrant County899Phillips County: 899 USDPhillips County899Prairie County: 899 USDPrairie County899St. Francis County: 899 USDSt. Francis County899Yell County: 899 USDYell County899Miller County: 893 USDMiller County893Conway County: 892 USDConway County892Dallas County: 891 USDDallas County891Baxter County: 884 USDBaxter County884Craighead County: 884 USDCraighead County884Boone County: 883 USDBoone County883Van Buren County: 883 USDVan Buren County883Crawford County: 878 USDCrawford County878Sebastian County: 878 USDSebastian County878Logan County: 870 USDLogan County870Sharp County: 859 USDSharp County859Desha County: 855 USDDesha County855Cross County: 854 USDCross County854Clark County: 852 USDClark County852Poinsett County: 849 USDPoinsett County849Hempstead County: 838 USDHempstead County838Greene County: 837 USDGreene County837Ashley County: 836 USDAshley County836Mississippi County: 830 USDMississippi County830Crittenden County: 1,128 USDCrittenden County1,128Faulkner County: 1,044 USDFaulkner County1,044Lonoke County: 1,044 USDLonoke County1,044Perry County: 1,044 USDPerry County1,044Pulaski County: 1,044 USDPulaski County1,044Saline County: 1,044 USDSaline County1,044Benton County: 1,030 USDBenton County1,030Madison County: 1,030 USDMadison County1,030Washington County: 1,030 USDWashington County1,030White County: 964 USDWhite County964Garland County: 936 USDGarland County936Pope County: 910 USDPope County910Chicot County: 899 USDChicot County899Clay County: 899 USDClay County899Cleburne County: 899 USDCleburne County899Columbia County: 899 USDColumbia County899Grant County: 899 USDGrant County899Phillips County: 899 USDPhillips County899Prairie County: 899 USDPrairie County899St. Francis County: 899 USDSt. Francis County899Yell County: 899 USDYell County899Miller County: 893 USDMiller County893Conway County: 892 USDConway County892Dallas County: 891 USDDallas County891Baxter County: 884 USDBaxter County884Craighead County: 884 USDCraighead County884Boone County: 883 USDBoone County883Van Buren County: 883 USDVan Buren County883Crawford County: 878 USDCrawford County878Sebastian County: 878 USDSebastian County878Logan County: 870 USDLogan County870Sharp County: 859 USDSharp County859Desha County: 855 USDDesha County855Cross County: 854 USDCross County854Clark County: 852 USDClark County852Poinsett County: 849 USDPoinsett County849Hempstead County: 838 USDHempstead County838Greene County: 837 USDGreene County837Ashley County: 836 USDAshley County836Mississippi County: 830 USDMississippi County830
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016
USD
Change on 2015
1Crittenden County1,128-0.8%
2Faulkner County1,044+0.4%
2Lonoke County1,044+0.4%
2Perry County1,044+0.4%
2Pulaski County1,044+0.4%
2Saline County1,044+0.4%
7Benton County1,030-2.7%
7Madison County1,030-2.7%
7Washington County1,030-2.7%
10White County964+6.1%
11Garland County936-11.5%
12Pope County910+8.6%
13Chicot County899+4.4%
13Clay County899+18.6%
13Cleburne County899+12.4%
13Columbia County899+9.4%
13Grant County899+4.4%
13Phillips County899+4.4%
13Prairie County899+4.4%
13St. Francis County899+10.6%
13Yell County899+4.4%
22Miller County893-6.2%
23Conway County892+13.3%
24Dallas County891+3.5%
25Baxter County884-0.8%
25Craighead County884+0.6%
27Boone County883+5.9%
27Van Buren County883+19.2%
29Crawford County878+3.3%
29Sebastian County878+3.3%
31Logan County870+19.7%
32Sharp County859+11.8%
33Desha County855+6.6%
34Cross County854-2.4%
35Clark County852+10.1%
36Poinsett County849-0.8%
37Hempstead County838+15.3%
38Greene County837-3.8%
39Ashley County836+5.7%
40Mississippi County830+3.2%
41Drew County829-1.3%
42Lawrence County827+6.4%
43Ouachita County826+9.8%
44Fulton County820+12.8%
45Izard County816+12.2%
46Polk County811+3.7%
47Carroll County810+2.4%
47Jackson County810-5.9%
47Searcy County810+11.4%
50Hot Spring County809+0.4%
50Nevada County809+7.3%
52Cleveland County808+0.6%
52Jefferson County808+0.6%
52Lincoln County808+0.6%
55Bradley County807-4.8%
56Arkansas County804+9.1%
57Monroe County803+1.1%
58Marion County799+9.9%
58Union County799-2.9%
60Howard County798+4%
61Lafayette County790-8.2%
62Calhoun County784+0.9%
63Independence County783+4.8%
64Franklin County778-3.1%
65Newton County774+6.5%
66Scott County773+6.3%
67Stone County771+2.8%
68Johnson County769+2.7%
69Lee County766-1.2%
69Little River County766+5.4%
69Montgomery County766+5.4%
69Pike County766+5.4%
69Randolph County766+2.8%
69Sevier County766+2.1%
69Woodruff County766-11%

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 three-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: three bedrooms, 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: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Arkansas by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (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: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Arkansas by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (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-three-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: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Arkansas by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (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-three-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: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Arkansas by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (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-three-bedroom/arkansas-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  year = {2016},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

Crittenden County, with $1,128 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, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

Woodruff County, with $766 in 2016.

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