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

Jefferson Parish had the highest fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly) of 64 counties in 2016, at $1,219. Franklin Parish had the lowest, at $718. The median was $887. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,219Jefferson Parish
Median88764 counties

Map of counties, 2016

Acadia Parish: 795 USDAllen Parish: 791 USDAscension Parish: 1,056 USDAssumption Parish: 869 USDAvoyelles Parish: 783 USDBeauregard Parish: 815 USDBienville Parish: 791 USDBossier Parish: 1,033 USDCaddo Parish: 1,033 USDCalcasieu Parish: 992 USDCaldwell Parish: 844 USDCameron Parish: 992 USDCatahoula Parish: 844 USDClaiborne Parish: 844 USDConcordia Parish: 844 USDDe Soto Parish: 1,033 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish: 1,056 USDEast Carroll Parish: 735 USDEast Feliciana Parish: 1,056 USDEvangeline Parish: 731 USDFranklin Parish: 718 USDGrant Parish: 981 USDIberia Parish: 879 USDIberville Parish: 815 USDJackson Parish: 841 USDJefferson Parish: 1,219 USDJefferson Davis Parish: 791 USDLafayette Parish: 1,139 USDLafourche Parish: 1,174 USDLaSalle Parish: 831 USDLincoln Parish: 866 USDLivingston Parish: 1,056 USDMadison Parish: 747 USDMorehouse Parish: 720 USDNatchitoches Parish: 824 USDOrleans Parish: 1,219 USDOuachita Parish: 918 USDPlaquemines Parish: 1,219 USDPointe Coupee Parish: 1,056 USDRapides Parish: 981 USDRed River Parish: 853 USDRichland Parish: 731 USDSabine Parish: 744 USDSt. Bernard Parish: 1,219 USDSt. Charles Parish: 1,219 USDSt. Helena Parish: 1,056 USDSt. James Parish: 844 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish: 1,219 USDSt. Landry Parish: 757 USDSt. Martin Parish: 1,139 USDSt. Mary Parish: 898 USDSt. Tammany Parish: 1,219 USDTangipahoa Parish: 972 USDTensas Parish: 772 USDTerrebonne Parish: 1,174 USDUnion Parish: 918 USDVermilion Parish: 895 USDVernon Parish: 1,070 USDWashington Parish: 743 USDWebster Parish: 785 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish: 1,056 USDWest Carroll Parish: 727 USDWest Feliciana Parish: 1,056 USDWinn Parish: 791 USD
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  • 890 to 1,000
  • 1,000 to 1,100
  • 1,100 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

Jefferson Parish: 1,219 USDJefferson Parish1,219Orleans Parish: 1,219 USDOrleans Parish1,219Plaquemines Parish: 1,219 USDPlaquemines Parish1,219St. Bernard Parish: 1,219 USDSt. Bernard Parish1,219St. Charles Parish: 1,219 USDSt. Charles Parish1,219St. John the Baptist Parish: 1,219 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish1,219St. Tammany Parish: 1,219 USDSt. Tammany Parish1,219Lafourche Parish: 1,174 USDLafourche Parish1,174Terrebonne Parish: 1,174 USDTerrebonne Parish1,174Lafayette Parish: 1,139 USDLafayette Parish1,139St. Martin Parish: 1,139 USDSt. Martin Parish1,139Vernon Parish: 1,070 USDVernon Parish1,070Ascension Parish: 1,056 USDAscension Parish1,056East Baton Rouge Parish: 1,056 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish1,056East Feliciana Parish: 1,056 USDEast Feliciana Parish1,056Livingston Parish: 1,056 USDLivingston Parish1,056Pointe Coupee Parish: 1,056 USDPointe Coupee Parish1,056St. Helena Parish: 1,056 USDSt. Helena Parish1,056West Baton Rouge Parish: 1,056 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish1,056West Feliciana Parish: 1,056 USDWest Feliciana Parish1,056Bossier Parish: 1,033 USDBossier Parish1,033Caddo Parish: 1,033 USDCaddo Parish1,033De Soto Parish: 1,033 USDDe Soto Parish1,033Calcasieu Parish: 992 USDCalcasieu Parish992Cameron Parish: 992 USDCameron Parish992Grant Parish: 981 USDGrant Parish981Rapides Parish: 981 USDRapides Parish981Tangipahoa Parish: 972 USDTangipahoa Parish972Ouachita Parish: 918 USDOuachita Parish918Union Parish: 918 USDUnion Parish918St. Mary Parish: 898 USDSt. Mary Parish898Vermilion Parish: 895 USDVermilion Parish895Iberia Parish: 879 USDIberia Parish879Assumption Parish: 869 USDAssumption Parish869Lincoln Parish: 866 USDLincoln Parish866Red River Parish: 853 USDRed River Parish853Caldwell Parish: 844 USDCaldwell Parish844Catahoula Parish: 844 USDCatahoula Parish844Claiborne Parish: 844 USDClaiborne Parish844Concordia Parish: 844 USDConcordia Parish844Jefferson Parish: 1,219 USDJefferson Parish1,219Orleans Parish: 1,219 USDOrleans Parish1,219Plaquemines Parish: 1,219 USDPlaquemines Parish1,219St. Bernard Parish: 1,219 USDSt. Bernard Parish1,219St. Charles Parish: 1,219 USDSt. Charles Parish1,219St. John the Baptist Parish: 1,219 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish1,219St. Tammany Parish: 1,219 USDSt. Tammany Parish1,219Lafourche Parish: 1,174 USDLafourche Parish1,174Terrebonne Parish: 1,174 USDTerrebonne Parish1,174Lafayette Parish: 1,139 USDLafayette Parish1,139St. Martin Parish: 1,139 USDSt. Martin Parish1,139Vernon Parish: 1,070 USDVernon Parish1,070Ascension Parish: 1,056 USDAscension Parish1,056East Baton Rouge Parish: 1,056 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish1,056East Feliciana Parish: 1,056 USDEast Feliciana Parish1,056Livingston Parish: 1,056 USDLivingston Parish1,056Pointe Coupee Parish: 1,056 USDPointe Coupee Parish1,056St. Helena Parish: 1,056 USDSt. Helena Parish1,056West Baton Rouge Parish: 1,056 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish1,056West Feliciana Parish: 1,056 USDWest Feliciana Parish1,056Bossier Parish: 1,033 USDBossier Parish1,033Caddo Parish: 1,033 USDCaddo Parish1,033De Soto Parish: 1,033 USDDe Soto Parish1,033Calcasieu Parish: 992 USDCalcasieu Parish992Cameron Parish: 992 USDCameron Parish992Grant Parish: 981 USDGrant Parish981Rapides Parish: 981 USDRapides Parish981Tangipahoa Parish: 972 USDTangipahoa Parish972Ouachita Parish: 918 USDOuachita Parish918Union Parish: 918 USDUnion Parish918St. Mary Parish: 898 USDSt. Mary Parish898Vermilion Parish: 895 USDVermilion Parish895Iberia Parish: 879 USDIberia Parish879Assumption Parish: 869 USDAssumption Parish869Lincoln Parish: 866 USDLincoln Parish866Red River Parish: 853 USDRed River Parish853Caldwell Parish: 844 USDCaldwell Parish844Catahoula Parish: 844 USDCatahoula Parish844Claiborne Parish: 844 USDClaiborne Parish844Concordia Parish: 844 USDConcordia Parish844
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
1Jefferson Parish1,219+2.3%
1Orleans Parish1,219+2.3%
1Plaquemines Parish1,219+2.3%
1St. Bernard Parish1,219+2.3%
1St. Charles Parish1,219+2.3%
1St. John the Baptist Parish1,219+2.3%
1St. Tammany Parish1,219+2.3%
8Lafourche Parish1,174+22.7%
8Terrebonne Parish1,174+22.7%
10Lafayette Parish1,139+15.2%
10St. Martin Parish1,139+15.2%
12Vernon Parish1,070-2.6%
13Ascension Parish1,056+6.3%
13East Baton Rouge Parish1,056+6.3%
13East Feliciana Parish1,056+6.3%
13Livingston Parish1,056+6.3%
13Pointe Coupee Parish1,056+6.3%
13St. Helena Parish1,056+6.3%
13West Baton Rouge Parish1,056+6.3%
13West Feliciana Parish1,056+6.3%
21Bossier Parish1,033-1.5%
21Caddo Parish1,033-1.5%
21De Soto Parish1,033-1.5%
24Calcasieu Parish992+4.5%
24Cameron Parish992+4.5%
26Grant Parish981+6.4%
26Rapides Parish981+6.4%
28Tangipahoa Parish972-7.5%
29Ouachita Parish918+9.2%
29Union Parish918+9.2%
31St. Mary Parish898+0.1%
32Vermilion Parish895-7.1%
33Iberia Parish879-1%
34Assumption Parish869-6%
35Lincoln Parish866-15.8%
36Red River Parish853-11.1%
37Caldwell Parish844-8.7%
37Catahoula Parish844-8.7%
37Claiborne Parish844-8.7%
37Concordia Parish844-8.7%
37St. James Parish844-8.7%
42Jackson Parish841-9%
43LaSalle Parish831-3.8%
44Natchitoches Parish824-9.1%
45Beauregard Parish815-2.6%
45Iberville Parish815-3.8%
47Acadia Parish795-5.7%
48Allen Parish791-10.8%
48Bienville Parish791-14.4%
48Jefferson Davis Parish791-11%
48Winn Parish791-6.1%
52Webster Parish785-4.5%
53Avoyelles Parish783-13.1%
54Tensas Parish772-1.2%
55St. Landry Parish757-3.7%
56Madison Parish747-6.9%
57Sabine Parish744-4.7%
58Washington Parish743-7.4%
59East Carroll Parish735-5.9%
60Evangeline Parish731-11.9%
60Richland Parish731-14.4%
62West Carroll Parish727-19%
63Morehouse Parish720-7.8%
64Franklin Parish718-11.9%

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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 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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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/louisiana-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 Louisiana 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/louisiana-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 Louisiana 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/louisiana-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

Jefferson Parish, with $1,219 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)?

Franklin Parish, with $718 in 2016.

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