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 2017, at $1,234. Richland Parish had the lowest, at $756. The median was $940. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,234Jefferson Parish
Median94064 counties

Map of counties, 2017

Acadia Parish: 841 USDAllen Parish: 830 USDAscension Parish: 1,084 USDAssumption Parish: 905 USDAvoyelles Parish: 815 USDBeauregard Parish: 859 USDBienville Parish: 861 USDBossier Parish: 1,113 USDCaddo Parish: 1,113 USDCalcasieu Parish: 1,021 USDCaldwell Parish: 879 USDCameron Parish: 1,021 USDCatahoula Parish: 879 USDClaiborne Parish: 879 USDConcordia Parish: 860 USDDe Soto Parish: 1,113 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish: 1,084 USDEast Carroll Parish: 772 USDEast Feliciana Parish: 1,084 USDEvangeline Parish: 778 USDFranklin Parish: 756 USDGrant Parish: 1,065 USDIberia Parish: 862 USDIberville Parish: 834 USDJackson Parish: 845 USDJefferson Parish: 1,234 USDJefferson Davis Parish: 838 USDLafayette Parish: 1,103 USDLafourche Parish: 1,198 USDLaSalle Parish: 858 USDLincoln Parish: 873 USDLivingston Parish: 1,084 USDMadison Parish: 775 USDMorehouse Parish: 798 USDNatchitoches Parish: 887 USDOrleans Parish: 1,234 USDOuachita Parish: 1,027 USDPlaquemines Parish: 1,234 USDPointe Coupee Parish: 1,084 USDRapides Parish: 1,065 USDRed River Parish: 959 USDRichland Parish: 756 USDSabine Parish: 771 USDSt. Bernard Parish: 1,234 USDSt. Charles Parish: 1,234 USDSt. Helena Parish: 1,084 USDSt. James Parish: 879 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish: 1,234 USDSt. Landry Parish: 765 USDSt. Martin Parish: 1,103 USDSt. Mary Parish: 946 USDSt. Tammany Parish: 1,234 USDTangipahoa Parish: 987 USDTensas Parish: 857 USDTerrebonne Parish: 1,198 USDUnion Parish: 1,027 USDVermilion Parish: 934 USDVernon Parish: 1,153 USDWashington Parish: 768 USDWebster Parish: 837 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish: 1,084 USDWest Carroll Parish: 779 USDWest Feliciana Parish: 1,084 USDWinn Parish: 830 USD
  • Under 820
  • 820 to 860
  • 860 to 940
  • 940 to 1,100
  • 1,100 and over
USD, 2017. 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, 2017

Jefferson Parish: 1,234 USDJefferson Parish1,234Orleans Parish: 1,234 USDOrleans Parish1,234Plaquemines Parish: 1,234 USDPlaquemines Parish1,234St. Bernard Parish: 1,234 USDSt. Bernard Parish1,234St. Charles Parish: 1,234 USDSt. Charles Parish1,234St. John the Baptist Parish: 1,234 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish1,234St. Tammany Parish: 1,234 USDSt. Tammany Parish1,234Lafourche Parish: 1,198 USDLafourche Parish1,198Terrebonne Parish: 1,198 USDTerrebonne Parish1,198Vernon Parish: 1,153 USDVernon Parish1,153Bossier Parish: 1,113 USDBossier Parish1,113Caddo Parish: 1,113 USDCaddo Parish1,113De Soto Parish: 1,113 USDDe Soto Parish1,113Lafayette Parish: 1,103 USDLafayette Parish1,103St. Martin Parish: 1,103 USDSt. Martin Parish1,103Ascension Parish: 1,084 USDAscension Parish1,084East Baton Rouge Parish: 1,084 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish1,084East Feliciana Parish: 1,084 USDEast Feliciana Parish1,084Livingston Parish: 1,084 USDLivingston Parish1,084Pointe Coupee Parish: 1,084 USDPointe Coupee Parish1,084St. Helena Parish: 1,084 USDSt. Helena Parish1,084West Baton Rouge Parish: 1,084 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish1,084West Feliciana Parish: 1,084 USDWest Feliciana Parish1,084Grant Parish: 1,065 USDGrant Parish1,065Rapides Parish: 1,065 USDRapides Parish1,065Ouachita Parish: 1,027 USDOuachita Parish1,027Union Parish: 1,027 USDUnion Parish1,027Calcasieu Parish: 1,021 USDCalcasieu Parish1,021Cameron Parish: 1,021 USDCameron Parish1,021Tangipahoa Parish: 987 USDTangipahoa Parish987Red River Parish: 959 USDRed River Parish959St. Mary Parish: 946 USDSt. Mary Parish946Vermilion Parish: 934 USDVermilion Parish934Assumption Parish: 905 USDAssumption Parish905Natchitoches Parish: 887 USDNatchitoches Parish887Caldwell Parish: 879 USDCaldwell Parish879Catahoula Parish: 879 USDCatahoula Parish879Claiborne Parish: 879 USDClaiborne Parish879St. James Parish: 879 USDSt. James Parish879Lincoln Parish: 873 USDLincoln Parish873Jefferson Parish: 1,234 USDJefferson Parish1,234Orleans Parish: 1,234 USDOrleans Parish1,234Plaquemines Parish: 1,234 USDPlaquemines Parish1,234St. Bernard Parish: 1,234 USDSt. Bernard Parish1,234St. Charles Parish: 1,234 USDSt. Charles Parish1,234St. John the Baptist Parish: 1,234 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish1,234St. Tammany Parish: 1,234 USDSt. Tammany Parish1,234Lafourche Parish: 1,198 USDLafourche Parish1,198Terrebonne Parish: 1,198 USDTerrebonne Parish1,198Vernon Parish: 1,153 USDVernon Parish1,153Bossier Parish: 1,113 USDBossier Parish1,113Caddo Parish: 1,113 USDCaddo Parish1,113De Soto Parish: 1,113 USDDe Soto Parish1,113Lafayette Parish: 1,103 USDLafayette Parish1,103St. Martin Parish: 1,103 USDSt. Martin Parish1,103Ascension Parish: 1,084 USDAscension Parish1,084East Baton Rouge Parish: 1,084 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish1,084East Feliciana Parish: 1,084 USDEast Feliciana Parish1,084Livingston Parish: 1,084 USDLivingston Parish1,084Pointe Coupee Parish: 1,084 USDPointe Coupee Parish1,084St. Helena Parish: 1,084 USDSt. Helena Parish1,084West Baton Rouge Parish: 1,084 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish1,084West Feliciana Parish: 1,084 USDWest Feliciana Parish1,084Grant Parish: 1,065 USDGrant Parish1,065Rapides Parish: 1,065 USDRapides Parish1,065Ouachita Parish: 1,027 USDOuachita Parish1,027Union Parish: 1,027 USDUnion Parish1,027Calcasieu Parish: 1,021 USDCalcasieu Parish1,021Cameron Parish: 1,021 USDCameron Parish1,021Tangipahoa Parish: 987 USDTangipahoa Parish987Red River Parish: 959 USDRed River Parish959St. Mary Parish: 946 USDSt. Mary Parish946Vermilion Parish: 934 USDVermilion Parish934Assumption Parish: 905 USDAssumption Parish905Natchitoches Parish: 887 USDNatchitoches Parish887Caldwell Parish: 879 USDCaldwell Parish879Catahoula Parish: 879 USDCatahoula Parish879Claiborne Parish: 879 USDClaiborne Parish879St. James Parish: 879 USDSt. James Parish879Lincoln Parish: 873 USDLincoln Parish873
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2017
USD
Change on 2016
1Jefferson Parish1,234+1.2%
1Orleans Parish1,234+1.2%
1Plaquemines Parish1,234+1.2%
1St. Bernard Parish1,234+1.2%
1St. Charles Parish1,234+1.2%
1St. John the Baptist Parish1,234+1.2%
1St. Tammany Parish1,234+1.2%
8Lafourche Parish1,198+2%
8Terrebonne Parish1,198+2%
10Vernon Parish1,153+7.8%
11Bossier Parish1,113+7.7%
11Caddo Parish1,113+7.7%
11De Soto Parish1,113+7.7%
14Lafayette Parish1,103-3.2%
14St. Martin Parish1,103-3.2%
16Ascension Parish1,084+2.7%
16East Baton Rouge Parish1,084+2.7%
16East Feliciana Parish1,084+2.7%
16Livingston Parish1,084+2.7%
16Pointe Coupee Parish1,084+2.7%
16St. Helena Parish1,084+2.7%
16West Baton Rouge Parish1,084+2.7%
16West Feliciana Parish1,084+2.7%
24Grant Parish1,065+8.6%
24Rapides Parish1,065+8.6%
26Ouachita Parish1,027+11.9%
26Union Parish1,027+11.9%
28Calcasieu Parish1,021+2.9%
28Cameron Parish1,021+2.9%
30Tangipahoa Parish987+1.5%
31Red River Parish959+12.4%
32St. Mary Parish946+5.3%
33Vermilion Parish934+4.4%
34Assumption Parish905+4.1%
35Natchitoches Parish887+7.6%
36Caldwell Parish879+4.1%
36Catahoula Parish879+4.1%
36Claiborne Parish879+4.1%
36St. James Parish879+4.1%
40Lincoln Parish873+0.8%
41Iberia Parish862-1.9%
42Bienville Parish861+8.8%
43Concordia Parish860+1.9%
44Beauregard Parish859+5.4%
45LaSalle Parish858+3.2%
46Tensas Parish857+11%
47Jackson Parish845+0.5%
48Acadia Parish841+5.8%
49Jefferson Davis Parish838+5.9%
50Webster Parish837+6.6%
51Iberville Parish834+2.3%
52Allen Parish830+4.9%
52Winn Parish830+4.9%
54Avoyelles Parish815+4.1%
55Morehouse Parish798+10.8%
56West Carroll Parish779+7.2%
57Evangeline Parish778+6.4%
58Madison Parish775+3.7%
59East Carroll Parish772+5%
60Sabine Parish771+3.6%
61Washington Parish768+3.4%
62St. Landry Parish765+1.1%
63Franklin Parish756+5.3%
63Richland Parish756+3.4%

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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/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: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (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: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (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-three-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: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (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-three-bedroom/louisiana-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Jefferson Parish, with $1,234 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, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

Richland Parish, with $756 in 2017.

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