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 2020, at $1,396. Winn Parish had the lowest, at $885. The median was $1,034. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,396Jefferson Parish
Lowest885Winn Parish
Median1,03464 counties

Map of counties, 2020

Acadia Parish: 993 USDAllen Parish: 988 USDAscension Parish: 1,145 USDAssumption Parish: 1,065 USDAvoyelles Parish: 954 USDBeauregard Parish: 1,001 USDBienville Parish: 989 USDBossier Parish: 1,077 USDCaddo Parish: 1,077 USDCalcasieu Parish: 1,063 USDCaldwell Parish: 1,004 USDCameron Parish: 1,063 USDCatahoula Parish: 897 USDClaiborne Parish: 933 USDConcordia Parish: 914 USDDe Soto Parish: 1,077 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish: 1,145 USDEast Carroll Parish: 946 USDEast Feliciana Parish: 1,145 USDEvangeline Parish: 898 USDFranklin Parish: 885 USDGrant Parish: 1,044 USDIberia Parish: 1,001 USDIberville Parish: 911 USDJackson Parish: 945 USDJefferson Parish: 1,396 USDJefferson Davis Parish: 996 USDLafayette Parish: 1,205 USDLafourche Parish: 1,206 USDLaSalle Parish: 926 USDLincoln Parish: 1,085 USDLivingston Parish: 1,145 USDMadison Parish: 920 USDMorehouse Parish: 980 USDNatchitoches Parish: 1,100 USDOrleans Parish: 1,396 USDOuachita Parish: 991 USDPlaquemines Parish: 1,396 USDPointe Coupee Parish: 1,145 USDRapides Parish: 1,044 USDRed River Parish: 951 USDRichland Parish: 885 USDSabine Parish: 987 USDSt. Bernard Parish: 1,396 USDSt. Charles Parish: 1,396 USDSt. Helena Parish: 1,145 USDSt. James Parish: 1,008 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish: 1,396 USDSt. Landry Parish: 963 USDSt. Martin Parish: 1,205 USDSt. Mary Parish: 1,145 USDSt. Tammany Parish: 1,396 USDTangipahoa Parish: 1,085 USDTensas Parish: 1,024 USDTerrebonne Parish: 1,206 USDUnion Parish: 991 USDVermilion Parish: 959 USDVernon Parish: 1,343 USDWashington Parish: 975 USDWebster Parish: 1,024 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish: 1,145 USDWest Carroll Parish: 937 USDWest Feliciana Parish: 1,145 USDWinn Parish: 885 USD
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  • 1,200 and over
USD, 2020. 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, 2020

Jefferson Parish: 1,396 USDJefferson Parish1,396Orleans Parish: 1,396 USDOrleans Parish1,396Plaquemines Parish: 1,396 USDPlaquemines Parish1,396St. Bernard Parish: 1,396 USDSt. Bernard Parish1,396St. Charles Parish: 1,396 USDSt. Charles Parish1,396St. John the Baptist Parish: 1,396 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish1,396St. Tammany Parish: 1,396 USDSt. Tammany Parish1,396Vernon Parish: 1,343 USDVernon Parish1,343Lafourche Parish: 1,206 USDLafourche Parish1,206Terrebonne Parish: 1,206 USDTerrebonne Parish1,206Lafayette Parish: 1,205 USDLafayette Parish1,205St. Martin Parish: 1,205 USDSt. Martin Parish1,205Ascension Parish: 1,145 USDAscension Parish1,145East Baton Rouge Parish: 1,145 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish1,145East Feliciana Parish: 1,145 USDEast Feliciana Parish1,145Livingston Parish: 1,145 USDLivingston Parish1,145Pointe Coupee Parish: 1,145 USDPointe Coupee Parish1,145St. Helena Parish: 1,145 USDSt. Helena Parish1,145St. Mary Parish: 1,145 USDSt. Mary Parish1,145West Baton Rouge Parish: 1,145 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish1,145West Feliciana Parish: 1,145 USDWest Feliciana Parish1,145Natchitoches Parish: 1,100 USDNatchitoches Parish1,100Lincoln Parish: 1,085 USDLincoln Parish1,085Tangipahoa Parish: 1,085 USDTangipahoa Parish1,085Bossier Parish: 1,077 USDBossier Parish1,077Caddo Parish: 1,077 USDCaddo Parish1,077De Soto Parish: 1,077 USDDe Soto Parish1,077Assumption Parish: 1,065 USDAssumption Parish1,065Calcasieu Parish: 1,063 USDCalcasieu Parish1,063Cameron Parish: 1,063 USDCameron Parish1,063Grant Parish: 1,044 USDGrant Parish1,044Rapides Parish: 1,044 USDRapides Parish1,044Tensas Parish: 1,024 USDTensas Parish1,024Webster Parish: 1,024 USDWebster Parish1,024St. James Parish: 1,008 USDSt. James Parish1,008Caldwell Parish: 1,004 USDCaldwell Parish1,004Beauregard Parish: 1,001 USDBeauregard Parish1,001Iberia Parish: 1,001 USDIberia Parish1,001Jefferson Davis Parish: 996 USDJefferson Davis Parish996Acadia Parish: 993 USDAcadia Parish993Jefferson Parish: 1,396 USDJefferson Parish1,396Orleans Parish: 1,396 USDOrleans Parish1,396Plaquemines Parish: 1,396 USDPlaquemines Parish1,396St. Bernard Parish: 1,396 USDSt. Bernard Parish1,396St. Charles Parish: 1,396 USDSt. Charles Parish1,396St. John the Baptist Parish: 1,396 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish1,396St. Tammany Parish: 1,396 USDSt. Tammany Parish1,396Vernon Parish: 1,343 USDVernon Parish1,343Lafourche Parish: 1,206 USDLafourche Parish1,206Terrebonne Parish: 1,206 USDTerrebonne Parish1,206Lafayette Parish: 1,205 USDLafayette Parish1,205St. Martin Parish: 1,205 USDSt. Martin Parish1,205Ascension Parish: 1,145 USDAscension Parish1,145East Baton Rouge Parish: 1,145 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish1,145East Feliciana Parish: 1,145 USDEast Feliciana Parish1,145Livingston Parish: 1,145 USDLivingston Parish1,145Pointe Coupee Parish: 1,145 USDPointe Coupee Parish1,145St. Helena Parish: 1,145 USDSt. Helena Parish1,145St. Mary Parish: 1,145 USDSt. Mary Parish1,145West Baton Rouge Parish: 1,145 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish1,145West Feliciana Parish: 1,145 USDWest Feliciana Parish1,145Natchitoches Parish: 1,100 USDNatchitoches Parish1,100Lincoln Parish: 1,085 USDLincoln Parish1,085Tangipahoa Parish: 1,085 USDTangipahoa Parish1,085Bossier Parish: 1,077 USDBossier Parish1,077Caddo Parish: 1,077 USDCaddo Parish1,077De Soto Parish: 1,077 USDDe Soto Parish1,077Assumption Parish: 1,065 USDAssumption Parish1,065Calcasieu Parish: 1,063 USDCalcasieu Parish1,063Cameron Parish: 1,063 USDCameron Parish1,063Grant Parish: 1,044 USDGrant Parish1,044Rapides Parish: 1,044 USDRapides Parish1,044Tensas Parish: 1,024 USDTensas Parish1,024Webster Parish: 1,024 USDWebster Parish1,024St. James Parish: 1,008 USDSt. James Parish1,008Caldwell Parish: 1,004 USDCaldwell Parish1,004Beauregard Parish: 1,001 USDBeauregard Parish1,001Iberia Parish: 1,001 USDIberia Parish1,001Jefferson Davis Parish: 996 USDJefferson Davis Parish996Acadia Parish: 993 USDAcadia Parish993
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2020
USD
Change on 2019
1Jefferson Parish1,396+7.1%
1Orleans Parish1,396+7.1%
1Plaquemines Parish1,396+7.1%
1St. Bernard Parish1,396+7.1%
1St. Charles Parish1,396+7.1%
1St. John the Baptist Parish1,396+7.1%
1St. Tammany Parish1,396+7.1%
8Vernon Parish1,343+8%
9Lafourche Parish1,206+1.3%
9Terrebonne Parish1,206+1.3%
11Lafayette Parish1,205+9%
11St. Martin Parish1,205+9%
13Ascension Parish1,145-9.1%
13East Baton Rouge Parish1,145-9.1%
13East Feliciana Parish1,145-9.1%
13Livingston Parish1,145-9.1%
13Pointe Coupee Parish1,145-9.1%
13St. Helena Parish1,145-9.1%
13St. Mary Parish1,145+16.4%
13West Baton Rouge Parish1,145-9.1%
13West Feliciana Parish1,145-9.1%
22Natchitoches Parish1,100+14.2%
23Lincoln Parish1,085+10.7%
23Tangipahoa Parish1,085+2.8%
25Bossier Parish1,077+3.1%
25Caddo Parish1,077+3.1%
25De Soto Parish1,077+3.1%
28Assumption Parish1,065+11.8%
29Calcasieu Parish1,063+0.4%
29Cameron Parish1,063+0.4%
31Grant Parish1,044+2.4%
31Rapides Parish1,044+2.4%
33Tensas Parish1,024+10.5%
33Webster Parish1,024+11.7%
35St. James Parish1,008+8.7%
36Caldwell Parish1,004+8.3%
37Beauregard Parish1,001+9.5%
37Iberia Parish1,001+3.4%
39Jefferson Davis Parish996+7.4%
40Acadia Parish993+13.2%
41Ouachita Parish991+3.3%
41Union Parish991+3.3%
43Bienville Parish989+14.3%
44Allen Parish988+9.1%
45Sabine Parish987+13.3%
46Morehouse Parish980+9.3%
47Washington Parish975+11.7%
48St. Landry Parish963+8.9%
49Vermilion Parish959+2%
50Avoyelles Parish954+8%
51Red River Parish951+3.4%
52East Carroll Parish946+17.2%
53Jackson Parish945+10.3%
54West Carroll Parish937+13.6%
55Claiborne Parish933+4.5%
56LaSalle Parish926+10.8%
57Madison Parish920+13%
58Concordia Parish914+9.5%
59Iberville Parish911-4.2%
60Evangeline Parish898+10.7%
61Catahoula Parish897+4.9%
62Franklin Parish885+10.2%
62Richland Parish885+10.2%
62Winn Parish885-0.7%

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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/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2020). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs_rev.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), 2020. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 2 Mar. 2020, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-three-bedroom/louisiana-counties?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2020) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-three-bedroom/louisiana-counties?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Jefferson Parish, with $1,396 in 2020, 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)?

Winn Parish, with $885 in 2020.

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