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

Jefferson Parish had the highest fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly) of 64 counties in 2019, at $1,008. Winn Parish had the lowest, at $641. The median was $741. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,008Jefferson Parish
Lowest641Winn Parish
Median74164 counties

Map of counties, 2019

Acadia Parish: 641 USDAllen Parish: 641 USDAscension Parish: 981 USDAssumption Parish: 678 USDAvoyelles Parish: 667 USDBeauregard Parish: 641 USDBienville Parish: 641 USDBossier Parish: 828 USDCaddo Parish: 828 USDCalcasieu Parish: 827 USDCaldwell Parish: 641 USDCameron Parish: 827 USDCatahoula Parish: 641 USDClaiborne Parish: 676 USDConcordia Parish: 641 USDDe Soto Parish: 828 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish: 981 USDEast Carroll Parish: 641 USDEast Feliciana Parish: 981 USDEvangeline Parish: 641 USDFranklin Parish: 641 USDGrant Parish: 777 USDIberia Parish: 773 USDIberville Parish: 759 USDJackson Parish: 641 USDJefferson Parish: 1,008 USDJefferson Davis Parish: 641 USDLafayette Parish: 842 USDLafourche Parish: 848 USDLaSalle Parish: 641 USDLincoln Parish: 728 USDLivingston Parish: 981 USDMadison Parish: 641 USDMorehouse Parish: 641 USDNatchitoches Parish: 725 USDOrleans Parish: 1,008 USDOuachita Parish: 741 USDPlaquemines Parish: 1,008 USDPointe Coupee Parish: 981 USDRapides Parish: 777 USDRed River Parish: 734 USDRichland Parish: 641 USDSabine Parish: 641 USDSt. Bernard Parish: 1,008 USDSt. Charles Parish: 1,008 USDSt. Helena Parish: 981 USDSt. James Parish: 700 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish: 1,008 USDSt. Landry Parish: 681 USDSt. Martin Parish: 842 USDSt. Mary Parish: 743 USDSt. Tammany Parish: 1,008 USDTangipahoa Parish: 842 USDTensas Parish: 641 USDTerrebonne Parish: 848 USDUnion Parish: 741 USDVermilion Parish: 668 USDVernon Parish: 992 USDWashington Parish: 641 USDWebster Parish: 641 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish: 981 USDWest Carroll Parish: 641 USDWest Feliciana Parish: 981 USDWinn Parish: 641 USD
  • Under 740
  • 740 to 830
  • 830 to 980
  • 980 and over
USD, 2019. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2019

Jefferson Parish: 1,008 USDJefferson Parish1,008Orleans Parish: 1,008 USDOrleans Parish1,008Plaquemines Parish: 1,008 USDPlaquemines Parish1,008St. Bernard Parish: 1,008 USDSt. Bernard Parish1,008St. Charles Parish: 1,008 USDSt. Charles Parish1,008St. John the Baptist Parish: 1,008 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish1,008St. Tammany Parish: 1,008 USDSt. Tammany Parish1,008Vernon Parish: 992 USDVernon Parish992Ascension Parish: 981 USDAscension Parish981East Baton Rouge Parish: 981 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish981East Feliciana Parish: 981 USDEast Feliciana Parish981Livingston Parish: 981 USDLivingston Parish981Pointe Coupee Parish: 981 USDPointe Coupee Parish981St. Helena Parish: 981 USDSt. Helena Parish981West Baton Rouge Parish: 981 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish981West Feliciana Parish: 981 USDWest Feliciana Parish981Lafourche Parish: 848 USDLafourche Parish848Terrebonne Parish: 848 USDTerrebonne Parish848Lafayette Parish: 842 USDLafayette Parish842St. Martin Parish: 842 USDSt. Martin Parish842Tangipahoa Parish: 842 USDTangipahoa Parish842Bossier Parish: 828 USDBossier Parish828Caddo Parish: 828 USDCaddo Parish828De Soto Parish: 828 USDDe Soto Parish828Calcasieu Parish: 827 USDCalcasieu Parish827Cameron Parish: 827 USDCameron Parish827Grant Parish: 777 USDGrant Parish777Rapides Parish: 777 USDRapides Parish777Iberia Parish: 773 USDIberia Parish773Iberville Parish: 759 USDIberville Parish759St. Mary Parish: 743 USDSt. Mary Parish743Ouachita Parish: 741 USDOuachita Parish741Union Parish: 741 USDUnion Parish741Red River Parish: 734 USDRed River Parish734Lincoln Parish: 728 USDLincoln Parish728Natchitoches Parish: 725 USDNatchitoches Parish725St. James Parish: 700 USDSt. James Parish700St. Landry Parish: 681 USDSt. Landry Parish681Assumption Parish: 678 USDAssumption Parish678Claiborne Parish: 676 USDClaiborne Parish676Jefferson Parish: 1,008 USDJefferson Parish1,008Orleans Parish: 1,008 USDOrleans Parish1,008Plaquemines Parish: 1,008 USDPlaquemines Parish1,008St. Bernard Parish: 1,008 USDSt. Bernard Parish1,008St. Charles Parish: 1,008 USDSt. Charles Parish1,008St. John the Baptist Parish: 1,008 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish1,008St. Tammany Parish: 1,008 USDSt. Tammany Parish1,008Vernon Parish: 992 USDVernon Parish992Ascension Parish: 981 USDAscension Parish981East Baton Rouge Parish: 981 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish981East Feliciana Parish: 981 USDEast Feliciana Parish981Livingston Parish: 981 USDLivingston Parish981Pointe Coupee Parish: 981 USDPointe Coupee Parish981St. Helena Parish: 981 USDSt. Helena Parish981West Baton Rouge Parish: 981 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish981West Feliciana Parish: 981 USDWest Feliciana Parish981Lafourche Parish: 848 USDLafourche Parish848Terrebonne Parish: 848 USDTerrebonne Parish848Lafayette Parish: 842 USDLafayette Parish842St. Martin Parish: 842 USDSt. Martin Parish842Tangipahoa Parish: 842 USDTangipahoa Parish842Bossier Parish: 828 USDBossier Parish828Caddo Parish: 828 USDCaddo Parish828De Soto Parish: 828 USDDe Soto Parish828Calcasieu Parish: 827 USDCalcasieu Parish827Cameron Parish: 827 USDCameron Parish827Grant Parish: 777 USDGrant Parish777Rapides Parish: 777 USDRapides Parish777Iberia Parish: 773 USDIberia Parish773Iberville Parish: 759 USDIberville Parish759St. Mary Parish: 743 USDSt. Mary Parish743Ouachita Parish: 741 USDOuachita Parish741Union Parish: 741 USDUnion Parish741Red River Parish: 734 USDRed River Parish734Lincoln Parish: 728 USDLincoln Parish728Natchitoches Parish: 725 USDNatchitoches Parish725St. James Parish: 700 USDSt. James Parish700St. Landry Parish: 681 USDSt. Landry Parish681Assumption Parish: 678 USDAssumption Parish678Claiborne Parish: 676 USDClaiborne Parish676
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2019
USD
Change on 2018
1Jefferson Parish1,008+1.2%
1Orleans Parish1,008+1.2%
1Plaquemines Parish1,008+1.2%
1St. Bernard Parish1,008+1.2%
1St. Charles Parish1,008+1.2%
1St. John the Baptist Parish1,008+1.2%
1St. Tammany Parish1,008+1.2%
8Vernon Parish992-3.1%
9Ascension Parish981+8.3%
9East Baton Rouge Parish981+8.3%
9East Feliciana Parish981+8.3%
9Livingston Parish981+8.3%
9Pointe Coupee Parish981+8.3%
9St. Helena Parish981+8.3%
9West Baton Rouge Parish981+8.3%
9West Feliciana Parish981+8.3%
17Lafourche Parish848+2.9%
17Terrebonne Parish848+2.9%
19Lafayette Parish842-2.7%
19St. Martin Parish842-2.7%
19Tangipahoa Parish842+1.3%
22Bossier Parish828+1%
22Caddo Parish828+1%
22De Soto Parish828+1%
25Calcasieu Parish827+4.6%
25Cameron Parish827+4.6%
27Grant Parish777+3.6%
27Rapides Parish777+3.6%
29Iberia Parish773+1.8%
30Iberville Parish759+7.2%
31St. Mary Parish743-5.5%
32Ouachita Parish741+1.8%
32Union Parish741+1.8%
34Red River Parish734-3.4%
35Lincoln Parish728-7%
36Natchitoches Parish725-5.5%
37St. James Parish700+2.9%
38St. Landry Parish681-3.3%
39Assumption Parish678-4%
40Claiborne Parish676-0.6%
41Vermilion Parish668-1.8%
42Avoyelles Parish667-4.6%
43Acadia Parish641-5.7%
43Allen Parish641-5.7%
43Beauregard Parish641-5.7%
43Bienville Parish641-5.7%
43Caldwell Parish641-5.7%
43Catahoula Parish641-5.7%
43Concordia Parish641-5.7%
43East Carroll Parish641-5.7%
43Evangeline Parish641-5.7%
43Franklin Parish641-5.7%
43Jackson Parish641-5.7%
43Jefferson Davis Parish641-5.7%
43LaSalle Parish641-5.7%
43Madison Parish641-5.7%
43Morehouse Parish641-5.7%
43Richland Parish641-5.7%
43Sabine Parish641-5.7%
43Tensas Parish641-5.7%
43Washington Parish641-5.7%
43Webster Parish641-5.7%
43West Carroll Parish641-5.7%
43Winn Parish641-5.7%

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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 two-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: two bedrooms, 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: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (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: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (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-two-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: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (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-two-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: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (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-two-bedroom/louisiana-counties?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Jefferson Parish, with $1,008 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, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

Winn Parish, with $641 in 2019.

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