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 2021, at $1,061. Winn Parish had the lowest, at $725. The median was $804. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,061Jefferson Parish
Lowest725Winn Parish
Median80464 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Acadia Parish: 725 USDAllen Parish: 725 USDAscension Parish: 1,013 USDAssumption Parish: 769 USDAvoyelles Parish: 725 USDBeauregard Parish: 725 USDBienville Parish: 725 USDBossier Parish: 845 USDCaddo Parish: 845 USDCalcasieu Parish: 869 USDCaldwell Parish: 762 USDCameron Parish: 869 USDCatahoula Parish: 725 USDClaiborne Parish: 773 USDConcordia Parish: 725 USDDe Soto Parish: 845 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish: 1,013 USDEast Carroll Parish: 725 USDEast Feliciana Parish: 1,013 USDEvangeline Parish: 725 USDFranklin Parish: 725 USDGrant Parish: 819 USDIberia Parish: 792 USDIberville Parish: 815 USDJackson Parish: 725 USDJefferson Parish: 1,061 USDJefferson Davis Parish: 725 USDLafayette Parish: 901 USDLafourche Parish: 897 USDLaSalle Parish: 725 USDLincoln Parish: 791 USDLivingston Parish: 1,013 USDMadison Parish: 725 USDMorehouse Parish: 725 USDNatchitoches Parish: 848 USDOrleans Parish: 1,061 USDOuachita Parish: 804 USDPlaquemines Parish: 1,061 USDPointe Coupee Parish: 1,013 USDRapides Parish: 819 USDRed River Parish: 750 USDRichland Parish: 725 USDSabine Parish: 770 USDSt. Bernard Parish: 1,061 USDSt. Charles Parish: 1,061 USDSt. Helena Parish: 1,013 USDSt. James Parish: 804 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish: 1,061 USDSt. Landry Parish: 741 USDSt. Martin Parish: 901 USDSt. Mary Parish: 889 USDSt. Tammany Parish: 1,061 USDTangipahoa Parish: 891 USDTensas Parish: 725 USDTerrebonne Parish: 897 USDUnion Parish: 804 USDVermilion Parish: 728 USDVernon Parish: 1,028 USDWashington Parish: 725 USDWebster Parish: 725 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish: 1,013 USDWest Carroll Parish: 725 USDWest Feliciana Parish: 1,013 USDWinn Parish: 725 USD
  • Under 730
  • 730 to 800
  • 800 to 890
  • 890 to 1,000
  • 1,000 and over
USD, 2021. 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, 2021

Jefferson Parish: 1,061 USDJefferson Parish1,061Orleans Parish: 1,061 USDOrleans Parish1,061Plaquemines Parish: 1,061 USDPlaquemines Parish1,061St. Bernard Parish: 1,061 USDSt. Bernard Parish1,061St. Charles Parish: 1,061 USDSt. Charles Parish1,061St. John the Baptist Parish: 1,061 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish1,061St. Tammany Parish: 1,061 USDSt. Tammany Parish1,061Vernon Parish: 1,028 USDVernon Parish1,028Ascension Parish: 1,013 USDAscension Parish1,013East Baton Rouge Parish: 1,013 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish1,013East Feliciana Parish: 1,013 USDEast Feliciana Parish1,013Livingston Parish: 1,013 USDLivingston Parish1,013Pointe Coupee Parish: 1,013 USDPointe Coupee Parish1,013St. Helena Parish: 1,013 USDSt. Helena Parish1,013West Baton Rouge Parish: 1,013 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish1,013West Feliciana Parish: 1,013 USDWest Feliciana Parish1,013Lafayette Parish: 901 USDLafayette Parish901St. Martin Parish: 901 USDSt. Martin Parish901Lafourche Parish: 897 USDLafourche Parish897Terrebonne Parish: 897 USDTerrebonne Parish897Tangipahoa Parish: 891 USDTangipahoa Parish891St. Mary Parish: 889 USDSt. Mary Parish889Calcasieu Parish: 869 USDCalcasieu Parish869Cameron Parish: 869 USDCameron Parish869Natchitoches Parish: 848 USDNatchitoches Parish848Bossier Parish: 845 USDBossier Parish845Caddo Parish: 845 USDCaddo Parish845De Soto Parish: 845 USDDe Soto Parish845Grant Parish: 819 USDGrant Parish819Rapides Parish: 819 USDRapides Parish819Iberville Parish: 815 USDIberville Parish815Ouachita Parish: 804 USDOuachita Parish804St. James Parish: 804 USDSt. James Parish804Union Parish: 804 USDUnion Parish804Iberia Parish: 792 USDIberia Parish792Lincoln Parish: 791 USDLincoln Parish791Claiborne Parish: 773 USDClaiborne Parish773Sabine Parish: 770 USDSabine Parish770Assumption Parish: 769 USDAssumption Parish769Caldwell Parish: 762 USDCaldwell Parish762Jefferson Parish: 1,061 USDJefferson Parish1,061Orleans Parish: 1,061 USDOrleans Parish1,061Plaquemines Parish: 1,061 USDPlaquemines Parish1,061St. Bernard Parish: 1,061 USDSt. Bernard Parish1,061St. Charles Parish: 1,061 USDSt. Charles Parish1,061St. John the Baptist Parish: 1,061 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish1,061St. Tammany Parish: 1,061 USDSt. Tammany Parish1,061Vernon Parish: 1,028 USDVernon Parish1,028Ascension Parish: 1,013 USDAscension Parish1,013East Baton Rouge Parish: 1,013 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish1,013East Feliciana Parish: 1,013 USDEast Feliciana Parish1,013Livingston Parish: 1,013 USDLivingston Parish1,013Pointe Coupee Parish: 1,013 USDPointe Coupee Parish1,013St. Helena Parish: 1,013 USDSt. Helena Parish1,013West Baton Rouge Parish: 1,013 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish1,013West Feliciana Parish: 1,013 USDWest Feliciana Parish1,013Lafayette Parish: 901 USDLafayette Parish901St. Martin Parish: 901 USDSt. Martin Parish901Lafourche Parish: 897 USDLafourche Parish897Terrebonne Parish: 897 USDTerrebonne Parish897Tangipahoa Parish: 891 USDTangipahoa Parish891St. Mary Parish: 889 USDSt. Mary Parish889Calcasieu Parish: 869 USDCalcasieu Parish869Cameron Parish: 869 USDCameron Parish869Natchitoches Parish: 848 USDNatchitoches Parish848Bossier Parish: 845 USDBossier Parish845Caddo Parish: 845 USDCaddo Parish845De Soto Parish: 845 USDDe Soto Parish845Grant Parish: 819 USDGrant Parish819Rapides Parish: 819 USDRapides Parish819Iberville Parish: 815 USDIberville Parish815Ouachita Parish: 804 USDOuachita Parish804St. James Parish: 804 USDSt. James Parish804Union Parish: 804 USDUnion Parish804Iberia Parish: 792 USDIberia Parish792Lincoln Parish: 791 USDLincoln Parish791Claiborne Parish: 773 USDClaiborne Parish773Sabine Parish: 770 USDSabine Parish770Assumption Parish: 769 USDAssumption Parish769Caldwell Parish: 762 USDCaldwell Parish762
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021
USD
Change on 2020
1Jefferson Parish1,061-1.6%
1Orleans Parish1,061-1.6%
1Plaquemines Parish1,061-1.6%
1St. Bernard Parish1,061-1.6%
1St. Charles Parish1,061-1.6%
1St. John the Baptist Parish1,061-1.6%
1St. Tammany Parish1,061-1.6%
8Vernon Parish1,028-4.6%
9Ascension Parish1,013+13.3%
9East Baton Rouge Parish1,013+13.3%
9East Feliciana Parish1,013+13.3%
9Livingston Parish1,013+13.3%
9Pointe Coupee Parish1,013+13.3%
9St. Helena Parish1,013+13.3%
9West Baton Rouge Parish1,013+13.3%
9West Feliciana Parish1,013+13.3%
17Lafayette Parish901-1.2%
17St. Martin Parish901-1.2%
19Lafourche Parish897+2.7%
19Terrebonne Parish897+2.7%
21Tangipahoa Parish891+2.3%
22St. Mary Parish889+0.7%
23Calcasieu Parish869+3.8%
23Cameron Parish869+3.8%
25Natchitoches Parish848+1%
26Bossier Parish845-1.9%
26Caddo Parish845-1.9%
26De Soto Parish845-1.9%
29Grant Parish819+3.1%
29Rapides Parish819+3.1%
31Iberville Parish815+14.8%
32Ouachita Parish804+3.9%
32St. James Parish804-0.6%
32Union Parish804+3.9%
35Iberia Parish792-1.4%
36Lincoln Parish791+3.5%
37Claiborne Parish773+3.2%
38Sabine Parish770+8.5%
39Assumption Parish769+4.2%
40Caldwell Parish762+7.3%
41Red River Parish750-1.7%
42St. Landry Parish741+0.7%
43Vermilion Parish728+2.5%
44Acadia Parish725+2.1%
44Allen Parish725+2.1%
44Avoyelles Parish725+1.4%
44Beauregard Parish725+2.1%
44Bienville Parish725+2.1%
44Catahoula Parish725+2.1%
44Concordia Parish725+2.1%
44East Carroll Parish725+2.1%
44Evangeline Parish725+2.1%
44Franklin Parish725+2.1%
44Jackson Parish725+2.1%
44Jefferson Davis Parish725+2.1%
44LaSalle Parish725+2.1%
44Madison Parish725+2.1%
44Morehouse Parish725+2.1%
44Richland Parish725+2.1%
44Tensas Parish725+2.1%
44Washington Parish725+2.1%
44Webster Parish725+2.1%
44West Carroll Parish725+2.1%
44Winn Parish725+2.1%

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 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/fmr2021/FY21_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. (2021). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2021/FY21_4050_FMRs_rev.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), 2021. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 10 Mar. 2021, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2021/FY21_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/louisiana-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2021) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: two bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Louisiana by fair Market Rent, two bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2021/FY21_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-two-bedroom/louisiana-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Jefferson Parish, with $1,061 in 2021, 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 $725 in 2021.

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