Counties in Louisiana by median gross rent (monthly)

Plaquemines Parish had the highest median gross rent (monthly) of 63 counties in 2021, at $1,377. Tensas Parish had the lowest, at $517. The median was $740 and the figure for Louisiana was $923. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,377Plaquemines Parish
Lowest517Tensas Parish
Median74063 counties
Louisiana923History

Top 40 counties, 2021

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Plaquemines ParishPlaquemines Parish: 1,377 USD1,377St. Tammany ParishSt. Tammany Parish: 1,163 USD1,163St. Charles ParishSt. Charles Parish: 1,097 USD1,097Ascension ParishAscension Parish: 1,087 USD1,087Orleans ParishOrleans Parish: 1,079 USD1,079Livingston ParishLivingston Parish: 1,038 USD1,038Bossier ParishBossier Parish: 1,028 USD1,028Jefferson ParishJefferson Parish: 1,026 USD1,026East Baton Rouge ParishEast Baton Rouge Parish: 990 USD990Vernon ParishVernon Parish: 965 USD965St. Bernard ParishSt. Bernard Parish: 959 USD959St. John the Baptist ParishSt. John the Baptist Parish: 947 USD947West Baton Rouge ParishWest Baton Rouge Parish: 935 USD935Calcasieu ParishCalcasieu Parish: 927 USD927Lafayette ParishLafayette Parish: 919 USD919West Feliciana ParishWest Feliciana Parish: 916 USD916Terrebonne ParishTerrebonne Parish: 913 USD913Tangipahoa ParishTangipahoa Parish: 866 USD866Caddo ParishCaddo Parish: 852 USD852Rapides ParishRapides Parish: 845 USD845Pointe Coupee ParishPointe Coupee Parish: 830 USD830Lafourche ParishLafourche Parish: 816 USD816Ouachita ParishOuachita Parish: 814 USD814Iberia ParishIberia Parish: 802 USD802St. Mary ParishSt. Mary Parish: 799 USD799Beauregard ParishBeauregard Parish: 779 USD779Iberville ParishIberville Parish: 771 USD771Lincoln ParishLincoln Parish: 760 USD760LaSalle ParishLaSalle Parish: 757 USD757Grant ParishGrant Parish: 747 USD747Natchitoches ParishNatchitoches Parish: 746 USD746St. Martin ParishSt. Martin Parish: 740 USD740Concordia ParishConcordia Parish: 735 USD735Avoyelles ParishAvoyelles Parish: 729 USD729Assumption ParishAssumption Parish: 724 USD724Caldwell ParishCaldwell Parish: 713 USD713Jefferson Davis ParishJefferson Davis Parish: 708 USD708Richland ParishRichland Parish: 702 USD702Webster ParishWebster Parish: 701 USD701Vermilion ParishVermilion Parish: 700 USD700
USD. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Monthly gross rent of renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, at the middle of the distribution, in US dollars of the last year of the period. Gross rent is the contract rent plus the estimated cost of utilities and fuels paid by the renter. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

A median, not an average, of what all renters pay, including long-standing leases, so it is lower than asking rents for new listings. Medians outside the published range are coded 99 (under 100) or 3,501 (3,500 or more) and marked as estimated.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25064.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which county has the highest median gross rent (monthly)?

Plaquemines Parish, with $1,377 in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest median gross rent (monthly)?

Tensas Parish, with $517 in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent. Retrieved 2026-10-09. 1 counties have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.

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