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HUD Fair Market Rent · FY 2026

Fair Market Rent in Louisiana by county (FY 2026)

Louisiana has 64 parishes, and HUD sets a Fair Market Rent for every one of them. For FY 2026 the median two-bedroom is $946. The highest is Jefferson Parish at $1,331, the lowest Winn Parish at $834.

Median 2BR

$946

Highest 2BR

$1,331

Jefferson Parish

Lowest 2BR

$834

Winn Parish

Parishes

64

37 in metro areas

Louisiana's two-bedroom fair market rent for FY 2026 sits at $946. Jefferson Parish, part of the New Orleans-Metairie metro, posts the highest number in the state at $1,331. Winn Parish, out in the center of the state, comes in lowest at $834. More than half of Louisiana's 64 parishes, 37 of them, carry a metro rate. Baton Rouge's metro area alone covers 8 parishes, the biggest cluster in the state. Bossier Parish, across the river from Shreveport, shows the widest ZIP-level spread in Louisiana: Small Area FMRs there run from $920 to $1,670, a difference of $750 depending on which ZIP you're in. Metro doesn't mean uniform here. Pull the parish page and check the ZIP-level range before you set a rent.

37 of the 64 parishes sit inside a HUD metro area and share that metro's rate. The other 27 get a local rate built from their own rents. The Louisiana median of $946 is about 7% below the national median county ($1,018). HUD also publishes ZIP-level Small Area FMRs covering 64 of the 64 parishes, which is where the real variation shows up. Pick a row below for the full studio-to-four-bedroom table, payment standard ranges and ZIP rates.

The median two-bedroom moved down 4% from FY 2025. 8 parishes went up, 55 went down, and the rest held.

HUD has already published FY 2027, effective October 1, 2026. Two-bedroom rates go up in 46 parishes, down in 18, and hold in the rest. The table shows both years.

Fair Market Rent by parish

County
Area
Studio
1 BR
2 BR
3 BR
4 BR
YoYFY 2027 2BR
Population
Jefferson ParishMetro$964$1,113$1,331$1,701$1,996-9.9%$1,480436,171
Orleans ParishMetro$964$1,113$1,331$1,701$1,996-9.9%$1,480380,408
Plaquemines ParishMetro$964$1,113$1,331$1,701$1,996-9.9%$1,48023,305
St. Bernard ParishMetro$964$1,113$1,331$1,701$1,996-9.9%$1,48044,038
St. Charles ParishMetro$964$1,113$1,331$1,701$1,996-9.9%$1,48052,191
St. John the Baptist ParishMetro$964$1,113$1,331$1,701$1,996-9.9%$1,48041,986
St. Tammany ParishMetro$990$1,130$1,331$1,724$1,996-9.9%$1,354266,168
Calcasieu ParishMetro$921$928$1,217$1,459$1,611+6.4%$1,231210,770
Cameron ParishMetro$921$928$1,217$1,459$1,611+6.4%$1,2315,447
Ascension ParishMetro$1,032$1,064$1,204$1,511$1,943-1.5%$1,149126,973
East Baton Rouge ParishMetro$1,032$1,064$1,204$1,511$1,943-1.5%$1,149454,369
East Feliciana ParishMetro$1,032$1,064$1,204$1,511$1,943-1.5%$1,14919,452
Livingston ParishMetro$1,032$1,064$1,204$1,511$1,943-1.5%$1,149143,425
Pointe Coupee ParishMetro$1,032$1,064$1,204$1,511$1,943-1.5%$1,14920,652
St. Helena ParishMetro$1,032$1,064$1,204$1,511$1,943-1.5%$1,14910,872
West Baton Rouge ParishMetro$1,032$1,064$1,204$1,511$1,943-1.5%$1,14927,377
West Feliciana ParishMetro$1,032$1,064$1,204$1,511$1,943-1.5%$1,14915,358
Bossier ParishMetro$870$982$1,111$1,458$1,552+9.2%$1,045128,877
Caddo ParishMetro$870$982$1,111$1,458$1,552+9.2%$1,045236,259
De Soto ParishMetro$870$982$1,111$1,458$1,552+9.2%$1,04526,821
Lafourche ParishMetro$760$904$1,102$1,330$1,459-3.8%$1,09897,220
Terrebonne ParishMetro$760$904$1,102$1,330$1,459-3.8%$1,098108,862
Tangipahoa ParishMetro$831$848$1,099$1,372$1,4550.0%$1,097133,953
Vernon ParishRural$788$793$1,041$1,336$1,433-9.9%$1,10248,452
Ouachita ParishMetro$765$793$1,026$1,319$1,358+3.1%$1,017159,585
Union ParishMetro$765$793$1,026$1,319$1,358+3.1%$1,01721,049
Lafayette ParishMetro$779$898$1,019$1,301$1,581-3.1%$1,092243,175
St. Martin ParishMetro$779$898$1,019$1,301$1,581-3.1%$1,09251,856
Grant ParishMetro$728$780$994$1,342$1,523-0.6%$99522,185
Rapides ParishMetro$728$780$994$1,342$1,523-0.6%$995129,536
Assumption ParishMetro$801$806$967$1,345$1,556+4.4%$93221,067
St. Mary ParishRural$717$722$947$1,244$1,512-5.9%$99749,114
Richland ParishMetro$754$759$944$1,132$1,344-1.0%$97520,028
Beauregard ParishRural$655$713$935$1,155$1,569-4.0%$1,02336,553
Natchitoches ParishRural$634$705$925$1,146$1,373-9.9%$89237,478
St. James ParishMetro$697$702$921$1,281$1,315-5.2%$1,16520,090
Iberia ParishRural$679$764$905$1,193$1,473-1.6%$98169,958
Sabine ParishRural$681$686$884$1,065$1,241-10.0%$89222,209
Lincoln ParishRural$649$695$881$1,156$1,440-9.9%$89248,323
Acadia ParishMetro$607$671$880$1,055$1,194-2.5%$90257,674
Jefferson Davis ParishMetro$601$664$871$1,201$1,461-3.5%$92132,277
Iberville ParishMetro$747$790$866$1,204$1,453-4.1%$89230,210
Avoyelles ParishRural$617$653$857$1,087$1,283-5.9%$90239,529
Webster ParishRural$600$651$854$1,130$1,131-5.4%$92236,761
La Salle ParishRural$614$660$851$1,073$1,428-8.0%$89214,764
Allen ParishRural$601$754$834$1,048$1,249-7.6%$91022,798
Bienville ParishRural$601$707$834$1,160$1,399-7.6%$89212,958
Caldwell ParishRural$604$647$834$1,072$1,249-8.4%$8929,658
Catahoula ParishRural$601$647$834$1,139$1,249-7.6%$8928,895
Claiborne ParishRural$601$706$834$1,000$1,249-7.6%$89214,203
Concordia ParishRural$601$647$834$1,139$1,249-7.6%$89318,677
East Carroll ParishRural$601$647$834$1,139$1,249-7.6%$8927,371
Evangeline ParishRural$601$667$834$1,085$1,104-7.6%$89232,335
Franklin ParishRural$601$698$834$1,067$1,249-7.6%$89219,752
Jackson ParishRural$601$761$834$1,160$1,225-7.6%$89215,093
Madison ParishRural$616$638$834$1,100$1,399-7.6%$89210,028
Morehouse ParishMetro$631$636$834$1,143$1,172-7.6%$89225,438
Red River ParishRural$601$647$834$1,073$1,251-7.6%$9297,631
St. Landry ParishRural$631$636$834$1,040$1,202-7.6%$89282,574
Tensas ParishRural$601$761$834$1,160$1,249-7.6%$8924,127
Vermilion ParishMetro$580$761$834$1,100$1,104-7.6%$89957,202
Washington ParishRural$727$761$834$1,160$1,388-7.6%$89245,514
West Carroll ParishRural$601$636$834$1,088$1,138-7.6%$8929,800
Winn ParishRural$601$761$834$1,160$1,249-7.6%$89213,665

64 parishes. HUD publishes studio through 4 bedroom rates. Tap a parish for payment standards, ZIP-level rates and income needed.

Questions people ask

It depends on the parish. For FY 2026 the median two-bedroom FMR across Louisiana's 64 parishes is $946, ranging from $834 in Winn Parish to $1,331 in Jefferson Parish. Every parish's full table is linked on this page.

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