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Average Rent in Louisiana (2027) — HUD Fair Market Rents

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The average two-bedroom rent in Louisiana is $1,161 per month by HUD's FY 2027 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $892 to $1,480 across 45 rent areas.

Fair Market Rent is HUD's annual estimate of what a modest rental costs in each local market — the 40th percentile of gross rents (rent plus tenant-paid utilities) for recent movers, published for studio through four-bedroom units and used to set Section 8 / Housing Choice Voucher payment standards. FMRs are a federal benchmark, not an asking-rent average: use them to sanity-check your pricing (statewide, Louisiana's typical two-bedroom FMR moved +2.9% versus FY 2026).

All 45 Louisiana FMR areas

Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 18 metro areas; the rest are non-metro county areas. "vs FY 2026" is the two-bedroom change from last year's FMR for the same area.

Area Studio1 BR2 BR3 BR4 BR 2 BR vs FY 2026
New Orleans-Metairie, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
6 counties Jefferson Parish · Orleans Parish · Plaquemines Parish · St. Bernard Parish · St. Charles Parish · St. John the Baptist Parish
$1,096$1,229$1,480$1,900$2,233 +11.2%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA MSA Metro $1,074$1,164$1,354$1,745$1,997 +1.7%
Lake Charles, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
2 counties Calcasieu Parish · Cameron Parish
$935$941$1,231$1,467$1,713 +1.2%
St. James Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $868$891$1,165$1,613$1,753 +26.5%
Baton Rouge, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
8 counties Ascension Parish · East Baton Rouge Parish · East Feliciana Parish · Livingston Parish · Pointe Coupee Parish · St. Helena Parish · West Baton Rouge Parish · West Feliciana Parish
$992$1,014$1,149$1,456$1,842 -4.6%
Vernon Parish, LA Non-metro $767$842$1,102$1,396$1,560 +5.9%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA MSA Metro
2 counties Lafourche Parish · Terrebonne Parish
$765$903$1,098$1,335$1,443 -0.4%
Hammond, LA MSA Metro $782$854$1,097$1,384$1,442 -0.2%
Lafayette, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
2 counties Lafayette Parish · St. Martin Parish
$835$971$1,092$1,375$1,607 +7.2%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA MSA Metro
3 counties Bossier Parish · Caddo Parish · De Soto Parish
$832$926$1,045$1,380$1,450 -5.9%
Beauregard Parish, LA Non-metro $716$782$1,023$1,251$1,710 +9.4%
Monroe, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
2 counties Ouachita Parish · Union Parish
$782$794$1,017$1,314$1,337 -0.9%
St. Mary Parish, LA Non-metro $757$762$997$1,321$1,633 +5.3%
Alexandria, LA MSA Metro
2 counties Grant Parish · Rapides Parish
$757$796$995$1,341$1,468 +0.1%
Iberia Parish, LA Non-metro $726$813$981$1,286$1,624 +8.4%
Richland Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $783$785$975$1,162$1,362 +3.3%
Assumption Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $758$762$932$1,242$1,495 -3.6%
Red River Parish, LA Non-metro $671$731$929$1,132$1,411 +11.4%
Webster Parish, LA Non-metro $642$705$922$1,183$1,212 +8.0%
Jefferson Davis Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $641$704$921$1,217$1,315 +5.7%
Allen Parish, LA Non-metro $657$836$910$1,169$1,382 +9.1%
Acadia Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $628$690$902$1,075$1,267 +2.5%
Avoyelles Parish, LA Non-metro $628$719$902$1,154$1,370 +5.3%
Vermilion Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $657$826$899$1,177$1,182 +7.8%
Concordia Parish, LA Non-metro $645$702$893$1,140$1,493 +7.1%
Bienville Parish, LA Non-metro $644$682$892$1,235$1,491 +7.0%
Caldwell Parish, LA Non-metro $644$682$892$1,202$1,355 +7.0%
Catahoula Parish, LA Non-metro $644$702$892$1,158$1,355 +7.0%
Claiborne Parish, LA Non-metro $644$791$892$1,091$1,355 +7.0%
East Carroll Parish, LA Non-metro $644$702$892$1,235$1,476 +7.0%
Evangeline Parish, LA Non-metro $644$682$892$1,166$1,172 +7.0%
Franklin Parish, LA Non-metro $644$712$892$1,091$1,355 +7.0%
Iberville Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $775$819$892$1,235$1,431 +3.0%
Jackson Parish, LA Non-metro $644$819$892$1,235$1,312 +7.0%
La Salle Parish, LA Non-metro $644$702$892$1,125$1,491 +4.8%
Lincoln Parish, LA Non-metro $724$754$892$1,235$1,440 +1.2%
Madison Parish, LA Non-metro $644$710$892$1,235$1,491 +7.0%
Morehouse Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $705$710$892$1,175$1,180 +7.0%
Natchitoches Parish, LA Non-metro $621$716$892$1,168$1,491 -3.6%
Sabine Parish, LA Non-metro $717$722$892$1,235$1,427 +0.9%
St. Landry Parish, LA Non-metro $632$682$892$1,087$1,172 +7.0%
Tensas Parish, LA Non-metro $644$819$892$1,235$1,355 +7.0%
Washington Parish, LA Non-metro $767$819$892$1,235$1,433 +7.0%
West Carroll Parish, LA Non-metro $644$682$892$1,171$1,226 +7.0%
Winn Parish, LA Non-metro $644$819$892$1,235$1,355 +7.0%

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About this data

Source: HUD FY 2027 Fair Market Rents, county-level file, published at huduser.gov — a U.S. government work in the public domain, republished here unmodified. The typical-rent figure is the population-weighted average across the areas above (county populations from HUD's file); year-over-year comparisons match each area with last year's file by HUD area code. Effective October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027; last regenerated from HUD's file on 2026-09-01. FMRs cap what a housing authority can pay under the voucher program; your local Public Housing Authority's payment standard may be set between 90% and 110% of FMR. Full method notes: how the rent figures are computed.

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