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

HUD data · effective Oct 1, 2026 Mississippi landlord-tenant laws →

The average two-bedroom rent in Mississippi is $1,087 per month by HUD's FY 2027 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $905 to $1,316 across 76 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, Mississippi's typical two-bedroom FMR moved +5.1% versus FY 2026).

All 76 Mississippi FMR areas

Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 14 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
Hattiesburg, MS MSA Metro
3 counties Forrest County · Lamar County · Perry County
$916$1,117$1,316$1,676$1,730 +25.7%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $1,095$1,191$1,301$1,717$1,981 +2.1%
Jackson, MS HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
4 counties Copiah County · Hinds County · Madison County · Rankin County
$1,099$1,105$1,289$1,536$1,694 +0.1%
Lafayette County, MS Non-metro $1,011$1,017$1,255$1,502$1,649 +1.0%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
2 counties Hancock County · Harrison County
$844$982$1,185$1,525$1,723 +3.9%
Tunica County, MS HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $1,019$1,062$1,156$1,377$1,519 -2.5%
Marshall County, MS HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $840$845$1,106$1,318$1,849 -0.4%
Tate County, MS HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $836$842$1,101$1,322$1,447 +1.1%
Pascagoula, MS HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $960$966$1,099$1,506$1,759 +3.0%
Stone County, MS HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $871$882$1,047$1,248$1,570 +8.0%
Lee County, MS Non-metro $921$924$1,044$1,319$1,372 +5.0%
Pike County, MS Non-metro $874$954$1,039$1,238$1,459 +5.4%
Scott County, MS HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $844$849$1,026$1,222$1,348 +7.8%
Oktibbeha County, MS Non-metro $903$941$1,024$1,341$1,346 +7.0%
Warren County, MS Non-metro $836$841$1,019$1,262$1,339 +6.9%
Yazoo County, MS HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $772$777$1,016$1,330$1,335 +3.3%
Lauderdale County, MS Non-metro $877$896$1,006$1,328$1,332 +11.0%
Leake County, MS Non-metro $843$852$1,003$1,195$1,318 +5.0%
George County, MS Non-metro $836$845$994$1,184$1,306 +7.9%
Jones County, MS Non-metro $749$754$986$1,175$1,559 +7.5%
Grenada County, MS Non-metro $734$739$967$1,152$1,271 +6.1%
Pearl River County, MS Non-metro $789$794$967$1,288$1,346 +1.9%
Marion County, MS Non-metro $798$807$949$1,131$1,472 +10.3%
Panola County, MS Non-metro $659$805$947$1,193$1,440 +7.9%
Lowndes County, MS Non-metro $798$803$931$1,278$1,298 +6.8%
Walthall County, MS Non-metro $779$787$926$1,103$1,217 +0.3%
Pontotoc County, MS Non-metro $689$848$923$1,191$1,543 -1.0%
Itawamba County, MS Non-metro $774$802$920$1,119$1,209 +3.3%
Adams County, MS Non-metro $761$831$905$1,189$1,189 +7.5%
Alcorn County, MS Non-metro $761$831$905$1,123$1,189 +7.5%
Amite County, MS Non-metro $761$769$905$1,110$1,189 +5.8%
Attala County, MS Non-metro $687$692$905$1,185$1,189 +7.5%
Benton County, MS HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $767$827$905$1,127$1,377 +7.5%
Bolivar County, MS Non-metro $687$692$905$1,185$1,189 +7.5%
Calhoun County, MS Non-metro $630$692$905$1,186$1,191 +7.5%
Carroll County, MS Non-metro $761$769$905$1,110$1,189 +7.5%
Chickasaw County, MS Non-metro $687$692$905$1,188$1,270 +7.5%
Choctaw County, MS Non-metro $687$692$905$1,171$1,189 +7.5%
Claiborne County, MS Non-metro $761$769$905$1,185$1,189 +7.5%
Clarke County, MS Non-metro $761$831$905$1,078$1,201 +4.4%
Clay County, MS Non-metro $761$769$905$1,131$1,513 +7.5%
Coahoma County, MS Non-metro $751$780$905$1,253$1,451 +7.5%
Covington County, MS Non-metro $761$769$905$1,078$1,189 +7.5%
Franklin County, MS Non-metro $761$769$905$1,185$1,189 +7.5%
Greene County, MS Non-metro $761$831$905$1,120$1,189 +7.5%
Holmes County, MS HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $798$831$905$1,253$1,499 +7.5%
Humphreys County, MS Non-metro $761$829$905$1,148$1,189 +7.5%
Issaquena County, MS Non-metro $761$769$905$1,110$1,189 +7.5%
Jasper County, MS Non-metro $761$769$905$1,185$1,189 +7.5%
Jefferson County, MS Non-metro $761$769$905$1,110$1,189 +7.5%
Jefferson Davis County, MS Non-metro $687$692$905$1,078$1,189 +7.5%
Kemper County, MS Non-metro $761$769$905$1,185$1,189 +7.5%
Lawrence County, MS Non-metro $761$769$905$1,185$1,189 +4.9%
Leflore County, MS Non-metro $687$692$905$1,157$1,189 +7.5%
Lincoln County, MS Non-metro $687$692$905$1,185$1,189 +6.2%
Monroe County, MS Non-metro $761$769$905$1,078$1,189 +7.5%
Montgomery County, MS Non-metro $761$828$905$1,078$1,189 +7.5%
Neshoba County, MS Non-metro $761$814$905$1,185$1,219 +7.5%
Newton County, MS Non-metro $761$769$905$1,078$1,189 +7.5%
Noxubee County, MS Non-metro $720$725$905$1,185$1,189 +7.5%
Prentiss County, MS Non-metro $687$692$905$1,078$1,189 +7.5%
Quitman County, MS Non-metro $761$769$905$1,253$1,513 +7.5%
Sharkey County, MS Non-metro $761$831$905$1,165$1,189 +7.5%
Simpson County, MS HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $798$831$905$1,253$1,513 +5.5%
Smith County, MS Non-metro $761$769$905$1,078$1,189 +7.5%
Sunflower County, MS Non-metro $646$692$905$1,249$1,283 +7.5%
Tallahatchie County, MS Non-metro $761$831$905$1,111$1,513 +7.5%
Tippah County, MS Non-metro $765$769$905$1,170$1,189 +7.5%
Tishomingo County, MS Non-metro $687$692$905$1,115$1,189 +7.5%
Union County, MS Non-metro $798$831$905$1,128$1,189 +3.8%
Washington County, MS Non-metro $722$831$905$1,253$1,513 +7.5%
Wayne County, MS Non-metro $761$769$905$1,185$1,189 +7.5%
Webster County, MS Non-metro $687$692$905$1,113$1,222 +7.5%
Wilkinson County, MS Non-metro $761$769$905$1,110$1,513 +7.5%
Winston County, MS Non-metro $761$831$905$1,185$1,189 +7.5%
Yalobusha County, MS Non-metro $761$769$905$1,185$1,189 +7.5%

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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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