Average Rent in Mississippi (2027) — HUD Fair Market Rents
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 | Studio | 1 BR | 2 BR | 3 BR | 4 BR | 2 BR vs FY 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hattiesburg, MS MSA Metro 3 countiesForrest 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 countiesCopiah 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 countiesHancock 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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