Average Rent in Arkansas (2026) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in Arkansas is $1,064 per month by HUD's FY 2026 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $880 to $1,347 across 68 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, Arkansas's typical two-bedroom FMR moved +9.2% versus FY 2025).
All 68 Arkansas FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 10 metro areas; the rest are non-metro county areas. "vs FY 2025" 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 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR MSA Metro 3 countiesBenton County · Madison County · Washington County | $1,007 | $1,115 | $1,347 | $1,873 | $2,213 | +21.2% |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,060 | $1,154 | $1,274 | $1,683 | $1,959 | -6.0% |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 5 countiesFaulkner County · Lonoke County · Perry County · Pulaski County · Saline County | $984 | $989 | $1,147 | $1,540 | $1,822 | +11.1% |
| Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $859 | $868 | $1,101 | $1,369 | $1,657 | +2.8% |
| Hot Springs, AR MSA Metro | $829 | $834 | $1,090 | $1,393 | $1,670 | +5.1% |
| Jonesboro, AR HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $805 | $870 | $1,040 | $1,402 | $1,480 | +6.9% |
| Calhoun County, AR Non-metro | $724 | $771 | $1,011 | $1,212 | $1,425 | +3.7% |
| Grant County, AR HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $795 | $800 | $968 | $1,226 | $1,539 | +14.2% |
| Baxter County, AR Non-metro | $730 | $735 | $964 | $1,274 | $1,276 | +3.4% |
| Cleburne County, AR Non-metro | $684 | $735 | $955 | $1,228 | $1,295 | +3.4% |
| Carroll County, AR Non-metro | $658 | $742 | $954 | $1,144 | $1,345 | +6.4% |
| Pope County, AR Non-metro | $647 | $715 | $938 | $1,254 | $1,258 | +3.9% |
Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA Metro 2 countiesCrawford County · Sebastian County | $683 | $714 | $937 | $1,266 | $1,532 | +3.0% |
| Jefferson County, AR Non-metro | $697 | $728 | $937 | $1,224 | $1,241 | — |
| Drew County, AR Non-metro | $664 | $706 | $927 | $1,224 | $1,227 | +0.1% |
| St. Francis County, AR Non-metro | $661 | $703 | $923 | $1,161 | $1,310 | +3.8% |
| Union County, AR Non-metro | $714 | $718 | $923 | $1,111 | $1,301 | +2.2% |
| Arkansas County, AR Non-metro | $670 | $703 | $922 | $1,159 | $1,547 | +3.0% |
| Nevada County, AR Non-metro | $652 | $694 | $911 | $1,092 | $1,284 | 0.0% |
| Stone County, AR Non-metro | $651 | $693 | $909 | $1,264 | $1,281 | +7.2% |
| Hempstead County, AR Non-metro | $650 | $692 | $908 | $1,188 | $1,404 | +1.8% |
| Marion County, AR Non-metro | $650 | $692 | $908 | $1,132 | $1,280 | +2.1% |
| Greene County, AR Non-metro | $648 | $772 | $905 | $1,259 | $1,492 | +1.7% |
| Columbia County, AR Non-metro | $647 | $688 | $903 | $1,191 | $1,196 | +6.5% |
| Polk County, AR Non-metro | $642 | $703 | $897 | $1,076 | $1,188 | 0.0% |
| Independence County, AR Non-metro | $684 | $688 | $891 | $1,175 | $1,180 | +3.4% |
| Johnson County, AR Non-metro | $633 | $674 | $884 | $1,083 | $1,246 | +2.3% |
| Howard County, AR Non-metro | $632 | $673 | $883 | $1,059 | $1,272 | +1.5% |
| Ashley County, AR Non-metro | $666 | $671 | $880 | $1,055 | $1,476 | +3.8% |
| Boone County, AR Non-metro | $607 | $671 | $880 | $1,224 | $1,343 | +3.8% |
| Bradley County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $710 | $880 | $1,212 | $1,476 | +3.8% |
| Chicot County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $671 | $880 | $1,150 | $1,282 | +3.8% |
| Clark County, AR Non-metro | $730 | $731 | $880 | $1,221 | $1,356 | +3.8% |
| Clay County, AR Non-metro | $658 | $671 | $880 | $1,191 | $1,240 | +3.8% |
| Cleveland County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $671 | $880 | $1,055 | $1,240 | — |
| Conway County, AR Non-metro | $607 | $671 | $880 | $1,224 | $1,448 | +3.8% |
| Cross County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $671 | $880 | $1,224 | $1,476 | +3.8% |
| Dallas County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $671 | $880 | $1,207 | $1,240 | +3.8% |
| Desha County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $671 | $880 | $1,208 | $1,476 | +3.8% |
| Franklin County, AR Non-metro | $666 | $671 | $880 | $1,094 | $1,476 | — |
| Fulton County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $746 | $880 | $1,145 | $1,321 | +3.8% |
| Hot Spring County, AR Non-metro | $613 | $671 | $880 | $1,155 | $1,282 | +3.8% |
| Izard County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $715 | $880 | $1,202 | $1,476 | +3.8% |
| Jackson County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $671 | $880 | $1,055 | $1,165 | +3.8% |
| Lafayette County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $671 | $880 | $1,055 | $1,240 | +3.8% |
| Lawrence County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $671 | $880 | $1,089 | $1,375 | +3.8% |
| Lee County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $671 | $880 | $1,224 | $1,240 | +3.8% |
| Lincoln County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $671 | $880 | $1,224 | $1,240 | — |
| Little River County, AR HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $666 | $671 | $880 | $1,166 | $1,170 | +3.8% |
| Logan County, AR Non-metro | $607 | $803 | $880 | $1,224 | $1,362 | +3.8% |
| Mississippi County, AR Non-metro | $624 | $671 | $880 | $1,161 | $1,165 | +3.8% |
| Monroe County, AR Non-metro | $660 | $671 | $880 | $1,055 | $1,240 | +3.8% |
| Montgomery County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $803 | $880 | $1,096 | $1,240 | +3.8% |
| Newton County, AR Non-metro | $614 | $803 | $880 | $1,055 | $1,476 | +3.8% |
| Ouachita County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $694 | $880 | $1,133 | $1,240 | +3.8% |
| Phillips County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $671 | $880 | $1,224 | $1,407 | +3.8% |
| Pike County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $803 | $880 | $1,224 | $1,274 | +3.8% |
| Poinsett County, AR HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $681 | $685 | $880 | $1,161 | $1,165 | +3.8% |
| Prairie County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $671 | $880 | $1,150 | $1,240 | -1.5% |
| Randolph County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $681 | $880 | $1,224 | $1,282 | +3.8% |
| Scott County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $671 | $880 | $1,159 | $1,240 | +3.8% |
| Searcy County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $671 | $880 | $1,224 | $1,240 | +3.8% |
| Sevier County, AR Non-metro | $666 | $671 | $880 | $1,097 | $1,210 | +3.8% |
| Sharp County, AR Non-metro | $659 | $671 | $880 | $1,224 | $1,432 | +3.8% |
| Van Buren County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $671 | $880 | $1,186 | $1,240 | +3.8% |
| White County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $734 | $880 | $1,149 | $1,165 | -0.8% |
| Woodruff County, AR Non-metro | $630 | $803 | $880 | $1,157 | $1,240 | +3.8% |
| Yell County, AR Non-metro | $687 | $692 | $880 | $1,224 | $1,358 | +3.8% |
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About this data
Source: HUD FY 2026 Fair Market Rents, county-level file (revised), 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, 2025 through September 30, 2026; last regenerated from HUD's file on 2026-07-20. 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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