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Average Rent in Louisiana (2026) — HUD Fair Market Rents

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The average two-bedroom rent in Louisiana is $1,127 per month by HUD's FY 2026 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $834 to $1,331 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 -3.6% versus FY 2025).

All 45 Louisiana FMR areas

Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 18 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 Studio1 BR2 BR3 BR4 BR 2 BR vs FY 2025
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
$964$1,113$1,331$1,701$1,996 -9.9%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA MSA Metro $990$1,130$1,331$1,724$1,996 —
Lake Charles, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
2 counties Calcasieu Parish · Cameron Parish
$921$928$1,217$1,459$1,611 +6.4%
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
$1,032$1,064$1,204$1,511$1,943 -1.5%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA MSA Metro
3 counties Bossier Parish · Caddo Parish · De Soto Parish
$870$982$1,111$1,458$1,552 +9.2%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA MSA Metro
2 counties Lafourche Parish · Terrebonne Parish
$760$904$1,102$1,330$1,459 -3.8%
Hammond, LA MSA Metro $831$848$1,099$1,372$1,455 0.0%
Vernon Parish, LA Non-metro $788$793$1,041$1,336$1,433 -9.9%
Monroe, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
2 counties Ouachita Parish · Union Parish
$765$793$1,026$1,319$1,358 +3.1%
Lafayette, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
2 counties Lafayette Parish · St. Martin Parish
$779$898$1,019$1,301$1,581 -3.1%
Alexandria, LA MSA Metro
2 counties Grant Parish · Rapides Parish
$728$780$994$1,342$1,523 -0.6%
Assumption Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $801$806$967$1,345$1,556 +4.4%
St. Mary Parish, LA Non-metro $717$722$947$1,244$1,512 -5.9%
Richland Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $754$759$944$1,132$1,344 —
Beauregard Parish, LA Non-metro $655$713$935$1,155$1,569 -4.0%
Natchitoches Parish, LA Non-metro $634$705$925$1,146$1,373 -9.9%
St. James Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $697$702$921$1,281$1,315 -5.2%
Iberia Parish, LA Non-metro $679$764$905$1,193$1,473 —
Sabine Parish, LA Non-metro $681$686$884$1,065$1,241 -10.0%
Lincoln Parish, LA Non-metro $649$695$881$1,156$1,440 -9.9%
Acadia Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $607$671$880$1,055$1,194 -2.5%
Jefferson Davis Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $601$664$871$1,201$1,461 —
Iberville Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $747$790$866$1,204$1,453 -4.1%
Avoyelles Parish, LA Non-metro $617$653$857$1,087$1,283 -5.9%
Webster Parish, LA Non-metro $600$651$854$1,130$1,131 -5.4%
La Salle Parish, LA Non-metro $614$660$851$1,073$1,428 -8.0%
Allen Parish, LA Non-metro $601$754$834$1,048$1,249 -7.6%
Bienville Parish, LA Non-metro $601$707$834$1,160$1,399 -7.6%
Caldwell Parish, LA Non-metro $604$647$834$1,072$1,249 -8.4%
Catahoula Parish, LA Non-metro $601$647$834$1,139$1,249 -7.6%
Claiborne Parish, LA Non-metro $601$706$834$1,000$1,249 -7.6%
Concordia Parish, LA Non-metro $601$647$834$1,139$1,249 -7.6%
East Carroll Parish, LA Non-metro $601$647$834$1,139$1,249 -7.6%
Evangeline Parish, LA Non-metro $601$667$834$1,085$1,104 -7.6%
Franklin Parish, LA Non-metro $601$698$834$1,067$1,249 -7.6%
Jackson Parish, LA Non-metro $601$761$834$1,160$1,225 -7.6%
Madison Parish, LA Non-metro $616$638$834$1,100$1,399 -7.6%
Morehouse Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $631$636$834$1,143$1,172 -7.6%
Red River Parish, LA Non-metro $601$647$834$1,073$1,251 -7.6%
St. Landry Parish, LA Non-metro $631$636$834$1,040$1,202 -7.6%
Tensas Parish, LA Non-metro $601$761$834$1,160$1,249 -7.6%
Vermilion Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $580$761$834$1,100$1,104 -7.6%
Washington Parish, LA Non-metro $727$761$834$1,160$1,388 -7.6%
West Carroll Parish, LA Non-metro $601$636$834$1,088$1,138 -7.6%
Winn Parish, LA Non-metro $601$761$834$1,160$1,249 -7.6%

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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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