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Section 8 rent versus market rent in Arkansas

The largest 2-bedroom voucher premium in Arkansas is +$864 in Madison County.

HUD FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent and Census median gross rent for each county.

Largest premium
+$864
Madison County
2-bedroom FMR
$1,347
FY2026
Census rent
$483
B25031
Counties
75
Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas

29Madison County$1,347$483$21B25031+$864
176Perry County$1,147$605$55B25031+$542
251Prairie County$880$402$166B25031+$478
296Chicot County$880$429$72B25031+$451
320Crittenden County$1,274$838$29B25031+$436$1,060$1,120
411Lee County$880$486$142B25031+$394
519Searcy County$880$530$87B25031+$350
619Woodruff County$880$557$58B25031+$323
639Washington County$1,347$1,030$27B25031+$317
688Pike County$880$576$115B25031+$304
801Howard County$883$605$114B25031+$278
802Lonoke County$1,147$869$58B25031+$278
822Fulton County$880$606$80B25031+$274
866Randolph County$880$615$112B25031+$265
895Izard County$880$620$42B25031+$260
956Cleveland County$880$630$231B25031+$250
967Newton County$880$631$84B25031+$249
971Dallas County$880$632$83B25031+$248
1003Stone County$909$665$36B25031+$244
1013Monroe County$880$638$293B25031+$242
1052Montgomery County$880$643$42B25031+$237
1057Desha County$880$644$70B25031+$236
1063Ouachita County$880$644$96B25031+$236
1074Jackson County$880$646$113B25031+$234
1075Poinsett County$880$646$91B25031+$234$1,060$1,060
1103Miller County$1,101$870$42B25031+$231
1267Yell County$880$669$138B25031+$211
1394Benton County$1,347$1,150$32B25031+$197
1398Faulkner County$1,147$950$19B25031+$197
1400Lawrence County$880$683$49B25031+$197
1429Phillips County$880$686$113B25031+$194
1434Drew County$927$734$31B25031+$193
1440Bradley County$880$688$150B25031+$192
1448Polk County$897$705$112B25031+$192
1455Van Buren County$880$689$118B25031+$191
1573Conway County$880$703$122B25031+$177
1608Lincoln County$880$706$182B25031+$174
1616Clay County$880$707$44B25031+$173
1691Franklin County$880$713$53B25031+$167
1695St. Francis County$923$756$119B25031+$167$1,060$1,060
1703Cross County$880$714$80B25031+$166
1726Grant County$968$804$211B25031+$164
1753Scott County$880$718$209B25031+$162
1769Johnson County$884$724$72B25031+$160
1772Little River County$880$720$209B25031+$160
1793Sevier County$880$721$113B25031+$159
1802Saline County$1,147$989$32B25031+$158
1810Hempstead County$908$751$147B25031+$157
1856Arkansas County$922$769$45B25031+$153
1983Logan County$880$736$41B25031+$144
2015Cleburne County$955$814$53B25031+$141
2065Lafayette County$880$743$133B25031+$137
2067Nevada County$911$774$254B25031+$137
2087Baxter County$964$829$33B25031+$135
2128Garland County$1,090$958$28B25031+$132
2214Sharp County$880$755$119B25031+$125
2224Marion County$908$784$35B25031+$124
2233Ashley County$880$757$112B25031+$123
2236Crawford County$937$814$39B25031+$123
2261Columbia County$903$782$95B25031+$121
2387Hot Spring County$880$770$14B25031+$110
2441Boone County$880$776$36B25031+$104
2481Pope County$938$836$30B25031+$102
2514Craighead County$1,040$943$26B25031+$97
2580Carroll County$954$864$42B25031+$90
2602Mississippi County$880$792$28B25031+$88$1,060$1,060
2628Pulaski County$1,147$1,062$27B25031+$85
2652Union County$923$840$53B25031+$83
2734Jefferson County$937$866$60B25031+$71
2810Greene County$905$846$36B25031+$59
2811Independence County$891$832$31B25031+$59
2819Sebastian County$937$879$26B25031+$58
2833Clark County$880$824$85B25031+$56
2884White County$880$832$32B25031+$48
2922Calhoun County$1,011$973$160B25031+$38

Method

The voucher premium is the FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent minus the Census median gross rent for the same county. The Census rent is ACS 2024 5-year table B25031, 2-bedroom median (column B25031004), when that estimate is published and positive. Otherwise it is ACS table B25064, median gross rent. The margin of error on the premium is the ACS margin of error on that rent, because the Fair Market Rent is a HUD schedule. Other bedroom rows use B25031 when that bedroom median is published. When a county file has town Fair Market Rents and no single county schedule, the county rent is the population-weighted mean of the town rents, rounded half up. The Small Area FMR range is the low and high ZIP Small Area FMR inside the county. Rank is the premium, then the county name. A county is left out when both the 2-bedroom B25031 median and the B25064 median are missing or not positive.

Source: HUD FY2026 Fair Market Rents and Small Area FMRs, effective 2025-10-01, retrieved 2026-10-09, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr.html, and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024 5-year tables B25031 and B25064, as of 2024-07-01 (data years 2020-2024), retrieved 2026-10-09, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25031.

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest 2-bedroom voucher premium in Arkansas?

Madison County at +$864. The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent is $1,347. The Census median gross rent is $483 (margin of error $21), from B25031.