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Section 8 rent versus market rent in Louisiana

The largest 2-bedroom voucher premium in Louisiana is +$617 in De Soto Parish.

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

Largest premium
+$617
De Soto Parish
2-bedroom FMR
$1,111
FY2026
Census rent
$494
B25031
Counties
64
Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana

114De Soto Parish$1,111$494$110B25031+$617
263St. Helena Parish$1,204$735$222B25031+$469
313Claiborne Parish$834$394$200B25031+$440
357East Feliciana Parish$1,204$789$130B25031+$415
610Sabine Parish$884$559$107B25031+$325
649Tensas Parish$834$520$39B25031+$314
676East Carroll Parish$834$528$170B25031+$306
718Union Parish$1,026$729$117B25031+$297
769Madison Parish$834$548$93B25031+$286
828Grant Parish$994$721$89B25031+$273
885La Salle Parish$851$588$206B25031+$263
914St. John the Baptist Parish$1,331$1,074$90B25031+$257
954Bienville Parish$834$584$209B25031+$250
963St. Bernard Parish$1,331$1,081$37B25031+$250
1009Pointe Coupee Parish$1,204$961$35B25031+$243
1053West Baton Rouge Parish$1,204$967$218B25031+$237
1089Jackson Parish$834$602$92B25031+$232
1319Catahoula Parish$834$629$63B25031+$205
1393West Feliciana Parish$1,204$1,006$182B25031+$198
1412St. Martin Parish$1,019$823$198B25031+$196
1485Evangeline Parish$834$647$56B25031+$187
1775Natchitoches Parish$925$765$56B25031+$160
1843Assumption Parish$967$813$55B25031+$154
1896West Carroll Parish$834$683$41B25031+$151
1923St. Charles Parish$1,331$1,182$89B25031+$149
1941Caddo Parish$1,111$964$21B25031+$147
2072Tangipahoa Parish$1,099$962$57B25031+$137
2082Livingston Parish$1,204$1,068$80B25031+$136
2086Acadia Parish$880$745$76B25031+$135
2099Lincoln Parish$881$746$36B25031+$135
2234Avoyelles Parish$857$734$62B25031+$123
2244St. Mary Parish$947$824$35B25031+$123
2347Caldwell Parish$834$721$119B25031+$113
2349Franklin Parish$834$721$17B25031+$113
2358Jefferson Parish$1,331$1,219$20B25031+$112
2443Calcasieu Parish$1,217$1,113$53B25031+$104
2474Lafourche Parish$1,102$1,000$70B25031+$102
2479Ouachita Parish$1,026$924$36B25031+$102
2523Terrebonne Parish$1,102$1,005$71B25031+$97
2551Rapides Parish$994$901$46B25031+$93
2590Richland Parish$944$855$56B25031+$89
2599Iberville Parish$866$778$41B25031+$88
2637Morehouse Parish$834$750$31B25031+$84
2654Webster Parish$854$771$23B25031+$83
2695Allen Parish$834$757$57B25031+$77
2723Concordia Parish$834$761$115B25031+$73
2736Washington Parish$834$763$64B25031+$71
2771East Baton Rouge Parish$1,204$1,139$27B25031+$65
2788Vernon Parish$1,041$978$30B25031+$63
2814Vermilion Parish$834$775$18B25031+$59
2830St. Landry Parish$834$777$33B25031+$57
2831St. Tammany Parish$1,331$1,274$59B25031+$57
2840Jefferson Davis Parish$871$816$79B25031+$55
2864Iberia Parish$905$854$60B25031+$51
2872Beauregard Parish$935$885$54B25031+$50
2951Plaquemines Parish$1,331$1,300$138B25031+$31
2997Red River Parish$834$818$473B25031+$16
3010Orleans Parish$1,331$1,322$30B25031+$9
3042Lafayette Parish$1,019$1,028$37B25031-$9
3057Bossier Parish$1,111$1,131$61B25031-$20
3070Ascension Parish$1,204$1,238$269B25031-$34
3097Winn Parish$834$929$450B25031-$95
3113St. James Parish$921$1,099$229B25031-$178
3134Cameron Parish$1,217$1,688$778B25064-$471

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 Louisiana?

De Soto Parish at +$617. The FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent is $1,111. The Census median gross rent is $494 (margin of error $110), from B25031.