HUD FMR Data · Updated April 2026
Most Affordable Counties by Rent
US counties with the lowest Fair Market Rent rates. Based on the latest HUD Fair Market Rent data.
| Rank | County | State | 2BR FMR | 2BR FMR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pickens County | Alabama | $776 | $776 |
| 2 | Morehouse Parish | Louisiana | $834 | $834 |
| 3 | Vermilion Parish | Louisiana | $834 | $834 |
| 4 | Benton County | Mississippi | $842 | $842 |
| 5 | Holmes County | Mississippi | $842 | $842 |
| 6 | Simpson County | Mississippi | $858 | $858 |
| 7 | Butler County | Kentucky | $866 | $866 |
| 8 | Carter County | Kentucky | $866 | $866 |
| 9 | Iberville Parish | Louisiana | $866 | $866 |
| 10 | Boone County | West Virginia | $869 | $869 |
| 11 | Jefferson Davis Parish | Louisiana | $871 | $871 |
| 12 | Cherokee County | Kansas | $877 | $877 |
| 13 | Henry County | Alabama | $878 | $878 |
| 14 | Acadia Parish | Louisiana | $880 | $880 |
| 15 | Little River County | Arkansas | $880 | $880 |
| 16 | Poinsett County | Arkansas | $880 | $880 |
| 17 | Walker County | Alabama | $886 | $886 |
| 18 | Dallas County | Missouri | $888 | $888 |
| 19 | Polk County | Missouri | $888 | $888 |
| 20 | Jefferson City | Missouri | $910 | $910 |
| 21 | Carlisle County | Kentucky | $915 | $915 |
| 22 | Fayette County | West Virginia | $915 | $915 |
| 23 | Bond County | Illinois | $916 | $916 |
| 24 | Ford County | Illinois | $916 | $916 |
| 25 | Macoupin County | Illinois | $916 | $916 |
| 26 | Jones County | Iowa | $919 | $919 |
| 27 | St. James Parish | Louisiana | $921 | $921 |
| 28 | Pulaski County | Virginia | $921 | $921 |
| 29 | Moniteau County | Missouri | $922 | $922 |
| 30 | Lawrence County | Kentucky | $926 | $926 |
| 31 | Bates County | Missouri | $927 | $927 |
| 32 | Gibson County | Tennessee | $927 | $927 |
| 33 | Gadsden | Alabama | $927 | $927 |
| 34 | Parkersburg-Vienna | West Virginia | $928 | $928 |
| 35 | Fort Smith | Oklahoma | $937 | $937 |
| 36 | Lincoln County | Oklahoma | $937 | $937 |
| 37 | Okmulgee County | Oklahoma | $937 | $937 |
| 38 | Fort Smith | Arkansas | $937 | $937 |
| 39 | Grainger County | Tennessee | $941 | $941 |
| 40 | Richland Parish | Louisiana | $944 | $944 |
| 41 | Franklin County | Virginia | $944 | $944 |
| 42 | Raleigh County | West Virginia | $944 | $944 |
| 43 | Joplin | Missouri | $947 | $947 |
| 44 | Campbell County | Tennessee | $947 | $947 |
| 45 | Person County | North Carolina | $948 | $948 |
| 46 | Dothan | Alabama | $950 | $950 |
| 47 | Scott County | Mississippi | $952 | $952 |
| 48 | Owen County | Indiana | $956 | $956 |
| 49 | Warren County | Indiana | $956 | $956 |
| 50 | Benton County | Iowa | $956 | $956 |