Calcasieu Parish, LA

2024 Fair Market Rents

Tags: 2024 Lake Charles, LA MSA

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The top four largest cities in Calcasieu Parish are Lake Charles, Sulphur, Westlake, and Iowa. Fair Market Rents on this page may apply depending on whether the county uses SAFMRs or county level FMRs. Cities in multiple SAFMR areas will have different SAFMRS based on ZIP code.

What type of FMR does Calcasieu Parish use?

Small Area Fair Market Rents were created by the HUD for this county/Metro Fmr Area however Calcasieu Parish is not required to use Small Area FMRs by the HUD. It is at the discretion of the local Housing Authority to determine if SAFMRs or 40th percentile FMRs are used.

To learn more about the criteria the HUD uses to determine if a Metro FMR Area requires Small Area Fair Market Rents click here.

How does Calcasieu Parish compare?

Calcasieu Parish ($1,080) has a 6.9% higher FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Louisiana ($1,010) and therefore a higher gross rent.

Calcasieu Parish is rank 24th out of 64 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 40 other counties. Calcasieu Parish is the 24th most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Calcasieu Parish, LA

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$835
studio
$840
1-Bedroom
$1,080
2-Bedroom
$1,333
3-Bedroom
$1,438
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$911
studio
$917
1-Bedroom
$1,178
2-Bedroom
$1,454
3-Bedroom
$1,569
4-Bedroom

Small Market Areas (By Zip Code)

The 90% and 110% SAFMRs represent the minimum and maximum payment standards that can be set by the local Public Housing Authority under regular conditions. The payment standard is the actual value used in Section 8. For more on payment standards click here.

FMRs and SAFMRs are set by the HUD. The local PHA takes these FMR/SAFMR values and may decide to use any value that is within +-10% of the FMR/SAFMR as the payment standard for the areas under their jurisdiction.

For a more in-depth explaination return to the overview page.

ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
70601 $0 $750 $970 $1,200 $1,290
70602 $0 $840 $1,080 $1,330 $1,440
70605 $0 $1,090 $1,400 $1,730 $1,860
70606 $0 $840 $1,080 $1,330 $1,440
70607 $0 $790 $1,020 $1,260 $1,360
70611 $0 $860 $1,110 $1,370 $1,480
70612 $0 $840 $1,080 $1,330 $1,440
70615 $0 $800 $1,030 $1,270 $1,370
70616 $0 $840 $1,080 $1,330 $1,440
70629 $0 $840 $1,080 $1,330 $1,440
70630 $0 $700 $890 $1,120 $1,190
70646 $0 $700 $890 $1,120 $1,190
70647 $0 $850 $1,090 $1,350 $1,450
70663 $0 $810 $1,040 $1,280 $1,390
70665 $0 $1,070 $1,370 $1,690 $1,820
70668 $0 $750 $960 $1,180 $1,280
70669 $0 $920 $1,180 $1,460 $1,570
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
70601 $675 $675 $873 $1,080 $1,161
70602 $756 $756 $972 $1,197 $1,296
70605 $972 $981 $1,260 $1,557 $1,674
70606 $756 $756 $972 $1,197 $1,296
70607 $711 $711 $918 $1,134 $1,224
70611 $774 $774 $999 $1,233 $1,332
70612 $756 $756 $972 $1,197 $1,296
70615 $720 $720 $927 $1,143 $1,233
70616 $756 $756 $972 $1,197 $1,296
70629 $756 $756 $972 $1,197 $1,296
70630 $621 $630 $801 $1,008 $1,071
70646 $621 $630 $801 $1,008 $1,071
70647 $756 $765 $981 $1,215 $1,305
70663 $720 $729 $936 $1,152 $1,251
70665 $954 $963 $1,233 $1,521 $1,638
70668 $666 $675 $864 $1,062 $1,152
70669 $819 $828 $1,062 $1,314 $1,413
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
70601 $825 $825 $1,067 $1,320 $1,419
70602 $924 $924 $1,188 $1,463 $1,584
70605 $1,188 $1,199 $1,540 $1,903 $2,046
70606 $924 $924 $1,188 $1,463 $1,584
70607 $869 $869 $1,122 $1,386 $1,496
70611 $946 $946 $1,221 $1,507 $1,628
70612 $924 $924 $1,188 $1,463 $1,584
70615 $880 $880 $1,133 $1,397 $1,507
70616 $924 $924 $1,188 $1,463 $1,584
70629 $924 $924 $1,188 $1,463 $1,584
70630 $759 $770 $979 $1,232 $1,309
70646 $759 $770 $979 $1,232 $1,309
70647 $924 $935 $1,199 $1,485 $1,595
70663 $880 $891 $1,144 $1,408 $1,529
70665 $1,166 $1,177 $1,507 $1,859 $2,002
70668 $814 $825 $1,056 $1,298 $1,408
70669 $1,001 $1,012 $1,298 $1,606 $1,727

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: Lake Charles, Sulphur, Westlake, Iowa, Vinton, Bell City, and Hayes.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: 70605, 70601, 70663, 70607, 70611, 70615, 70665, 70669, 70647, 70668, 70606, 70602, 70630, 70612, 70646, 70616, and 70629.

Calcasieu Parish, LA is considered part of the following metro FMR area: LAKE CHARLES, LA MSA.

Other counties in the same metro FMR area are: Cameron Parish, LA.

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Fair Market Rents are published by the Department of Housing And Urban Development.