Lafayette County, MS

2024 Fair Market Rents

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The top four largest cities in Lafayette County are Oxford, Batesville, Como, and Abbeville. 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 Lafayette County use?

Small Area Fair Market Rents were created by the HUD for this county/Metro Fmr Area however Lafayette County 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 Lafayette County compare?

Lafayette County ($1,258) has a 31.3% higher FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Mississippi ($958) and therefore a higher gross rent.

Lafayette County is rank 2nd out of 82 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 80 other counties. Lafayette County is the 2nd most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Lafayette County, MS

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$1,050
studio
$1,065
1-Bedroom
$1,258
2-Bedroom
$1,521
3-Bedroom
$1,675
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$1,134
studio
$1,151
1-Bedroom
$1,359
2-Bedroom
$1,643
3-Bedroom
$1,810
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
38685 $770 $790 $980 $1,210 $1,510
38619 $710 $740 $900 $1,160 $1,370
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
38685 $693 $711 $882 $1,089 $1,359
38619 $639 $666 $810 $1,044 $1,233
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
38685 $847 $869 $1,078 $1,331 $1,661
38619 $781 $814 $990 $1,276 $1,507

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Lafayette County, Mississippi: Oxford, Batesville, Como, Abbeville, Thaxton, Waterford, Etta, University, Taylor, and Paris.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Lafayette County, Mississippi: 38655, 38606, 38619, 38601, 38871, 38685, 38627, 38677, 38673, and 38949.

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