Ouachita County, AR

2025 Fair Market Rents

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The top three largest cities in Ouachita County are Smackover, Chidester, and Louann. 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 Ouachita County use?

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

Ouachita County ($848) has a 5.9% lower FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Arkansas ($901) and therefore has a lower gross rent.

Ouachita County is rank 37th out of 75 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 38 other counties. Ouachita County is the 37th most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Ouachita County, AR

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$677
studio
$681
1-Bedroom
$848
2-Bedroom
$1,102
3-Bedroom
$1,196
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$683
studio
$687
1-Bedroom
$855
2-Bedroom
$1,112
3-Bedroom
$1,205
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
71726 $680 $680 $850 $1,100 $1,200
71726 $680 $680 $850 $1,100 $1,200
71751 $730 $730 $910 $1,180 $1,280
71762 $810 $810 $1,030 $1,300 $1,440
71762 $810 $810 $1,030 $1,300 $1,440
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
71726 $612 $612 $765 $990 $1,080
71726 $612 $612 $765 $990 $1,080
71751 $657 $657 $819 $1,062 $1,152
71762 $729 $729 $927 $1,170 $1,296
71762 $729 $729 $927 $1,170 $1,296
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
71726 $748 $748 $935 $1,210 $1,320
71726 $748 $748 $935 $1,210 $1,320
71751 $803 $803 $1,001 $1,298 $1,408
71762 $891 $891 $1,133 $1,430 $1,584
71762 $891 $891 $1,133 $1,430 $1,584

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Ouachita County, Arkansas: Smackover, Chidester, and Louann.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Ouachita County, Arkansas: 71762, 71726, and 71751.

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