Section 8 — MS ZIP index

Mississippi ZIP codes
with a Section 8 rent.

Every Mississippi ZIP code HUD publishes a Fair Market Rent for — 479 of them, FY2026. Grouped by HUD area, with the 2-bedroom and 3-bedroom ceiling beside each one. Open any ZIP for its full schedule from studio to 4-bedroom.

data as of 2026-08-19 · HUD FY2026

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Why the ZIP beats the metro average.

One number per metro hides the spread that decides whether a deal pencils.

A ZIP-level Fair Market Rent is HUD's Small Area FMR: instead of one voucher ceiling for an entire metro, HUD publishes a separate ceiling for each ZIP code, set from what rents actually cost in that ZIP. The metro figure is an average over all of them, so it sits above the weaker ZIPs and below the stronger ones — which is why two houses fifteen minutes apart in the same city can carry Section 8 ceilings hundreds of dollars apart. Underwrite the ZIP's number, not the metro's. The published FMR is still a reference, not a payment: housing authorities set their payment standard at roughly 90–110% of it, and every unit has to clear a rent reasonableness test against comparable local rentals before a lease is approved.

Every ZIP

FMR by ZIP code.

2-bedroom and 3-bedroom Fair Market Rent for each ZIP, listed under the HUD area it belongs to. What Fair Market Rent means.

All 479 ZIPs · 74 HUD areas · data as of 2026-08-19 · HUD FY2026

ZIP2 BR3 BR
Lafayette County, MS
38601$1,170$1,470
38673$1,260$1,560
38677$1,260$1,560
38685$1,170$1,470
38913$1,170$1,470
38915$1,170$1,470
38949$1,170$1,470
Tippah County, MS
38603$930$1,280
38629$870$1,160
38674$840$1,100
38683$840$1,160
38829$840$1,070
Quitman County, MS
38606$1,170$1,470
38617$840$1,180
38621$1,120$1,340
38622$870$1,170
38623$950$1,290
38645$840$1,180
38646$900$1,260
38670$1,120$1,340
Union County, MS
38610$970$1,260
38625$890$1,140
38627$1,170$1,470
38633$1,020$1,330
38650$850$1,120
38652$900$1,090
38655$1,260$1,560
38663$840$1,120
38824$990$1,250
38828$990$1,250
38841$900$1,090
38849$990$1,260
38869$1,010$1,240
38871$1,170$1,470
Tate County, MS HUD Metro FMR Area
38611$1,330$1,620
38618$1,130$1,390
38632$1,290$1,700
38635$1,050$1,270
Coahoma County, MS
38614$890$1,240
38626$1,120$1,340
38631$840$1,180
38639$840$1,180
38644$840$1,180
38720$850$1,180
38767$840$1,180
Panola County, MS
38619$1,170$1,470
38620$910$1,160
38665$1,160$1,460
38666$870$1,130
38668$1,060$1,300
Marshall County, MS HUD Metro FMR Area
38634$1,110$1,330
38642$1,020$1,230
38649$1,110$1,330
38654$1,690$2,230
38659$1,030$1,260
38661$1,180$1,430
Memphis, TN-MS-AR HUD Metro FMR Area
38637$1,400$1,850
38651$1,410$1,860
38671$1,400$1,850
38672$1,910$2,520
38680$1,240$1,640
Tunica County, MS HUD Metro FMR Area
38641$1,150$1,490
38664$1,250$1,500
38676$1,120$1,340
Tallahatchie County, MS
38643$870$1,180
38737$840$1,140
38901$920$1,100
38920$870$1,100
38921$840$1,100
38928$840$1,100
38940$900$1,100
38944$890$1,110
38950$840$1,100
38957$1,030$1,350
38962$840$1,100
38963$1,050$1,370
38964$900$1,220
38966$840$1,100
Benton County, MS HUD Metro FMR Area
38647$890$1,190
Yalobusha County, MS
38658$1,110$1,440
38922$870$1,120
38927$940$1,230
38948$970$1,270
38953$870$1,120
38961$890$1,170
38965$1,170$1,470
Washington County, MS
38701$840$1,180
38703$980$1,360
38721$910$1,210
38722$840$1,180
38723$840$1,180
38731$840$1,180
38744$840$1,180
38748$840$1,180
38751$900$1,210
38754$850$1,180
38756$840$1,180
38760$840$1,180
38773$870$1,180
38776$840$1,180
38780$840$1,180
Bolivar County, MS
38725$840$1,100
38726$840$1,100
38730$930$1,210
38733$890$1,160
38740$840$1,100
38746$850$1,100
38764$850$1,110
38769$840$1,100
38772$910$1,230
38774$840$1,100
38781$840$1,100
Sunflower County, MS
38732$890$1,160
38736$860$1,140
38738$980$1,290
38753$850$1,150
38759$880$1,150
38761$840$1,140
38762$880$1,150
38768$1,050$1,370
38771$840$1,140
38778$840$1,140
39038$860$1,140
Issaquena County, MS
38745$840$1,110
39113$840$1,060
39177$840$1,060
Sharkey County, MS
38765$890$1,180
39054$1,260$1,680
39061$840$1,120
39088$910$1,140
39159$840$1,120
Pontotoc County, MS
38801$1,010$1,280
38804$990$1,250
38826$1,100$1,370
38850$900$1,170
38860$990$1,250
38863$1,170$1,470
38864$920$1,170
38868$990$1,250
Lee County, MS
38802$990$1,260
38803$990$1,260
38843$990$1,250
38855$990$1,250
38857$990$1,250
38862$990$1,250
38866$1,040$1,310
38879$1,010$1,280
Monroe County, MS
38821$850$1,020
38844$840$1,150
38848$860$1,070
38858$990$1,250
38870$990$1,180
39730$840$1,130
39740$880$1,200
39746$840$1,020
39756$850$1,160
39773$850$1,170
Tishomingo County, MS
38827$870$1,150
38833$840$1,160
38834$840$1,170
38838$900$1,170
38846$860$1,170
38847$1,240$1,530
38852$880$1,120
38873$840$1,120
Alcorn County, MS
38835$840$1,170
Calhoun County, MS
38839$890$1,230
38951$1,170$1,630
Clay County, MS
38851$870$1,170
39741$900$1,220
39776$1,040$1,380
Prentiss County, MS
38856$1,270$1,530
38859$1,080$1,310
38865$990$1,330
Itawamba County, MS
38876$840$1,020
Chickasaw County, MS
38877$840$1,130
38878$840$1,170
Grenada County, MS
38902$910$1,090
38914$920$1,250
Webster County, MS
38916$890$1,230
38925$920$1,110
38929$990$1,190
39737$860$1,070
39744$870$1,170
39750$960$1,270
39751$920$1,190
39752$960$1,270
39755$960$1,270
39767$850$1,120
39771$860$1,050
Carroll County, MS
38917$840$1,060
38923$870$1,120
38943$900$1,110
38947$840$1,060
39095$910$1,110
39192$970$1,270
Leflore County, MS
38924$1,200$1,580
38930$840$1,060
38941$850$1,070
38946$920$1,150
38952$850$1,080
38954$1,030$1,290
Montgomery County, MS
38967$900$1,120
39176$900$1,150
39745$900$1,170
39747$840$1,120
Yazoo County, MS HUD Metro FMR Area
39039$1,020$1,270
39040$1,080$1,330
39146$1,080$1,390
39173$980$1,200
39179$1,100$1,350
Jackson, MS HUD Metro FMR Area
39041$840$1,010
39043$1,450$1,740
39045$1,010$1,260
39046$1,080$1,290
39047$1,830$2,190
39056$1,400$1,680
39058$1,400$1,680
39059$860$1,030
39060$1,250$1,500
39066$1,030$1,230
39071$1,190$1,440
39110$1,930$2,310
39130$1,300$1,560
39148$1,140$1,380
39154$1,330$1,590
39157$1,440$1,730
39158$1,300$1,560
39167$1,450$1,740
39170$1,160$1,390
39174$1,060$1,270
39193$1,350$1,620
39201$1,570$1,880
39202$1,090$1,310
39203$890$1,070
39204$1,080$1,290
39205$1,250$1,500
39206$1,280$1,530
39207$1,250$1,500
39208$1,350$1,620
39209$1,150$1,380
39210$1,130$1,350
39211$1,460$1,750
39212$1,350$1,620
39213$990$1,190
39215$1,250$1,500
39216$1,360$1,630
39217$940$1,130
39218$1,340$1,610
39225$1,250$1,500
39232$1,700$2,040
39236$1,250$1,500
39269$1,250$1,500
39272$1,590$1,910
39282$1,250$1,500
39283$1,250$1,500
39284$1,250$1,500
39286$1,250$1,500
39288$1,450$1,740
39289$1,250$1,500
39296$1,250$1,500
39298$1,450$1,740
Smith County, MS
39042$1,330$1,590
39074$960$1,150
39092$850$1,020
39111$850$1,180
39114$900$1,240
39116$1,140$1,370
39117$990$1,190
39119$840$1,180
39152$960$1,150
39153$860$1,080
39168$890$1,120
39338$840$1,120
39422$840$1,120
Simpson County, MS HUD Metro FMR Area
39044$990$1,260
39062$840$1,180
39073$1,140$1,380
39078$860$1,050
39082$990$1,230
Neshoba County, MS
39051$950$1,150
39328$910$1,200
Newton County, MS
39057$880$1,150
39323$1,240$1,530
39325$970$1,290
39327$850$1,020
39330$900$1,200
39332$910$1,120
39336$860$1,120
39337$940$1,180
39345$900$1,120
39365$930$1,150
Holmes County, MS HUD Metro FMR Area
39063$990$1,300
39169$840$1,110
Attala County, MS
39067$1,190$1,580
39079$840$1,110
Jefferson County, MS
39069$840$1,120
39096$860$1,120
39120$850$1,120
39144$840$1,110
39653$1,000$1,290
39661$1,190$1,570
Lincoln County, MS
39083$840$1,010
39191$1,050$1,290
39601$890$1,170
39602$860$1,140
39603$860$1,140
39647$890$1,150
39654$840$1,070
39664$900$1,140
39665$900$1,140
39668$850$1,080
Claiborne County, MS
39086$940$1,170
39150$880$1,130
39175$1,070$1,290
Winston County, MS
39090$930$1,130
39108$990$1,310
39339$840$1,120
39341$840$1,120
39346$960$1,270
39350$930$1,170
39354$1,020$1,350
39735$1,000$1,330
39769$1,050$1,380
39772$870$1,150
Leake County, MS
39094$960$1,150
39109$960$1,150
39160$950$1,260
39189$940$1,130
Humphreys County, MS
39097$1,030$1,360
39115$970$1,290
39166$910$1,150
39194$960$1,180
Adams County, MS
39121$840$1,110
39122$840$1,110
39190$840$1,110
Lawrence County, MS
39140$990$1,280
39474$870$1,110
39656$870$1,040
39663$870$1,070
Scott County, MS HUD Metro FMR Area
39145$1,030$1,230
39359$940$1,130
Jefferson Davis County, MS
39149$930$1,240
39427$840$1,020
Warren County, MS
39156$950$1,180
39162$1,010$1,250
39180$970$1,200
39181$950$1,180
39182$950$1,180
39183$930$1,160
Lauderdale County, MS
39301$900$1,200
39302$910$1,210
39303$910$1,210
39304$910$1,210
39305$1,000$1,330
39307$900$1,200
39309$1,070$1,430
39320$990$1,320
39326$900$1,200
39335$1,070$1,430
39342$1,030$1,370
39364$1,060$1,420
Wayne County, MS
39322$950$1,220
39324$840$1,100
39360$870$1,050
39362$1,260$1,570
39367$870$1,100
39439$890$1,160
39443$890$1,120
39476$1,030$1,320
Jasper County, MS
39347$870$1,120
39348$870$1,120
39356$870$1,120
39366$890$1,130
39481$1,030$1,360
Kemper County, MS
39352$970$1,290
39358$840$1,120
Clarke County, MS
39355$990$1,180
39363$870$1,050
Noxubee County, MS
39361$900$1,120
39701$880$1,200
39739$1,030$1,280
Jones County, MS
39401$1,030$1,320
39437$1,030$1,320
39440$960$1,150
39459$1,030$1,320
39464$1,030$1,320
39465$1,030$1,320
39477$950$1,150
39479$890$1,110
39480$1,120$1,350
Covington County, MS
39402$1,260$1,620
39428$950$1,260
Hattiesburg, MS MSA
39403$1,030$1,320
39404$1,030$1,320
39406$1,030$1,320
39425$1,030$1,320
39462$1,030$1,320
39475$1,040$1,330
39577$1,030$1,320
Marion County, MS
39421$960$1,160
39429$1,030$1,320
39482$1,030$1,320
Greene County, MS
39423$1,030$1,320
39451$870$1,050
39452$990$1,320
39456$1,030$1,320
39461$840$1,020
Pearl River County, MS
39426$1,060$1,460
39455$1,030$1,320
39466$1,010$1,320
39470$1,010$1,320
39573$1,010$1,320
Walthall County, MS
39478$940$1,130
39483$1,050$1,260
39641$980$1,210
39643$1,020$1,220
39657$970$1,170
39667$1,010$1,210
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS HUD Metro FMR Area
39501$1,080$1,390
39502$1,150$1,480
39503$1,170$1,510
39505$1,150$1,480
39506$1,150$1,480
39507$1,160$1,500
39520$1,120$1,450
39522$1,090$1,410
39525$1,580$2,040
39529$1,090$1,410
39530$1,010$1,310
39531$1,140$1,470
39533$1,150$1,480
39534$1,010$1,310
39535$1,150$1,480
39540$1,230$1,590
39556$1,190$1,540
39560$1,270$1,640
39571$1,080$1,390
39572$1,120$1,450
39576$1,010$1,310
Pascagoula, MS HUD Metro FMR Area
39532$1,140$1,490
39552$1,070$1,450
39553$1,030$1,400
39562$990$1,330
39563$1,040$1,410
39564$1,270$1,720
39565$1,100$1,490
39566$1,070$1,450
39567$990$1,330
39569$1,070$1,450
39581$990$1,320
39595$990$1,330
Stone County, MS HUD Metro FMR Area
39561$930$1,160
39574$1,090$1,410
Pike County, MS
39629$970$1,170
39635$990$1,190
39648$990$1,190
39649$990$1,190
39652$970$1,170
39662$970$1,170
39666$980$1,190
Franklin County, MS
39630$850$1,130
Wilkinson County, MS
39631$860$1,050
39633$980$1,240
39638$860$1,050
39669$1,180$1,460
Amite County, MS
39645$880$1,080
Lowndes County, MS
39702$880$1,200
39703$880$1,210
39704$880$1,210
39705$1,030$1,410
39710$880$1,210
39736$880$1,200
39753$880$1,210
39766$880$1,200
Oktibbeha County, MS
39743$960$1,270
39759$1,010$1,330
39760$960$1,270
39762$1,010$1,330

SAFMR = ZIP-level variation. HUD sets Small Area Fair Market Rents by ZIP across most large metros, so two homes in one city can carry very different voucher ceilings.

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Data source: HUD FY2026 Fair Market Rents (Small Area FMRs where published), snapshot 2026-08-19. Payment standards vary by public housing authority (typically 90–110% of FMR). Figures are for research and do not guarantee approved rent on any specific unit.

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