housing costs · Arkansas
Housing costs in Polk County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $711 | ± $61 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $699 | ± $46 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $730 | ± $55 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $665 | ± $41 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $138,400 | ± $17,969 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $122,600 | ± $7,486 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $120,800 | ± $11,722 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $108,100 | ± $10,091 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 23.1 % | ± 3.1 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 24.9 % | ± 5.2 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 23.6 % | ± 3.6 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 25.9 % | ± 6.2 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Polk County is $711, below the Arkansas median of $751 across 75 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.