housing costs · Florida
Housing costs in Bay 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 | $1,484 | ± $39 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,424 | ± $38 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,311 | ± $35 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,191 | ± $31 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $310,500 | ± $6,825 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $276,900 | ± $6,672 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $246,800 | ± $6,496 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $209,900 | ± $6,071 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 33.5 % | ± 0.9 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 32.8 % | ± 0.9 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 31.9 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 31.2 % | ± 1.1 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Bay County is $1,484, above the Florida median of $1,302 across 67 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.