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Housing costs in Highlands 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 | $1,035 | ± $52 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $980 | ± $30 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $919 | ± $34 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $839 | ± $32 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $187,900 | ± $8,429 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $177,900 | ± $7,281 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $155,900 | ± $5,143 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $131,900 | ± $4,982 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 32.1 % | ± 1.7 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 31.4 % | ± 2.1 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 29.9 % | ± 2.1 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 29.9 % | ± 2.3 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Highlands County is $1,035, below 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.