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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 | $1,363 | ± $28 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,272 | ± $27 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,192 | ± $17 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,090 | ± $21 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $266,500 | ± $3,458 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $240,000 | ± $2,999 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $215,700 | ± $2,390 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $177,900 | ± $2,546 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 32.3 % | ± 1.0 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 32.1 % | ± 0.9 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 30.8 % | ± 1.0 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 30.5 % | ± 1.0 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Polk County is $1,363, 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.