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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 | $918 | ± $73 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $870 | ± $33 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $814 | ± $38 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $769 | ± $34 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $187,600 | ± $12,299 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $163,500 | ± $13,107 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $151,400 | ± $10,518 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $132,400 | ± $9,047 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 32.2 % | ± 3.9 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 31.1 % | ± 3.5 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 32.6 % | ± 4.3 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 32.3 % | ± 3.9 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Polk County is $918, above the Georgia median of $879 across 159 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.