housing costs · Minnesota
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 | $855 | ± $58 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $843 | ± $51 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $822 | ± $61 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $731 | ± $81 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $222,800 | ± $6,841 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $211,100 | ± $6,145 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $204,600 | ± $6,175 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $181,500 | ± $8,095 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 33.3 % | ± 3.4 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 34.0 % | ± 4.1 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 29.9 % | ± 2.5 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 29.5 % | ± 2.7 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Polk County is $855, below the Minnesota median of $896 across 87 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.