housing costs · Missouri
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 | $814 | ± $53 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $792 | ± $47 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $752 | ± $56 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $701 | ± $69 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $205,800 | ± $12,213 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $189,600 | ± $11,132 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $171,700 | ± $9,102 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $146,300 | ± $8,925 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 28.4 % | ± 3.0 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 29.9 % | ± 2.8 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 29.4 % | ± 3.0 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.3 % | ± 2.8 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Polk County is $814, above the Missouri median of $767 across 115 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.