housing costs · North Carolina
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 | $1,178 | ± $119 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,089 | ± $113 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $984 | ± $89 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $870 | ± $54 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $315,000 | ± $21,515 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $281,100 | ± $17,038 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $255,000 | ± $17,064 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $228,000 | ± $15,954 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 31.1 % | ± 4.0 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 31.4 % | ± 2.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 25.4 % | ± 3.9 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 26.0 % | ± 2.8 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Polk County is $1,178, above the North Carolina median of $886 across 100 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.