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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 | $681 | ± $140 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $692 | ± $126 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $636 | ± $77 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $621 | ± $54 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $189,900 | ± $19,302 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $177,800 | ± $13,813 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $152,700 | ± $13,509 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $124,400 | ± $12,859 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 21.2 % | ± 5.0 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 19.2 % | ± 2.7 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 19.8 % | ± 4.9 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 24.0 % | ± 7.0 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Polk County is $681, below the Nebraska median of $777 across 93 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.