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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 | $676 | ± $58 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $668 | ± $66 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $678 | ± $96 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $612 | ± $84 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $169,900 | ± $13,999 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $136,400 | ± $17,047 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $128,200 | ± $10,321 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $122,800 | ± $15,227 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.7 % | ± 5.6 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 30.2 % | ± 7.1 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 25.9 % | ± 7.6 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 25.8 % | ± 8.4 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Polk County is $676, below the Tennessee median of $839 across 95 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.