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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 | $987 | ± $68 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,009 | ± $70 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $920 | ± $64 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $854 | ± $53 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $184,800 | ± $17,395 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $154,000 | ± $10,956 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $151,100 | ± $9,741 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $126,200 | ± $10,405 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 28.7 % | ± 2.8 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 27.8 % | ± 4.3 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 27.9 % | ± 3.6 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 27.6 % | ± 2.4 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Polk County is $987, above the Texas median of $957 across 249 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.