housing costs · Wisconsin
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 | $957 | ± $45 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $958 | ± $48 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $922 | ± $36 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $817 | ± $28 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $271,900 | ± $7,974 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $241,200 | ± $6,143 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $222,800 | ± $5,151 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $194,100 | ± $4,391 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 23.8 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 23.6 % | ± 1.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 24.6 % | ± 2.0 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 25.1 % | ± 2.0 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Polk County is $957, above the Wisconsin median of $878 across 72 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.