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The median home value in Polk County, NC is $309,022 as of 2026-07-31, down 2.7% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$309,022
Year-over-Year
-2.7%
National Rank
#898 of 3071
Polk County ranks 35th out of 100 counties in NC by median home price, and is +31.9% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within NC, the typical county has a median home value of $274,146, making Polk County +12.7% above the NC state median.
Households here earn a median of $67,758 a year against a typical home value of $309,022 — a price-to-income ratio of 4.6×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 77% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
The median home value in Polk County is $309,022. That's down 2.7% from a year earlier. That is about 31.9% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Polk County the 35th most expensive of 100 counties in North Carolina.
Median household income here is $67,758, so a typical home costs about 4.6× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
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