Home values, rents and more in Polk County, OR
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Polk County, OR compares
The typical home in Polk County, OR is worth about $476,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Polk County, OR are 6% above the typical value in the Salem metro area ($447,000) and 30% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Polk County, OR rose 1.3%, compared with +0.4% in the Salem metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,769 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 7% above the Salem metro area ($1,646) and 8% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 0.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $85,118, against $78,900 in the Salem metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 90,037 people live in Polk County, OR (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Polk County, OR has the 10th-highest typical home value of the 36 counties in Oregon with Zillow figures.
Part of: Salem metro area · Oregon
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.