Cost of living in Polk County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,608 a month.
That HUD number covers Polk County, Florida, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,258
- 1 bed
- $1,338
- 2 bed
- $1,608
- 3 bed
- $2,212
- 4 bed
- $2,688
This county is in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 97.1 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Lakeland · 119,961 people
- Poinciana · 75,068 people
- Winter Haven · 55,200 people
- Haines City · 34,234 people
- Bartow · 20,438 people
- Auburndale · 18,530 people
- Lake Wales · 16,785 people
- Highland City · 13,276 people
- Davenport · 13,238 people
- Lakeland Highlands · 12,102 people
- Medulla · 10,985 people
- Fuller Heights · 10,083 people
- Cypress Gardens · 10,077 people
- Inwood · 7,556 people
- Willow Oak · 7,454 people
- Lake Alfred · 7,277 people
- Kathleen · 7,201 people
- Dundee · 5,863 people
- Jan Phyl Village · 5,708 people
- Fussels Corner · 5,682 people
- Crystal Lake · 5,451 people
- Combee Settlement · 5,242 people
- Fort Meade · 5,225 people
- Alturas · 4,581 people
- Mulberry · 4,188 people
- Eagle Lake · 3,893 people
- Wahneta · 3,876 people
- Frostproof · 3,346 people
- Polk City · 2,974 people
- Grenelefe · 2,797 people
- Crooked Lake Park · 2,641 people
- Lake Hamilton · 1,777 people
- Babson Park · 1,093 people