Cost of living in Polk County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,360 a month.
That HUD number covers Polk County, Iowa, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,102
- 1 bed
- $1,145
- 2 bed
- $1,360
- 3 bed
- $1,856
- 4 bed
- $1,901
This county is in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 91.7 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Des Moines · 212,421 people
- Ankeny · 72,615 people
- West Des Moines · 71,083 people
- Urbandale · 46,595 people
- Johnston · 24,384 people
- Altoona · 21,495 people
- Clive · 19,012 people
- Grimes · 16,366 people
- Pleasant Hill · 11,136 people
- Bondurant · 8,560 people
- Polk City · 6,037 people
- Windsor Heights · 5,143 people
- Carlisle · 4,255 people
- Saylorville · 3,366 people
- Mitchellville · 2,579 people