Polk County housing stock & renter economics

Polk County apartment-building and small-multifamily investors concentrate in ZIPs where HUD Fair Market Rents sit above or beside ACS median gross rent. The table below is ZCTA housing stock and voucher benchmarks for commercial residential income underwriting, linked to each ZIP housing profile. Live FMLS set on this page: 1 buildings.

3 ZCTAs · 3 with ACS. Medians across ACS ZIPs; totals for stock. Not a listing feed.

Population: 47,269
Households: 16,831
Housing units: 18,635
2-unit stock: 641
3–4 unit stock: 215
2–4 unit stock: 856
5–49 unit stock: 1,018
50+ unit stock: 103
Median renter share: 33.6%
ACS median rent: $875
Contract rent: $676
1BR SAFMR: $840
2BR SAFMR: $1,080
3BR SAFMR: $1,390
SAFMR / ACS rent: 1.22×
Vacancy (ACS): 9.9%
Pop Δ 2018–2023: +1.1%
Median HH income: $55,719
Rent burden ≥30%: 42.6%
Rent burden ≥50%: 17.6%
LIHTC projects / units: 10 / 654
HUD assisted MF: 3 / 287
Alloc. 5+ permits: 243

Polk County: median renter share 33.6%; ACS median gross rent $875; FY2027 2BR SAFMR $1,080; 2BR SAFMR is 1.22× ACS median gross rent; 641 units in 2-unit structures, 215 in 3–4-unit structures, and 1,018 in 5–49-unit structures; population up +1.1% between ACS 2018 and 2023; 10 LIHTC projects (654 units); 243 allocated 5+ unit permits (county BPS × ZCTA share). Census / HUD stock — not a rent roll and not a buy/sell score.

ZIPPlaceRentersMed. rent2BR SAFMR2–49 unitsPop Δ

30125Polk County, GA36.2%$843$1,0801,112+1.1%30153Rockmart33.6%$1,015$1,170675-2.0%30104Aragon30.8%$875$1,07087+4.7%

Georgia ZIP housing directory·All Georgia ZCTAs·SAFMR directory·Voucher Spread™

ZCTA ≈ USPS ZIP. ACS 5-year 2023 lags construction. Units-in-structure is Census standing stock (2-unit vs 3–4 vs 5–49 vs 50+), not the live FMLS card. SAFMR is a bedroom-specific HUD voucher benchmark, not asking rent. LIHTC / assisted-MF are inventory of record and belong on apartment pages. 5+ permits are county BPS 2025 allocated by ZCTA housing-unit share. Brokerage is Georgia-only.

1 Multifamily Investment Properties for Sale in Polk County

As of today, 1 active small multifamily listings in Polk County · median $97,497/door. Polk County is a Northwest Georgia market with occasional small multifamily inventory. Properties tend to be affordable residential multi-unit buildings focused on cash flow.

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