Polk City Home Values (2026): What Houses Are Actually Selling For
Polk City, Polk County, Florida · Momentum Research · updated 2026-11-05
Homes in Polk City sold for a median of $300,000 over the last 12 months (163 recorded sales), $193 per square foot, and prices are up 3.4% year over year. The typical sale took 71 days to go under contract and closed at 93.6% of the original asking price. Long run: 15.0% a year since 2013 (median $49K then). No algorithm can price your specific house from that; a records-based valuation can. The data first, then how to get one.
Polk City home values year by year
Median recorded sale price, price per square foot, days to contract and sale-to-ask for every year we hold Polk City sales. The compound growth rate works out to 15.0% a year since 2013 (median $49K then).
| Year | Median sale | $/sq ft | Days to contract | Sale-to-ask | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $49,000 | $46 | 217 | 12 | |
| 2014 | $51,895 | $47 | 68 | 16 | |
| 2015 | $68,872 | $61 | 65 | 92.3% | 22 |
| 2016 | $67,592 | $61 | 49 | 92.6% | 41 |
| 2017 | $97,035 | $73 | 66 | 92.5% | 59 |
| 2022 | $234,580 | $174 | 8 | 99.6% | 105 |
| 2023 | $232,011 | $192 | 20 | 96.8% | 43 |
| 2024 | $278,011 | $198 | 45 | 95.8% | 85 |
| 2025 | $239,535 | $190 | 67 | 94.7% | 71 |
| 2026 | $253,755 | $187 | 71 | 94.0% | 87 |
Where the Polk City market is tight, by price band
Months of supply is active inventory divided by the monthly sales pace; under about four months favors sellers, over six favors buyers. Find your band before you price.
Polk City home values by ZIP code
Active listings and list medians from our feeds today; the typical value and one-year change are Zillow’s ZHVI for the ZIP, which tracks the whole housing stock rather than only what sold.
| ZIP | Active listings | Median list | Typical value (ZHVI) | 1-yr change | Listings with a price cut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33868 | 112 | $390,000 | $247,705 | -3.1% | 21% |
Home values by community in Polk City
The communities with the most recorded sales in the last 12 months. Each links to its own home-value page with the full price history.
| Community | Median sale | Year over year | Days to contract | Sales (12 mo) | Active |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORANGEWOOD VILLAGE | $222,500 | +1.1% | 28 | 22 | 0 |
| MOUNT OLIVE SHORES PH 01 | $190,000 | -7.3% | 228 | 15 | 0 |
| MOUNT OLIVE HEIGHTS | $210,000 | +13.5% | 44 | 12 | 0 |
| FOUNTAIN PARK PH 01 | $310,500 | -3.6% | 59 | 8 | 0 |
| MOUNT OLIVE SHORES NORTH | $403,500 | +0.9% | 61 | 6 | 0 |
| DEER TRAILS NORTH PH 02 | $285,000 | n/a | 26 | 5 | 0 |
| LANDINGS AT MOUNT OLIVE PHASE 1 | $345,990 | n/a | 61 | 5 | 0 |
| MT OLIVE ESTATES | $230,000 | n/a | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| PARADISE COUNTRY ESTATES | $272,950 | n/a | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| CLEARWATER LAKE ESTATES | $194,000 | -3.2% | 52 | 3 | 0 |
| YEARLING TRACE | $386,000 | n/a | 10 | 3 | 0 |
What moves the sale price in Polk City beyond the medians
Cash paid for about 27% of recent Polk City closings. New construction was 8% of sales, which sets the ceiling on what resale buyers will pay for a comparable resale. Sellers have been closing at 93.6% of original asking, so the list price is a negotiation opener, not the number. Zillow’s ZIP metrics put the city’s price-to-income ratio near 4.64 and five-year appreciation near +3.0%. Property mix: Single Family Residence 53%, Manufactured Home - Post 1977 39%, Manufactured Home 6%. Condition, lot, roof age, insurance quote and the specific street’s last three closings move an individual house well outside these ranges.
What is my house worth in Polk City?
Not a number this page can give you, and not one an automated model can either: every value above is a median of many Polk City sales, and the spread inside it is wide. A records-based valuation pulls the recorded closings on your street and in your community, adjusts for size, condition, lot and what your home has that the comps do not, and comes back as a written range with a net sheet showing what you would clear at each price after commissions, Florida doc stamps, title and payoff. Momentum Realty does that for Polk City owners at no cost through the form below; the Messtimate gives a square-footage range in the meantime, and the seller net proceeds calculator runs the arithmetic on any price you are considering.
Selling in Polk City: next steps
- Best time of year to sell in Polk County
- Seller net proceeds calculator
- Polk County property tax rate and calculator (what a buyer will pay after your sale)
- Homes for sale in Polk City right now (your competition)
- Polk City housing market: live data and trends
- How Momentum sells homes
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Figures are recorded closed sales and active listings from the MLS feeds behind our Polk City pages, aggregated by Momentum Research as of 2026-11-05; ZIP typical values from Zillow (ZHVI). Community-level aggregates only; nothing on this page is a valuation of any specific property, an appraisal, or an offer. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed. EAB RE Investments LLC dba Momentum Realty, a licensed Florida real estate brokerage. Equal Housing Opportunity.