The population of Polk county is estimated at 20,421. In 2017 there were 140 births and 292 deaths in Polk county. Polk county has 3,543 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,250 that are owned free and clear and 2,196 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Polk County filed 9,070 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all North Carolina filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Polk had a combined total federal tax liability of $78,551,000 on earned income of $520,765,000. Other notable statistics from Polk County were 130 unemployment claims which collected a total of $480,000 and 2,410 charitable contributions valued at $15,826,000. 2,320 filings from Polk County paid a combined total of $6,218,000 in property taxes and 1,720 filings paid $12,622,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Polk county had 58 religious congregations with an estimated 10,735 members.
31.9% of the Polk population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 10.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 53% of Polk County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 400 votes.
At $45,587 the median income is 86.3% of the North Carolina average. An estimated 377 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Polk, the equivalant of around 4.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Polk County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,457	Health care and social assistance
467	Retail trade
452	Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly
352	Accommodation and food services
304	Manufacturing
221	Ambulatory health care services
135	Professional, scientific, and technical services
132	Food and beverage stores
130	Limited-service restaurants
123	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
104	Gasoline stations
85	Real estate and rental and leasing
83	Offices of physicians
82	Credit intermediation and related activities
78	Textile product mills

In 2018 11.35% of listings in Polk County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 28782 and 28722) dropped their price.

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