The population of Polk county is estimated at 81,442. In 2017 there were 943 births and 682 deaths in Polk county. Polk county has 13,602 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,134 that are owned free and clear and 9,552 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Polk County filed 35,800 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.9% of all Oregon filings and 0.024% of the entire nation. Polk had a combined total federal tax liability of $269,480,000 on earned income of $2,134,772,000. Other notable statistics from Polk County were 1,680 unemployment claims which collected a total of $7,036,000 and 11,290 charitable contributions valued at $47,794,000. 12,300 filings from Polk County paid a combined total of $43,235,000 in property taxes and 10,580 filings paid $79,590,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Polk county had 85 religious congregations with an estimated 17,903 members.
30.6% of the Polk population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 9.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 45% of Polk County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 3,034 votes.
At $56,917 the median income is 94.7% of the Oregon average. An estimated 1,716 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Polk, the equivalant of around 4.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Polk County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,531	Health care and social assistance
1,801	Manufacturing
1,546	Retail trade
1,371	Food services and drinking places
1,202	Restaurants and other eating places
1,045	Nursing and residential care facilities
773	Food manufacturing
642	Food and beverage stores
637	Limited-service restaurants
593	Grocery stores
586	Ambulatory health care services
514	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
470	Full-service restaurants
417	Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly
407	Professional, scientific, and technical services

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.38% in Polk County.

In 2018 9.21% of listings in Polk County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 97338 and 97361) dropped their price.

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