housing costs · Minnesota
Housing costs in Benton County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $982 | ± $43 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $917 | ± $44 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $907 | ± $32 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $822 | ± $33 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $271,000 | ± $5,720 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $247,100 | ± $6,440 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $229,300 | ± $4,620 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $199,500 | ± $6,369 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 25.5 % | ± 2.5 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 24.4 % | ± 1.4 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 23.4 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 24.1 % | ± 1.8 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Benton County is $982, above the Minnesota median of $896 across 87 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.