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Housing costs in Stearns 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 | $1,068 | ± $42 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,057 | ± $31 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $975 | ± $28 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $917 | ± $27 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $273,400 | ± $5,311 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $256,500 | ± $4,978 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $241,100 | ± $3,902 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $205,500 | ± $4,399 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.9 % | ± 2.1 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.5 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.2 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.0 % | ± 1.4 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Stearns County is $1,068, 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.