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State data • Updated March 2026

Minnesota rent: top & bottom cities

Median ZORI rent across Minnesota cities, statewide macro overlay, plus the most-expensive and most-affordable cities side by side. Live from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse.

Minnesota at a glance

$1,647Median city rent (ZORI)
4.5%Unemployment
1,184Permits / month
20Cities w/ rent data

Unemployment from FRED state series. Permits from Census BPS. Median = median across all Minnesota cities with current ZORI data. See methodology.

Most expensive & most affordable

Top 10 by rent

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Orono $3,600
Victoria $3,088
Long Lake $2,808
Farmington $2,745
Minnetrista $2,650
Otsego $2,488
Stillwater $2,445
Hugo $2,300
Champlin $2,201
Chanhassen $2,150

Top 10 most affordable (pop ≥ 50k)

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Burnsville $1,420 +2.5%
Coon Rapids $1,556 +5.6%
Duluth $1,605 +3.1%
Eagan $1,622 +1.7%
Bloomington $1,635 +0.6%
Brooklyn Park $1,647 +7.4%
Minneapolis $1,650 +4.7%
Rochester $1,660 +2.1%
Eden Prairie $1,744 +2.8%
Minnetonka $1,856 +3.2%

Top 5 cities — overlaid rent trajectory

ZORI rent index — top 5 Minnesota cities

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Compare cities in Minnesota

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