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Housing in Argyle

A typical Argyle home is worth roughly $192,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$192K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,140
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,728
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Argyle?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Argyle

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You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Argyle home $192K

That covers a typical Argyle home, with $149K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,170
Loan $950Tax $160Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,140 a month here, $30 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Minnesota typical property tax (1.02% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,140

Renters already here pay a median of $431, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$790
1 bedroom$870
2 bedrooms$1,140
3 bedrooms$1,390
4 bedrooms$1,910
27%
of households rent · MN 28%
59
renter households
$431
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Marshall County, MN): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Argyle in 2025. The last year with any was 2022 (1 new home).

Single-family
0123 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
7
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−95
New homes+9

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Argyle's population fell by 95 even though 9 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Minnesota: 2.2 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022110$280,000
2021000—
2020330$1 million
2019000—
2018110$200,000
2017110$150,000
2016110$275,000
2015000—
2014330$645,000
2013110$350,000
2012110$300,000
2011000—
2010110$225,000
2009110$250,000
2008110$125,000
2007000—
2006000—
2005000—
2004000—
2003000—
2002220$249,000
2001000—
2000330$260,000

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

73% of Argyle households own their home

Half of Argyle’s homes were built before 1970.

Owners and renters
Own 73%Rent 27%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1970
typical home built · MN 1979
$1,728
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
2%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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