A typical Arlington home is worth roughly $233,000
Home prices around Arlington have risen about 37% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 2 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Arlington?
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A typical home costs 3.4 years of income
Less than across Minnesota (3.9 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Arlington home, with $23K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010 a month here, $430 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Arlington’s typical property tax (1.14% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Home prices up 37% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Arlington rose 37% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Minnesota. Last year prices fell 4.9%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Arlington home at roughly $233,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $233K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Arlington, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010
Renters already here pay a median of $549, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Sibley County, MN): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
2 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 2 new homes in Arlington in 2025, all single-family houses. That's 1 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Minnesota (3.8). Over the past 10 years, Arlington has permitted 43 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Arlington gained 14 residents while 5 new homes were permitted: about 2.8 new residents per new home. Building and growth moved roughly in step. Across Minnesota: 2.2 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 2 | 2 | 0 | $574,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $567,000 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $958,000 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $2 million |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $2.2 million |
| 2020 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $610,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $215,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $215,000 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $712,000 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| 2005 | 12 | 12 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| 2004 | 19 | 19 | 0 | $3.1 million |
| 2003 | 9 | 3 | 6 | $1.3 million |
| 2002 | 18 | 18 | 0 | $2.3 million |
| 2001 | 11 | 9 | 2 | $1.3 million |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | 0 | $1.5 million |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
72% of Arlington households own their home
Half of Arlington’s homes were built before 1966.
Minnesota: 72% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Neighbors talk housing
What Arlington buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.