A typical Bath home is worth roughly $305,000
What kind of housing town is Bath?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
98% of Bath households own their home
Half of Bath’s homes were built before 1938.
Minnesota: 72% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
What it takes to buy in Bath
Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Bath home, with $36K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030 a month here, $830 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.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Freeborn County, MN): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Bath vs. its neighbors
Bath is the priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath | $305K* | — | $1,030 | — | $104,375 |
| Clarks Grove | $229K | +5.1% | $1,050 | 0 | $73,750 |
| Bancroft | $260K* | +5.3%† | $1,000 | — | $105,417 |
| Geneva | $217K | +7.5% | $1,000 | — | $78,125 |
| Hartland | $166K | +9% | $970 | — | $110,781 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
Neighbors talk housing
What Bath 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. 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.