A typical Baytown home is worth roughly $889,000
Home prices around Baytown have risen about 39% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 18 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Baytown?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 4.7 years of income
More than across Minnesota (3.9 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $139K short of a typical Baytown home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,670 a month here, $3,530 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Baytown’s typical property tax (0.73% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
18 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 18 new homes in Baytown in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $6.6 million to build. That's 8.1 per 1,000 residents, faster than across Minnesota (3.8). Over the past 10 years, Baytown has permitted 151 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Baytown gained 365 residents while 142 new homes were permitted: about 2.6 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) | 13 | 13 | 0 | $7 million |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | 0 | $6.6 million |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | 0 | $11.7 million |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 0 | $10 million |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | 0 | $8 million |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $4.9 million |
| 2020 | 19 | 19 | 0 | $9.8 million |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $3.7 million |
| 2018 | 16 | 16 | 0 | $7.9 million |
| 2017 | 16 | 16 | 0 | $7.1 million |
| 2016 | 16 | 16 | 0 | $7.1 million |
| 2015 | 15 | 15 | 0 | $6.5 million |
| 2014 | 14 | 14 | 0 | $5.5 million |
| 2013 | 26 | 26 | 0 | $7.8 million |
| 2012 | 18 | 18 | 0 | $5.4 million |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 | 0 | $4.2 million |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $334,000 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1 million |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $2.3 million |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $2.3 million |
| 2005 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $3 million |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | 0 | $3.7 million |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $3.3 million |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $3 million |
| 2001 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $2.9 million |
| 2000 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $2.7 million |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
96% of Baytown households own their home
Half of Baytown’s homes were built before 1997.
Minnesota: 72% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Home prices up 39% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Baytown rose 39% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Minnesota. Last year prices rose 1.4%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Baytown home at roughly $889,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $889K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Baytown, 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 $1,670
Renters already here pay a median of $1,719.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Baytown vs. its neighbors
Baytown 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baytown | $889K* | +1.4%† | $1,670 | 18 | $188,125 |
| Bayport | $439K | +3.1% | $1,590 | 2 | $125,893 |
| Oak Park Heights | $349K | −0.1% | $1,660 | 0 | $82,476 |
| Lake Elmo | $639K | +3% | $1,770 | 212 | $153,669 |
| West Lakeland | $709K* | +1%† | $1,690 | 5 | $216,310 |
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.
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What Baytown 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.