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Housing in Brandon

A typical Brandon home is worth roughly $354,000

Typical home value
$354K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,948
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Brandon?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

93% of Brandon households own their home

Half of Brandon’s homes were built before 1988.

Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 7%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1988
typical home built · MN 1979
$2,948
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
0.83%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MN 1.02%
39%
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.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.6 years of income

Less than across Minnesota (3.9 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$389,000
Typical Brandon home $354K

That covers a typical Brandon home, with $35K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$2,100
Loan $1,750Tax $250Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $1,120 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Brandon’s typical property tax (0.83% 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 $980

Renters already here pay a median of $1,361.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730
1 bedroom$760
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,360
4 bedrooms$1,420
7%
of households rent · MN 28%
22
renter households
$1,361
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Brandon vs. its neighbors

Brandon is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Brandon$354K*—$980$99,286
Ida$420K*—$1,040$103,250
Evansville$277K+5.6%$970$108,750
Moe$419K*—$1,020$98,393

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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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.

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