A typical Buckman home is worth roughly $218,000
Home prices around Buckman have risen about 68% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Buckman?
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Home prices up 68% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Buckman rose 68% over the past 5 years, faster than across Minnesota (37%). Last year prices rose 18%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Buckman, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
What it takes to buy in Buckman
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That covers a typical Buckman home, with $122K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030 a month here, $300 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.
94% of Buckman households own their home
Half of Buckman’s homes were built before 1973.
Minnesota: 72% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030
Renters already here pay a median of $825, 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 (Crow Wing County, MN): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Buckman in 2025. The last year with any was 2020 (2 new homes).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Buckman gained 37 residents while 7 new homes were permitted: about 5.3 new residents per new home. Population grew faster than building, so existing homes filled up: a sign of tight supply. 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) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | $280,000 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | $200,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $201,000 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $395,000 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $153,000 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $298,000 |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $828,000 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $492,000 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $233,000 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $336,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $216,000 |
Buckman's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
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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.