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Housing in Carlston

A typical Carlston home is worth roughly $269,000

Typical home value
$269K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,130
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,781
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Carlston?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Carlston

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You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Carlston home $269K

That covers a typical Carlston home, with $71K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,640
Loan $1,330Tax $230Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130 a month here, $510 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, 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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$780
1 bedroom$880
2 bedrooms$1,130
3 bedrooms$1,500
4 bedrooms$1,650
17%
of households rent · MN 28%
17
renter households

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

The homes

83% of Carlston households own their home

Half of Carlston’s homes were built before 1965.

Owners and renters
Own 83%Rent 17%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1965
typical home built · MN 1979
$2,781
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
7%
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.

Next door

Carlston vs. its neighbors

Carlston is the priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Carlston$269K*—$1,130$82,188
Freeborn$143K+5.2%$1,000$82,188
Alden$161K+9.3%$1,180$74,286
Clark—+4.6%†$970$105,313
Alden$128K*—$1,190$73,250

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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