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Housing in Chandler

A typical Chandler home is worth roughly $161,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$161K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$990
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,200
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Chandler?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Chandler

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You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Chandler home $161K

That covers a typical Chandler home, with $180K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$980
Loan $800Tax $140Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $10 more 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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $990

Renters already here pay a median of $806, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$680
1 bedroom$860
2 bedrooms$990
3 bedrooms$1,260
4 bedrooms$1,580
30%
of households rent · MN 28%
34
renter households
$806
median rent paid today · Census

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

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Chandler in 2025. The last year with any was 2005 (1 new home).

Single-family
01 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
0
homes in the past 10 years
Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
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2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006000—
2005110$130,000
2004110$130,000
2003000—
2002000—
2001000—
2000000—

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

71% of Chandler households own their home

Half of Chandler’s homes were built before 1964.

Owners and renters
Own 71%Rent 30%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1964
typical home built · MN 1979
$1,200
median property tax bill · MN $3,357

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

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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. 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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