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Housing in Collins

A typical Collins home is worth roughly $327,000

Typical home value
$327K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,024
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Collins?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

97% of Collins households own their home

Half of Collins’s homes were built before 1969.

Owners and renters
Own 97%Rent 4%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1969
typical home built · MN 1979
$3,024
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
8%
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

What it takes to buy in Collins

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Collins home $327K

That covers a typical Collins home, with $14K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,990
Loan $1,620Tax $280Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $1,020 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 $970

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$800
1 bedroom$840
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,190
4 bedrooms$1,610
4%
of households rent · MN 28%
1
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (McLeod 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

Collins vs. its neighbors

Collins is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Collins$327K*—$970—$113,542
Stewart$270K+5.6%$9700$65,982
Sumter$298K*—$990—$101,250
Lynn—+0.7%†$1,020—$102,500

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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