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Housing in Copley

A typical Copley home is worth roughly $188,000

Home prices around Copley have risen about 49% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 2 new homes in 2014.

Typical home value
$188K
▲ 8.1% in a year · MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,010
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,301
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Copley?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.6 years of income

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

You could afford about
$289,000
Typical Copley home $188K

That covers a typical Copley home, with $101K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,090
Loan $930Tax $110Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010 a month here, $80 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, Copley’s typical property tax (0.69% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Home prices up 49% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Copley rose 49% over the past 5 years, faster than across Minnesota (37%). Last year prices rose 8.1%.

Copley areaMinnesota
−50%0%+50%+100%20052010201520202025
+8.1%
past year
+49%
past 5 years
+71%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Copley, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

The homes

88% of Copley households own their home

Half of Copley’s homes were built before 1982.

Owners and renters
Own 88%Rent 12%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1982
typical home built · MN 1979
$1,301
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
0.69%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MN 1.02%
10%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$700
1 bedroom$810
2 bedrooms$1,010
3 bedrooms$1,250
4 bedrooms$1,690
12%
of households rent · MN 28%
23
renter households

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

New construction

2 new homes permitted in 2014

Builders were permitted 2 new homes in Copley in 2014, all single-family houses. Over the past 10 years, Copley has permitted 17 homes in all.

Single-family
01234 200320052010
2
new homes permitted in 2014
17
homes in the past 10 years
Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2014220$200,000
2013220$200,000
2012220$200,000
2011220$200,000
2010220$200,000
2009220$200,000
2008220$200,000
2007330$300,000
2006000—
2005000—
2004000—
2003440$250,000

Copley's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2014, so the 2014 figures are Census estimates.

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

Next door

Copley vs. its neighbors

Copley is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Copley$188K*+8.1%†$1,010—$72,292
Bagley$248K+11.3%$1,0100$44,896
Popple—+8.1%†$1,010—$91,563
Shevlin$255K+8.8%$1,180—$70,000
Nora—+8.1%†$1,010—$68,000

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. 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.

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