A typical Crow Wing home is worth roughly $344,000
Home prices around Crow Wing have risen about 52% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 7 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Crow Wing?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
89% of Crow Wing households own their home
Half of Crow Wing’s homes were built before 1999.
Minnesota: 72% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Home prices up 52% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Crow Wing rose 52% over the past 5 years, faster than across Minnesota (37%). Last year prices rose 5%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Crow Wing home at roughly $344,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $344K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Crow Wing, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A typical home costs 3.4 years of income
Less than across Minnesota (3.9 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Crow Wing home, with $51K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $970 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Crow Wing’s typical property tax (0.79% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060
Renters already here pay a median of $1,393.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Cass County, MN): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
7 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 7 new homes in Crow Wing in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $1.9 million to build. That's 3.4 per 1,000 residents, about the pace of Minnesota as a whole. Over the past 10 years, Crow Wing has permitted 73 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Crow Wing gained 183 residents while 67 new homes were permitted: about 2.7 new residents per new home. Building and growth moved roughly in step. 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) | 6 | 4 | 2 | $2.1 million |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $1.9 million |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $2.6 million |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1 million |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $820,000 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $2.4 million |
| 2020 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $1.9 million |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| 2018 | 7 | 5 | 2 | $1.2 million |
| 2017 | 9 | 7 | 2 | $1.6 million |
| 2016 | 11 | 5 | 6 | $1.8 million |
| 2015 | 13 | 5 | 8 | $2.1 million |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $195,000 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2012 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $675,000 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1 million |
| 2009 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $1 million |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Crow Wing vs. its neighbors
Crow Wing is the 3rd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
Compare more
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crow Wing | $344K* | +5%† | $1,060 | 7 | $99,861 |
| Baxter | $369K | +2.7% | $1,290 | 118 | $70,688 |
| St. Mathias | $285K* | — | $1,260 | — | $118,750 |
| Brainerd | $315K | +3.6% | $1,060 | 114 | $56,111 |
| Fort Ripley | $398K | +4.3% | $1,210 | — | $75,000 |
| Long Lake | $322K* | +5.1%† | $1,060 | — | $85,385 |
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.