A typical Dassel home is worth roughly $269,000
Home prices around Dassel have risen about 43% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 3 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Dassel?
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A typical home costs 4.5 years of income
More than across Minnesota (3.9 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $41K short of a typical Dassel home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,520 a month here, $130 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Dassel’s typical property tax (1.08% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Home prices up 43% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Dassel rose 43% over the past 5 years, faster than across Minnesota (37%). Last year prices rose 3.5%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Dassel home at roughly $269,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $269K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Dassel, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,520
Renters already here pay a median of $866, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
3 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 3 new homes in Dassel in 2025, all single-family houses. That's 2.2 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Minnesota (3.8). Over the past 10 years, Dassel has permitted 82 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Dassel gained 3 residents while 37 new homes were permitted: about 0.1 new residents per new home. Building outpaced population growth, which usually means smaller households or homes used part of the year. 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) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $909,000 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $548,000 |
| 2022 | 28 | 8 | 20 | $4.1 million |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $676,000 |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| 2019 | 11 | 11 | 0 | $2.3 million |
| 2018 | 15 | 15 | 0 | $2.8 million |
| 2017 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $49,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $49,000 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $199,000 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $671,000 |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $882,000 |
| 2006 | 22 | 15 | 7 | $2.8 million |
| 2005 | 22 | 13 | 9 | $2.6 million |
| 2004 | 9 | 7 | 2 | $1.1 million |
| 2003 | 13 | 1 | 12 | $1.4 million |
| 2002 | 9 | 1 | 8 | $880,000 |
| 2001 | 8 | 4 | 4 | $935,000 |
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $578,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
71% of Dassel households own their home
Half of Dassel’s homes were built before 1975.
Minnesota: 72% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
On the market in Dassel
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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.