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Housing in Finland

A typical Finland home is worth about $235,000

Up 5.6% in a year, 33% below the Minnesota typical home.

Typical home value
$235K
▲ 5.6% in a year · MN $351K
Zillow
2-bedroom rent
$1,120
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,507
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Finland?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Finland

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Finland home $235K

That covers a typical Finland home, with $106K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,430
Loan $1,160Tax $200Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,120 a month here, $310 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.

Price trend

Up 23.6% in five years

Faster than Minnesota (14.1%).

FinlandMinnesota
$100K$150K$200K$250K$300K$350K$400K20182020202220242026
Show as a table
JanuaryFinlandMinnesota
2017$130,000$217,000
2018$135,000$232,000
2019$143,000$246,000
2020$151,000$259,000
2021$171,000$282,000
2022$191,000$313,000
2023$211,000$325,000
2024$209,000$331,000
2025$234,000$341,000
2026$235,000$349,000
August 2026$235,000$351,000
Then & now

A typical Finland home worth $126K in September 2016 is worth about $235K today.

+$109K
+5.6%
past year
+23.6%
past 5 years
+87%
since 2016

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,120

Renters already here pay a median of $679, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$770
1 bedroom$850
2 bedrooms$1,120
3 bedrooms$1,350
4 bedrooms$1,870
14%
of households rent · MN 28%
22
renter households
$679
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

86% of Finland households own their home

Half of Finland’s homes were built before 1967.

Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 14%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1967
typical home built · MN 1979
$1,507
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
14%
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.

Next door

Finland vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Finland. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Finland$235K+5.6%$1,120$53,500
Beaver Bay$294K*—$1,200$75,556

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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What Finland buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. 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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