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Housing in Freeborn

A typical Freeborn home is worth roughly $89,000

The median sale price was $204,000 in May 2026.

Typical home value
$89K
MN $329K
Estimate
Median sale price
$204K
May 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
1
in May · 1 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$1,310
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,353
MN $3,357

Only 1 sale in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.

What kind of housing town is Freeborn?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Freeborn

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You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Freeborn home $89K

That covers a typical Freeborn home, with $252K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$540
Loan $440Tax $80Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,310 a month here, $770 more than owning.

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.

The homes

82% of Freeborn households own their home

Half of Freeborn’s homes were built before 1943.

Owners and renters
Own 82%Rent 18%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1943
typical home built · MN 1979
$1,353
median property tax bill · MN $3,357

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 $1,310

Renters already here pay a median of $642, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$900
1 bedroom$1,000
2 bedrooms$1,310
3 bedrooms$1,730
4 bedrooms$1,930
18%
of households rent · MN 28%
14
renter households
$642
median rent paid today · Census

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

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. 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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