A typical Glyndon home is worth roughly $307,000
Home prices around Glyndon have risen about 46% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 5 new homes in 2025.
Home prices up 46% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Glyndon rose 46% over the past 5 years, faster than across Minnesota (37%). Last year prices rose 2%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Glyndon home at roughly $307,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $307K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Glyndon, 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 3.2 years of income
Less than across Minnesota (3.9 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Glyndon home, with $49K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030 a month here, $880 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Glyndon’s typical property tax (1.17% 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 $1,030
Renters already here pay a median of $667, 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 (Fargo, ND-MN MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
5 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 5 new homes in Glyndon in 2025: 3 single-family houses and 2 in buildings with two or more homes, worth about $1.5 million to build. That's 4.6 per 1,000 residents, about the pace of Minnesota as a whole. Over the past 10 years, Glyndon has permitted 61 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Glyndon's population fell by 88 even though 8 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are 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) | 6 | 6 | 0 | $2.5 million |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 | 2 | $1.5 million |
| 2024 | 11 | 5 | 6 | $2.5 million |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $2.7 million |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 0 | $5.8 million |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $927,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $900,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $430,000 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $145,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $145,000 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $799,000 |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $971,000 |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $629,000 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $543,000 |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $814,000 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $2.7 million |
| 2003 | 17 | 17 | 0 | $2.8 million |
| 2002 | 15 | 13 | 2 | $1.5 million |
| 2001 | 17 | 17 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| 2000 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $979,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
86% of Glyndon households own their home
Half of Glyndon’s homes were built before 1987.
Minnesota: 72% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
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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.