A typical Ida home is worth roughly $420,000
What kind of housing town is Ida?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
99% of Ida households own their home
Half of Ida’s homes were built before 1991.
Minnesota: 72% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
A typical home costs 4.1 years of income
About the same as across Minnesota. Try your own numbers below.
That’s $14K short of a typical Ida home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $1,440 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Ida’s typical property tax (0.80% 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 $1,040
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Douglas County, MN): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Ida vs. its neighbors
Ida is the priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ida | $420K* | — | $1,040 | — | $103,250 |
| Garfield | $369K | +3.3% | $1,070 | 0 | $56,696 |
| Brandon | $354K* | — | $980 | — | $99,286 |
| Carlos | $342K | +4.2% | $1,010 | — | $104,352 |
| La Grand | $385K* | +4%† | $1,010 | — | $94,122 |
| Leaf Valley | $400K* | −2.7%† | $1,010 | — | $103,750 |
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 Ida buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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. 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.