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Housing in Lynn

A typical Lynn home is worth roughly $349,000

Home prices around Lynn have risen about 47% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$349K
▲ 0.7% in a year · MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,020
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,988
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Lynn?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

92% of Lynn households own their home

Half of Lynn’s homes were built before 1969.

Owners and renters
Own 92%Rent 8%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1969
typical home built · MN 1979
$2,988
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.

Price trend

Home prices up 47% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Lynn rose 47% over the past 5 years, faster than across Minnesota (37%). Last year prices rose 0.7%.

Lynn areaMinnesota
0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
+0.7%
past year
+47%
past 5 years
+89%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Lynn, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Lynn

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Lynn home $349K

That’s $8K short of a typical Lynn home.

The typical home, each month
$2,130
Loan $1,730Tax $300Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020 a month here, $1,110 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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$840
1 bedroom$880
2 bedrooms$1,020
3 bedrooms$1,230
4 bedrooms$1,690
8%
of households rent · MN 28%
10
renter households

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

Next door

Lynn vs. its neighbors

Lynn is the 2nd least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Lynn$349K*+0.7%†$1,020—$102,500
Hutchinson$230K*+0.8%†$1,030104$72,836
Acoma$426K*+0.8%†$1,030—$126,250

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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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. 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.

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