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Housing in Merrifield

A typical Merrifield home is worth about $459,000

Up 4.4% in a year, 31% above the Minnesota typical home.

Typical home value
$459K
▲ 4.4% in a year · MN $351K
Zillow
Median sale price
$650K
May 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
3
in May · 1 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$1,100
a month, utilities in · HUD

Only 3 sales 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 Merrifield?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Merrifield

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You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Merrifield home $459K

That’s $118K short of a typical Merrifield home.

The typical home, each month
$2,800
Loan $2,270Tax $390Insurance $130

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,100 a month here, $1,700 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 32.3% in five years

Faster than Minnesota (14.1%).

MerrifieldMinnesota
$200K$250K$300K$350K$400K$450K$500K20182020202220242026
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JanuaryMerrifieldMinnesota
2017$246,000$217,000
2018$249,000$232,000
2019$262,000$246,000
2020$273,000$259,000
2021$308,000$282,000
2022$363,000$313,000
2023$413,000$325,000
2024$426,000$331,000
2025$437,000$341,000
2026$443,000$349,000
August 2026$459,000$351,000
Then & now

A typical Merrifield home worth $244K in September 2016 is worth about $459K today.

+$215K
+4.4%
past year
+32.3%
past 5 years
+88.4%
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 $1,100

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$770
1 bedroom$840
2 bedrooms$1,100
3 bedrooms$1,340
4 bedrooms$1,580

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Crow Wing 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

Merrifield vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Merrifield$459K+4.4%$1,100$39,572
Lake Edward$386K*+4.8%†$1,130$82,292

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, August 2026. 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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