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Housing in Nidaros

A typical Nidaros home is worth roughly $346,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$346K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,070
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,025
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Nidaros?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

94% of Nidaros households own their home

Half of Nidaros’s homes were built before 1980.

Owners and renters
Own 94%Rent 6%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1980
typical home built · MN 1979
$2,025
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
55%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Nidaros

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Nidaros home $346K

That’s $5K short of a typical Nidaros home.

The typical home, each month
$2,110
Loan $1,710Tax $290Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070 a month here, $1,040 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 $1,070

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$1,070
3 bedrooms$1,490
4 bedrooms$1,560
6%
of households rent · MN 28%
4
renter households

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

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Nidaros in 2025 or in any year since 2000.

Single-family
01 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
0
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents+34
New homes+0

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Nidaros gained 34 residents with no new homes permitted, so the growth came from existing homes. Across Minnesota: 2.2 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
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Nidaros's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

Next door

Nidaros vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Nidaros$346K*—$1,0700$78,125
Clitherall$429K+6.8%$1,0703$78,571
Girard$445K*—$1,0200$91,000

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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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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