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Housing in Parker

A typical Parker home is worth roughly $241,000

Typical home value
$241K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,625
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Parker?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.6 years of income

Less than across Minnesota (3.9 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$366,000
Typical Parker home $241K

That covers a typical Parker home, with $125K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,400
Loan $1,190Tax $140Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $420 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, Parker’s typical property tax (0.68% 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 $980

Renters already here pay a median of $990.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$680
1 bedroom$760
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,360
4 bedrooms$1,470
13%
of households rent · MN 28%
23
renter households
$990
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

87% of Parker households own their home

Half of Parker’s homes were built before 1978.

Owners and renters
Own 87%Rent 13%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1978
typical home built · MN 1979
$1,625
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
0.68%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MN 1.02%
7%
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.

Next door

Parker vs. its neighbors

Parker is the least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Parker$241K*—$980—$91,250
Darling$308K*+1.7%†$980—$63,571
Little Elk—−1.4%†$990—$74,688
Cushing$408K+3.5%$1,060—$67,607
Randall$267K+1.8%$9701$55,859

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. 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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