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Housing in Red Lake

A typical Red Lake home is worth roughly $117,000

Typical home value
$117K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$990
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Red Lake?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.5 years of income

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

You could afford about
$176,000
Typical Red Lake home $117K

That covers a typical Red Lake home, with $60K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$710
Loan $580Tax $100Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $280 more 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 $990

Renters already here pay a median of $378, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$750
2 bedrooms$990
3 bedrooms$1,190
4 bedrooms$1,470
34%
of households rent · MN 28%
149
renter households
39%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MN 48%
26%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$378
median rent paid today · Census

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

66% of Red Lake households own their home

Half of Red Lake’s homes were built before 1989.

Owners and renters
Own 66%Rent 34%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1989
typical home built · MN 1979

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Red Lake vs. its neighbors

Red Lake is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Red Lake$117K*—$990$46,328
Redby$108K*—$990$57,059
Little Rock$42K*—$990—

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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