Rush Lake, MN housing market
Builders were permitted 6 new homes in 2025.
Home values, sales, trends and how Rush Lake compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
6 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 6 new homes in Rush Lake in 2025, all single-family houses. Over the past 10 years, Rush Lake has permitted 52 homes in all.
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| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 2 | 2 | 0 | $174,000 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $65,000 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $650,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $350,000 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $500,000 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $905,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $310,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | 2 | $528,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, through August 2026.
Rush Lake and its neighbors
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Lake | — | — | $1,050 | 6 | $75,000 |
| Otto | — | +6.2%† | $1,000 | — | $86,429 |
| Perham | $375K | +5.8% | $970 | 3 | $103,558 |
† FHFA price index change, where Zillow has no home value for the town.
Owners, rent & taxes
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Rush Lake is $1,050 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs. Renters already in Rush Lake pay a median of $619, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Studio $720 · 4 bedrooms $1,530
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (56571, 56573, 56576; Otter Tail County, MN), weighted by land area. A Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
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.