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Housing in Shelby

A typical Shelby home is worth roughly $310,000

Typical home value
$310K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,060
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,529
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Shelby?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

88% of Shelby households own their home

Half of Shelby’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 88%Rent 12%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1938
typical home built · MN 1979
$2,529
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
6%
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 Shelby

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Shelby home $310K

That covers a typical Shelby home, with $31K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,890
Loan $1,530Tax $260Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $830 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 $1,060

Renters already here pay a median of $688, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$870
1 bedroom$880
2 bedrooms$1,060
3 bedrooms$1,490
4 bedrooms$1,780
12%
of households rent · MN 28%
9
renter households
$688
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Shelby vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Shelby$310K*—$1,060$102,083
Vernon Center$254K+4.5%$1,150$120,938

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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