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Housing in Silver Brook

A typical Silver Brook home is worth roughly $276,000

Typical home value
$276K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,370
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,387
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Silver Brook?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$344,000
Typical Silver Brook home $276K

That covers a typical Silver Brook home, with $69K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,640
Loan $1,360Tax $200Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,370 a month here, $270 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, Silver Brook’s typical property tax (0.87% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

89% of Silver Brook households own their home

Half of Silver Brook’s homes were built before 1988.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1988
typical home built · MN 1979
$2,387
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
0.87%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MN 1.02%

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,370

Renters already here pay a median of $1,281.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$950
1 bedroom$1,100
2 bedrooms$1,370
3 bedrooms$1,880
4 bedrooms$2,310
11%
of households rent · MN 28%
14
renter households
$1,281
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Silver Brook vs. its neighbors

Silver Brook is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Silver Brook$276K*—$1,370—$88,036
Wrenshall——$1,3801$98,750
Twin Lakes$326K*+19.4%†$1,090—$105,272
Wrenshall$333K+4.9%$1,380—$79,250
Superior$234K+4.2%$1,140—$118,194

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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