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Housing in Smiley

A typical Smiley home is worth roughly $271,000

Home prices around Smiley have risen about 18% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$271K
▼ 0.9% in a year · MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,130
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,516
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Smiley?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Smiley

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Smiley home $271K

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

The typical home, each month
$1,650
Loan $1,340Tax $230Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130 a month here, $520 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.

The homes

89% of Smiley households own their home

Half of Smiley’s homes were built before 1979.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1979
typical home built · MN 1979
$2,516
median property tax bill · MN $3,357

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

Price trend

Home prices up 18% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Smiley rose 18% over the past 5 years, slower than across Minnesota (37%). Last year prices fell 0.9%.

Smiley areaMinnesota
0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
−0.9%
past year
+18%
past 5 years
+33%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Smiley, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130

Renters already here pay a median of $1,042.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$780
1 bedroom$860
2 bedrooms$1,130
3 bedrooms$1,500
4 bedrooms$1,650
11%
of households rent · MN 28%
20
renter households
$1,042
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Grand Forks, ND-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

Smiley vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Smiley$271K*−0.9%†$1,130—$90,893
Rocksbury$232K*−0.9%†$1,1400$112,548
Wyandotte—−0.9%†$1,130—$63,125
Silverton—−0.9%†$1,110——

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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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