St. Johns, MN housing market
No new homes were permitted in 2025.
Home values, sales, trends and how St. Johns compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in St. Johns in 2025. The last year with any was 2023 (1 new home).
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| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $303,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $225,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $225,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $225,000 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $470,000 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, through August 2026.
St. Johns and its neighbors
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Johns | — | — | $1,070 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Willmar | — | −1.4%† | $970 | 7 | $62,280 |
| Pennock | $299K | +3% | $1,170 | 0 | $72,031 |
| Willmar | $243K | +0.7% | $970 | — | $68,333 |
† 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 $1,070
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in St. Johns is $1,070 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs. Renters already in St. Johns pay a median of $1,725.
Studio $840 · 4 bedrooms $1,760
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (56201, 56252, 56279, 56282; Chippewa 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.