A typical Wrenshall home is worth roughly $243,000
Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Wrenshall?
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What it takes to buy in Wrenshall
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That covers a typical Wrenshall home, with $98K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,380 a month here, $100 less than owning.
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.
96% of Wrenshall households own their home
Half of Wrenshall’s homes were built before 1997.
Minnesota: 72% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,380
Renters already here pay a median of $1,292.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
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.
1 new home permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 1 new home in Wrenshall in 2025. Over the past 10 years, Wrenshall has permitted 30 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Wrenshall gained 29 residents while 17 new homes were permitted: about 1.7 new residents per new home. Building and growth moved roughly in step. Across Minnesota: 2.2 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 4 | 4 | 0 | $619,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $259,000 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 2 | $789,000 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $738,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $450,000 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $568,000 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $737,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $189,000 |
| 2018 | 6 | 4 | 2 | $1.2 million |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $228,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $597,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $337,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $395,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $107,000 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $786,000 |
| 2005 | 15 | 15 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $769,000 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $251,000 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $500,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $56,000 |
| 2000 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $360,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Wrenshall vs. its neighbors
Wrenshall is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrenshall | $243K* | — | $1,380 | 1 | $98,750 |
| Silver Brook | $276K* | — | $1,370 | — | $88,036 |
| Twin Lakes | $326K* | +19.4%† | $1,090 | — | $105,272 |
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. 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. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.