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Cheapest Counties to Buy a House in Minnesota (2026)

Kittson has the lowest home prices of any county in Minnesota, at $152,138, followed by Traverse and Koochiching. Source: Zillow Research, Zillow 2026-06. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated June 2026 - Source: Zillow Research

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Cheapest counties for home prices in Minnesota

Top 25 of 87 counties with data.

Ranked by typical home value (Zillow Research, Zillow 2026-06), lowest first.

Cheapest counties for home prices in Minnesota
RankCountyValue
1Kittson$152,138
2Traverse$155,373
3Koochiching$157,683
4Faribault$165,088
5Cottonwood$169,765
6Mahnomen$180,182
7Yellow Medicine$180,624
8Watonwan$181,203
9Norman$185,726
10Redwood$188,530
11Pennington$196,456
12Renville$196,912
13Swift$199,968
14Freeborn$202,260
15Pipestone$202,929
16Big Stone$205,123
17Mower$205,665
18Marshall$210,448
19Lincoln$213,176
20Lac qui Parle$215,343
21Stevens$222,202
22Red Lake$222,425
23Chippewa$223,979
24Martin$224,849
25Wilkin$225,342

How this ranking works

This page ranks Minnesota counties by typical home value, sorted so the cheapest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For home prices, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh home prices against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of typical home value.

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