Home values, rents and more in Cottage Grove, MN
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Cottage Grove compares
The typical home in Cottage Grove, MN is worth about $397,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Cottage Grove are about the same as the typical value in the Minneapolis metro area ($388,000) and 8% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Cottage Grove rose 1.7%, compared with +1.7% in the Minneapolis metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,827 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 5% above the Minneapolis metro area ($1,736) and 5% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.3% over the past year.
The median household income is $120,791, against $99,833 in the Minneapolis metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 40,992 people live in Cottage Grove (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Cottage Grove has the 96th-highest typical home value of the 203 cities in the Minneapolis metro area and the 119th-highest of 675 in Minnesota with Zillow figures.
Part of: Washington County, MN · Minneapolis metro area · Minnesota
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.