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Home values, rents and more in Elbow Lake, MN

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$205,000
Minnesota: $349,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+2.6%
Minnesota: +2.3% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
1,301
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$59,792
Minnesota: $89,062 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Elbow Lake, MN, shaded by typical home valueElbow Lake56531
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ZIP codes around Elbow Lake, MN, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Elbow Lake is outlined.

How Elbow Lake compares

The typical home in Elbow Lake, MN is worth about $205,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Elbow Lake are 41% below the typical value in Minnesota ($349,000) and 44% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Elbow Lake rose 2.6%, compared with +2.3% in Minnesota and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $59,792, against $89,062 in Minnesota and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 1,301 people live in Elbow Lake (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Elbow Lake has the 120th-lowest typical home value of the 675 cities in Minnesota with Zillow figures.

Part of: Grant County, MN · 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.

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