Home values, rents and more in Forest Lake, MN
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Forest Lake compares
The typical home in Forest Lake, MN is worth about $428,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Forest Lake are 10% above the typical value in the Minneapolis metro area ($388,000) and 17% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Forest Lake rose 3.5%, compared with +1.7% in the Minneapolis metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,573 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 9% below the Minneapolis metro area ($1,736) and 19% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $92,944, against $99,833 in the Minneapolis metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 20,729 people live in Forest Lake (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Forest Lake has the 67th-highest typical home value of the 203 cities in the Minneapolis metro area and the 81st-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.