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Home values, rents and more in Melrose, MN

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

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Typical home value
$232,000
Metro: $311,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+2.1%
Metro: +2.4% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
3,671
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$59,677
Metro: $76,497 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Melrose, MN, shaded by typical home valueMelrose
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ZIP codes around Melrose, MN, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Melrose is outlined.

How Melrose compares

The typical home in Melrose, MN is worth about $232,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Melrose are 25% below the typical value in the St. Cloud metro area ($311,000) and 37% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Melrose rose 2.1%, compared with +2.4% in the St. Cloud metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $59,677, against $76,497 in the St. Cloud metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 3,671 people live in Melrose (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Melrose has the 4th-lowest typical home value of the 22 cities in the St. Cloud metro area and the 180th-lowest of 675 in Minnesota with Zillow figures.

Part of: Stearns County, MN · St. Cloud 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.

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