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Home values, rents and more in Paynesville, MN

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

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Typical home value
$222,000
Metro: $311,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+1.9%
Metro: +2.4% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
2,519
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$75,250
Metro: $76,497 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Paynesville, MN, shaded by typical home valuePaynesville56362
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ZIP codes around Paynesville, MN, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Paynesville is outlined.

How Paynesville compares

The typical home in Paynesville, MN is worth about $222,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Paynesville are 29% below the typical value in the St. Cloud metro area ($311,000) and 39% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Paynesville rose 1.9%, compared with +2.4% in the St. Cloud metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $75,250, against $76,497 in the St. Cloud metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 2,519 people live in Paynesville (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Paynesville has the 2nd-lowest typical home value of the 22 cities in the St. Cloud metro area and the 165th-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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