Home values, rents and more in Rice County, MN
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Rice County, MN compares
The typical home in Rice County, MN is worth about $351,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Rice County, MN are about the same as the typical value in the Faribault metro area ($351,000) and 4% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Rice County, MN rose 2.2%, compared with +2.2% in the Faribault metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,579 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Faribault metro area ($1,579) and 18% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.1% over the past year.
The median household income is $83,181, against $83,181 in the Faribault metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 69,939 people live in Rice County, MN (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Rice County, MN has the 14th-highest typical home value of the 87 counties in Minnesota with Zillow figures.
Part of: Faribault 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.