Home values, rents and more in Stearns County, MN
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Stearns County, MN compares
The typical home in Stearns County, MN is worth about $310,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Stearns County, MN are about the same as the typical value in the St. Cloud metro area ($311,000) and 15% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Stearns County, MN rose 2.4%, compared with +2.4% in the St. Cloud metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,259 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the St. Cloud metro area ($1,224) and 35% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $77,066, against $76,497 in the St. Cloud metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 164,110 people live in Stearns County, MN (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Stearns County, MN has the 30th-highest typical home value of the 87 counties in Minnesota with Zillow figures.
Part of: St. Cloud metro area · Minnesota
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Cities in Stearns County, MN
- Saint Cloud, MN $256,000
- Sartell, MN $336,000
- Waite Park, MN $251,000
- Saint Joseph, MN $332,000
- Sauk Centre, MN $312,000
- Cold Spring, MN $362,000
- Melrose, MN $232,000
- Saint Augusta, MN $371,000
- Albany, MN $352,000
- Paynesville, MN $222,000
- Avon, MN $377,000
- Richmond, MN $358,000
- Freeport, MN $403,000
- Belgrade, MN $185,000
- Holdingford, MN $362,000
- Kimball, MN $262,000
- Saint Stephen, MN $295,000
- Brooten, MN $232,000
ZIP codes in Stearns County, MN
- 55320 · Saint Augusta $370,000
- 55353 · Saint Augusta $354,000
- 56301 · Saint Cloud $308,000
- 56303 · Saint Cloud $238,000
- 56307 · Albany $352,000
- 56310 · Avon $377,000
- 56312 · Brooten $325,000
- 56320 · Cold Spring $366,000
- 56331 · Freeport $375,000
- 56340 · Holdingford $352,000
- 56352 · Freeport $294,000
- 56362 · New London $320,000
- 56368 · Richmond $363,000
- 56369 · Rockville $259,000
- 56374 · Saint Joseph $331,000
- 56375 · Saint Stephen $298,000
- 56377 · Sartell $337,000
- 56378 · Sauk Centre $313,000
- 56387 · Waite Park $251,000
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.