Home values, rents and more in the Brainerd metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Brainerd metro compares
The typical home in the Brainerd metro area is worth about $358,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Brainerd metro are about the same as the typical value in Minnesota ($349,000) and about the same as the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Brainerd metro rose 3.2%, compared with +2.3% in Minnesota and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,368 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 15% below Minnesota ($1,613) and 29% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.8% over the past year.
The median household income is $71,384, against $89,062 in Minnesota and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 100,562 people live in the Brainerd metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Brainerd metro has the 219th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 2nd-highest of 23 in Minnesota with Zillow figures.
Part of: Minnesota
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Brainerd metro
Cities in the Brainerd metro
- Brainerd, MN $313,000
- Baxter, MN $368,000
- Breezy Point, MN $405,000
- Crosby, MN $197,000
- Pequot Lakes, MN $353,000
- Nisswa, MN $583,000
- East Gull Lake, MN $701,000
- Lake Shore, MN $750,000
- Pine River, MN $260,000
- Walker, MN $361,000
- Deerwood, MN $433,000
- Emily, MN $380,000
- Cass Lake, MN $236,000
- Ironton, MN $282,000
- Pillager, MN $332,000
- Jenkins, MN $311,000
- Fifty Lakes, MN $461,000
- Remer, MN $162,000
- Backus, MN $285,000
- Hackensack, MN $383,000
- Garrison, MN $270,000
- Federal Dam, MN $263,000
- Longville, MN $367,000
- Merrifield, MN $455,000
- Fort Ripley, MN $391,000
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.