Home values, rents and more in the Mankato metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Mankato metro compares
The typical home in the Mankato metro area is worth about $306,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Mankato metro are 12% below the typical value in Minnesota ($349,000) and 17% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Mankato metro rose 2.5%, compared with +2.3% in Minnesota and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,236 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 23% below Minnesota ($1,613) and 36% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.3% over the past year.
The median household income is $75,808, against $89,062 in Minnesota and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 104,907 people live in the Mankato metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Mankato metro has the 326th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 10th-highest of 23 in Minnesota with Zillow figures.
Part of: Minnesota
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Mankato metro
Cities in the Mankato metro
- Mankato, MN $304,000
- North Mankato, MN $310,000
- Saint Peter, MN $298,000
- Eagle Lake, MN $342,000
- Lake Crystal, MN $293,000
- Mapleton, MN $251,000
- Madison Lake, MN $449,000
- Nicollet, MN $324,000
- Courtland, MN $332,000
- Saint Clair, MN $260,000
- Amboy, MN $252,000
- Lafayette, MN $255,000
- Good Thunder, MN $322,000
- Vernon Center, MN $250,000
- Skyline, MN $355,000
- Pemberton, MN $242,000
- Garden City, MN $283,000
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.