Home values, rents and more in the Rochester metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Rochester metro compares
The typical home in the Rochester metro area is worth about $338,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Rochester metro are about the same as the typical value in Minnesota ($349,000) and 8% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Rochester metro rose 3.8%, compared with +2.3% in Minnesota and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,590 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as Minnesota ($1,613) and 18% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.6% over the past year.
The median household income is $91,882, against $89,062 in Minnesota and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 231,184 people live in the Rochester metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Rochester metro has the 258th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 6th-highest of 23 in Minnesota with Zillow figures.
Part of: Minnesota
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Rochester metro
Cities in the Rochester metro
- Rochester, MN $341,000
- Kasson, MN $335,000
- Stewartville, MN $337,000
- Byron, MN $403,000
- Lake City, MN $321,000
- Plainview, MN $287,000
- Dodge Center, MN $296,000
- Wabasha, MN $292,000
- Chatfield, MN $358,000
- Spring Valley, MN $246,000
- Eyota, MN $373,000
- Rushford, MN $232,000
- Oronoco, MN $567,000
- Hayfield, MN $327,000
- Preston, MN $263,000
- Elgin, MN $377,000
- Mantorville, MN $476,000
- Harmony, MN $262,000
- Mazeppa, MN $387,000
- Dover, MN $378,000
- West Concord, MN $280,000
- Rushford Village, MN $359,000
- Lanesboro, MN $228,000
- Mabel, MN $219,000
- Kellogg, MN $382,000
- Claremont, MN $302,000
- Fountain, MN $318,000
- Canton, MN $250,000
- Wykoff, MN $313,000
- Ostrander, MN $284,000
- Millville, MN $418,000
- Zumbro Falls, MN $467,000
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.