Home values, rents and more in the Willmar metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Willmar metro compares
The typical home in the Willmar metro area is worth about $285,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Willmar metro are 18% below the typical value in Minnesota ($349,000) and 22% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Willmar metro rose 1.9%, compared with +2.3% in Minnesota and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $909 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 44% below Minnesota ($1,613) and 53% below the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $76,592, against $89,062 in Minnesota and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 44,720 people live in the Willmar metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Willmar metro has the 373rd-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 11th-lowest of 23 in Minnesota with Zillow figures.
Part of: 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.