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Duluth - MN housing market

The Duluth metro has a typical home value of $263,835, up 5.2% from a year ago. Homes are moving fast at 14 days on market, a strong seller's market. 26% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$263,835
+5.2% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$259,521
+3.7% YoY
Median list price
$321,600
Sale-to-list ratio
99.3%
Selling below ask
Days on market
14d
Listings w/ price cut
26.5%
New listings / mo
417
+6.1% YoY
Homes for sale
1,312
+12.1% YoY
Typical rent
$1,329/mo
+3.9% YoY
Income needed to buy
$76,800
Rent vs buy
16.5x
October 2026 report · Zillow data through September 2026

Duluth housing market, October 2026

The typical Duluth home is worth $263,835 as of September 2026, up 0.1% from the prior month, up 0.4% over three months, and up 5.2% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $241,127 to $263,835.

Homes are going pending in about 14 days, slower than the 7 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 1,312 homes for sale, 12% more than a year ago. 26.5% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 20.3% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,329 a month, up 3.9% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 16.5.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($52,767), the typical Duluth home costs about $1,791 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $76,800 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$264k$241kOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Days to pending, 24 months
30d7dOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
1.3k609Oct 24Oct 25Sep 26

Income needed to buy assumes 20% down, a 30-year fixed mortgage at 7.4% (Freddie Mac weekly average), property tax at 1.1% and insurance at 0.4% of value per year, and a 28% payment-to-income cap. Local taxes and insurance vary; treat it as a comparison figure across metros, not a lender's answer. All metros ranked →

Context

How to read this data

The typical home value ($263,835) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Duluth - MN metro area: a smoothed, seasonally adjusted estimate of the typical value for middle-tier homes (33rd to 67th percentile) across single-family and condo properties.

Prices are up 5.2% over the past year. In Duluth - MN, that means a home worth $250,794 last year is now worth roughly $263,835.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $259,521. Homes are selling at 99.3% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Duluth - MN sit on the market for roughly 14 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 26.5% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 417 new listings hit the market each month in Duluth - MN. There are currently 1,312 homes for sale, up 12.1% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Duluth - MN is $1,329, up 3.9% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 16.5x, toss-up (#109 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $1,461 a month in principal and interest, $132 more than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 6.46% rate.

What's not on this page

This is market-level data, not property-level. We don't list individual homes for sale. For that, go to Zillow, Redfin, or your local MLS.

Data: Zillow Research (ZHVI and market indicators), refreshed monthly at the source. This page was rebuilt October 2026. Methodology →

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Other metros in MN

MetroHome value1-yr changeDays on market
Minneapolis - MN$387,807 +1.7% 26.0d
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