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Duluth - MN housing market

The Duluth metro has a typical home value of $265,012, up 5.7% from a year ago. Homes are moving fast at 12 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
$265,012
+5.7% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$253,837
+3.2% YoY
Median list price
$324,967
Sale-to-list ratio
99.6%
Selling below ask
Days on market
12d
Listings w/ price cut
26.2%
New listings / mo
460
+4.3% YoY
Homes for sale
1,295
+11.2% YoY
Typical rent
$1,329/mo
+3.2% YoY
Income needed to buy
$77,100
Rent vs buy
16.6x
October 2026 report · Zillow data through August 2026

Duluth housing market, October 2026

The typical Duluth home is worth $265,012 as of August 2026, up 0.2% from the prior month, up 0.5% over three months, and up 5.7% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $241,988 to $265,012.

Homes are going pending in about 12 days, slower than the 7 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 1,295 homes for sale, 11% more than a year ago. 26.2% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 17.4% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,329 a month, up 3.2% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 16.6.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($53,002), the typical Duluth home costs about $1,799 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $77,100 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$265k$242kSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Days to pending, 24 months
30d7dSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
1.3k609Sep 24Sep 25Aug 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 ($265,012) 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 5.7% over the past year. In Duluth - MN, that means a home worth $250,721 last year is now worth roughly $265,012.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $253,837. Homes are selling at 99.6% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Duluth - MN sit on the market for roughly 12 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 26.2% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 460 new listings hit the market each month in Duluth - MN. There are currently 1,295 homes for sale, up 11.2% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Duluth - MN is $1,329, up 3.2% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 16.6x, toss-up (#106 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $1,468 a month in principal and interest, $139 more than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 6.42% 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 →

Related

Other metros in MN

MetroHome value1-yr changeDays on market
Minneapolis - MN$388,865 +1.8% 23.0d
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