What is the median home value in Detroit Lakes, MN?

Name: Home values in Detroit Lakes, MN, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Detroit Lakes, MN is $265,800 (±$37,802), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

In Detroit Lakes, the median home value went from $190,600 in 2015–2019 to $265,800 in 2020–2024 (+39.5%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $265,800 (±$37,802)
Owner-occupied homes: 2,501 (±209)
Most common range: $300,000 to $499,999

Home values in Detroit Lakes

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Detroit Lakes	Becker County	Minnesota	United States
Less than $50,000	3.8% (±2.3 points)	5.5%	4.0%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	3.4% (±2.6 points)	5.2%	3.7%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	8.3% (±4.0 points)	7.8%	5.2%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	15.2% (±5.9 points)	12.1%	8.1%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	25.0% (±5.6 points)	20.8%	22.6%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	26.5% (±6.0 points)	28.6%	36.9%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	12.4% (±3.3 points)	16.7%	17.0%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	5.3% (±2.4 points)	3.2%	2.6%	7.1%

The most common range is $300,000 to $499,999, 26.5% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

Detroit Lakes against Becker County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Detroit Lakes	Becker County	Minnesota	United States
Median home value	$265,800 (±$37,802)	$291,000 (±$13,486)	$329,300 (±$903)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	2,501 (±209)	11,123 (±289)	1,666,687 (±7,556)	84,210,142

In Detroit Lakes, the median home value is not measurably different from Becker County ($291,000).

It is also lower than in Minnesota ($329,300).

It is lower than the national figure ($332,700).

In Becker County, Detroit Lakes ranks 22 of 44 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 1145 of 2,558.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How home values in Detroit Lakes have changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median home value	$190,600 (±$17,919)	$265,800 (±$37,802)	+39.5%	No measurable change after inflation
Median owner cost with a mortgage	$1,340 (±$78)	$1,636 (±$106)	+22.1%	No measurable change after inflation
Median real estate taxes	$1,713 (±$126)	$2,359 (±$252)	+37.7%	No measurable change after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median home value in places near Detroit Lakes

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Detroit Lakes
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Detroit Lakes	—	$265,800 (±$37,802)	—
Detroit Township	3.5 mi	$409,600 (±$32,912)	Higher
Lake View Township	4.1 mi	$392,100 (±$31,662)	Higher
Erie Township	5.5 mi	$307,300 (±$30,151)	Not measurably different
Burlington Township	5.8 mi	$260,500 (±$37,673)	Not measurably different
Audubon Township	7.0 mi	$393,900 (±$41,155)	Higher
Lake Eunice Township	7.1 mi	$444,200 (±$26,608)	Higher
Audubon	7.6 mi	$207,000 (±$44,708)	Lower
Richwood Township	7.9 mi	$321,900 (±$73,285)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Audubon, MN ($207,000).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Detroit Township, MN ($409,600), Lake View Township, MN ($392,100), Audubon Township, MN ($393,900).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median home value across Becker County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
16	Shell Lake Township	$293,300 (±$48,942)
17	Carsonville Township	$290,600 (±$65,471)
18	Savannah Township	$285,700 (±$94,260)
19	Osage Township	$273,900 (±$25,379)
20	Silver Leaf Township	$268,800 (±$77,960)
21	Sugar Bush Township (Becker County)	$267,000 (±$25,435)
22	Detroit Lakes	$265,800 (±$37,802)
23	Height of Land Township	$263,500 (±$30,393)
24	Burlington Township	$260,500 (±$37,673)
25	Round Lake Township (Becker County)	$255,000 (±$43,385)
26	Spring Creek Township (Becker County)	$243,200 (±$34,474)
27	Runeberg Township	$241,700 (±$42,458)
28	Green Valley Township	$235,100 (±$17,608)

Showing 13 of 44 places in Becker County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Detroit Lakes

What is the average home value in Detroit Lakes, MN?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $265,800 (±$37,802) for owner-occupied homes in Detroit Lakes (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Have home values in Detroit Lakes gone up?

In Detroit Lakes, the median home value went from $190,600 in 2015–2019 to $265,800 in 2020–2024 (+39.5%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Is this what homes in Detroit Lakes sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Detroit Lakes city, Minnesota (place:15832, in state:27).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.