What is the median rent in Detroit Lakes, MN?

Name: Median rent in Detroit Lakes, MN, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Detroit Lakes, MN is $954 (±$61) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 1,874 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Detroit Lakes, the median gross rent went from $742 in 2015–2019 to $954 in 2020–2024 (+28.6%).

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 gross rent: $954 (±$61)
Rented homes: 1,874 (±214)
$2,000 or more: 1.9%
Since 2015–2019: +28.6%

How much rent costs in Detroit Lakes

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Detroit Lakes	Becker County	Minnesota	United States
Less than $500	20.4% (±6.8 points)	21.6%	8.4%	6.3%
$500 to $999	35.9% (±7.7 points)	38.0%	21.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	33.1% (±9.5 points)	28.4%	33.6%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	8.7% (±5.0 points)	9.4%	21.4%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±1.2 points)	0.3%	9.2%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	1.5% (±1.9 points)	1.8%	3.0%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.4% (±0.7 points)	0.4%	3.0%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 35.9% of renting households.

1.9% of rented homes in Detroit Lakes cost $2,000 or more a month.

Detroit Lakes against Becker County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Detroit Lakes	Becker County	Minnesota	United States
Median gross rent	$954 (±$61)	$920 (±$49)	$1,280 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	1,874 (±214)	2,921 (±244)	614,257 (±4,397)	42,849,984

In Detroit Lakes, median gross rent is not measurably different from Becker County ($920).

It is also lower than in Minnesota ($1,280).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Becker County, Detroit Lakes ranks 10 of 23 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 685 of 1,347.

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

How rent in Detroit Lakes has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$742 (±$52)	$954 (±$61)	+28.6%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	41.0% (±3.5 points)	43.9% (±4.3 points)	+2.9 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	2.9% (±3.2 points)	3.2% (±4.4 points)	+0.3 percentage points	Not a measurable change

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 gross rent in places near Detroit Lakes

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Detroit Lakes
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Detroit Lakes	—	$954 (±$61)	—
Detroit Township	3.5 mi	$988 (±$879)	Not measurably different
Lake View Township	4.1 mi	$1,883 (±$547)	Higher
Erie Township	5.5 mi	$790 (±$368)	Not measurably different
Burlington Township	5.8 mi	$1,167 (±$334)	Not measurably different
Audubon	7.6 mi	$1,054 (±$390)	Not measurably different
Richwood Township	7.9 mi	$1,671 (±$647)	Higher
Frazee	8.7 mi	$902 (±$67)	Not measurably different
Candor Township	9.1 mi	$1,109 (±$55)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Lake View Township, MN ($1,883), Richwood Township, MN ($1,671), Candor Township, MN ($1,109).

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

Median gross rent across Becker County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
4	Cormorant Township	$1,266 (±$765)
5	Burlington Township	$1,167 (±$334)
6	Toad Lake Township	$1,125 (±$147)
7	Runeberg Township	$1,078 (±$132)
8	Audubon	$1,054 (±$390)
9	Detroit Township	$988 (±$879)
10	Detroit Lakes	$954 (±$61)
11	Wolf Lake	$950 (±$114)
12	Callaway	$913 (±$116)
13	Frazee	$902 (±$67)
14	Maple Grove Township (Becker County)	$792 (±$559)
15	Erie Township	$790 (±$368)
16	Spruce Grove Township (Becker County)	$788 (±$207)

Showing 13 of 23 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 rent in Detroit Lakes, MN?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Detroit Lakes is $954 (±$61) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Detroit Lakes?

In Detroit Lakes, the median gross rent went from $742 in 2015–2019 to $954 in 2020–2024 (+28.6%).

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

How many rentals in Detroit Lakes cost more than $2,000 a month?

1.9% of rented homes in Detroit Lakes have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 20.4% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Detroit Lakes higher than in Becker County?

In Detroit Lakes, median gross rent is not measurably different from Becker County ($920).

It is also lower than in Minnesota ($1,280).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

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 B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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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.