What is the median rent in Red Wing, MN?

Name: Median rent in Red Wing, MN, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Red Wing, MN is $969 (±$54) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 2,027 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Red Wing, the median gross rent went from $899 in 2015–2019 to $969 in 2020–2024 (+7.8%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose more slowly than prices: a measurable decrease after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $969 (±$54)
Rented homes: 2,027 (±260)
$2,000 or more: 4.2%
Since 2015–2019: +7.8%

How much rent costs in Red Wing

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Red Wing	Goodhue County	Minnesota	United States
Less than $500	15.8% (±5.1 points)	13.8%	8.4%	6.3%
$500 to $999	38.8% (±9.4 points)	39.9%	21.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	32.6% (±8.4 points)	32.6%	33.6%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	8.6% (±4.0 points)	9.1%	21.4%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	4.2% (±2.6 points)	3.1%	9.2%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±1.1 points)	1.2%	3.0%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±0.1 points)	0.3%	3.0%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 38.8% of renting households.

4.2% of rented homes in Red Wing cost $2,000 or more a month.

Red Wing against Goodhue County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Red Wing	Goodhue County	Minnesota	United States
Median gross rent	$969 (±$54)	$966 (±$51)	$1,280 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	2,027 (±260)	3,885 (±432)	614,257 (±4,397)	42,849,984

In Red Wing, median gross rent is not measurably different from Goodhue County ($966).

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

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

In Goodhue County, Red Wing ranks 18 of 24 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 663 of 1,347.

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

How rent in Red Wing 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	$899 (±$67)	$969 (±$54)	+7.8%	Down after inflation
Households that rent	34.5% (±2.9 points)	27.8% (±3.1 points)	−6.7 percentage points	Measurable decrease
Rental vacancy rate	0.0% (±0.7 points)	4.0% (±3.7 points)	+4.0 percentage points	Measurable increase

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 Red Wing

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Red Wing
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Red Wing	—	$969 (±$54)	—
Featherstone Township	3.9 mi	$1,198 (±$630)	Not measurably different
Town of Diamond Bluff	5.1 mi	$1,075 (±$285)	Not measurably different
Town of Trenton (Pierce County)	5.7 mi	$1,119 (±$133)	Higher
Welch Township	6.6 mi	$1,150 (±$1,119)	Not measurably different
Bay City	7.5 mi	$1,109 (±$74)	Higher
Vasa Township	7.9 mi	$1,654 (±$382)	Higher
Town of Hartland (Pierce County)	9.1 mi	$1,089 (±$159)	Not measurably different
Wacouta Township	9.4 mi	$1,375 (±$199)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Town of Trenton (Pierce County), WI ($1,119), Bay City, WI ($1,109), Vasa Township, MN ($1,654).

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

Median gross rent across Goodhue County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
12	Belvidere Township	$1,125 (±$233)
13	Roscoe Township	$1,114 (±$34)
14	Pine Island	$1,110 (±$63)
15	Wanamingo Township	$986 (±$123)
16	Leon Township (Goodhue County)	$979 (±$189)
17	Stanton Township	$970 (±$798)
18	Red Wing	$969 (±$54)
19	Bellechester	$940 (±$98)
20	Goodhue	$936 (±$269)
21	Goodhue Township	$875 (±$355)
22	Kenyon	$869 (±$46)
23	Zumbrota	$834 (±$26)
24	Wanamingo	$674 (±$89)

Showing 13 of 24 places in Goodhue 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 Red Wing

What is the average rent in Red Wing, MN?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Red Wing is $969 (±$54) 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 Red Wing?

In Red Wing, the median gross rent went from $899 in 2015–2019 to $969 in 2020–2024 (+7.8%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose more slowly than prices: a measurable decrease after inflation.

How many rentals in Red Wing cost more than $2,000 a month?

4.2% of rented homes in Red Wing have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 15.8% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Red Wing higher than in Goodhue County?

In Red Wing, median gross rent is not measurably different from Goodhue County ($966).

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 Red Wing city, Minnesota (place:53620, 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.