What is the median rent in Staples, MN?

Name: Median rent in Staples, MN, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Staples, MN is $844 (±$121) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 360 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Staples, the median gross rent went from $740 in 2015–2019 to $844 in 2020–2024 (+14.1%).

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: $844 (±$121)
Rented homes: 360 (±90)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%
Since 2015–2019: +14.1%

How much rent costs in Staples

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Staples	Todd County	Minnesota	United States
Less than $500	24.4% (±13.0 points)	18.5%	8.4%	6.3%
$500 to $999	43.1% (±15.8 points)	43.1%	21.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	32.5% (±15.8 points)	31.4%	33.6%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	0.0% (±6.1 points)	6.6%	21.4%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±6.1 points)	0.1%	9.2%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±6.1 points)	0.0%	3.0%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±6.1 points)	0.3%	3.0%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 43.1% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Staples cost $2,000 or more a month.

Staples against Todd County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Staples	Todd County	Minnesota	United States
Median gross rent	$844 (±$121)	$908 (±$48)	$1,280 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	360 (±90)	1,511 (±205)	614,257 (±4,397)	42,849,984

In Staples, median gross rent is not measurably different from Todd County ($908).

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

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

In Todd County, Staples ranks 16 of 26 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 896 of 1,347.

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

How rent in Staples 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	$740 (±$131)	$844 (±$121)	+14.1%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	31.4% (±7.1 points)	37.1% (±7.4 points)	+5.7 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	0.0% (±4.4 points)	0.0% (±5.9 points)	0.0 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 Staples

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Staples
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Staples	—	$844 (±$121)	—
Staples Township	4.4 mi	$486 (±$107)	Lower
Villard Township	4.8 mi	$769 (±$397)	Not measurably different
Becker Township (Cass County)	5.5 mi	$639 (±$45)	Lower
Aldrich Township	7.8 mi	$425 (±$162)	Lower
Motley	8.6 mi	$653 (±$172)	Not measurably different
Verndale	9.6 mi	$708 (±$108)	Not measurably different
Bullard Township	10 mi	$825 (±$385)	Not measurably different
Fawn Lake Township	11 mi	$988 (±$963)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Staples Township, MN ($486), Becker Township (Cass County), MN ($639), Aldrich Township, MN ($425).

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

Median gross rent across Todd County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
10	Bertha	$913 (±$83)
11	Burnhamville Township	$912 (±$572)
12	Round Prairie Township	$894 (±$98)
13	Browerville	$876 (±$41)
14 (tie)	Bruce Township	$850 (±$230)
14 (tie)	Iona Township (Todd County)	$850 (±$241)
16	Staples	$844 (±$121)
17	Little Sauk Township	$833 (±$253)
18	Burtrum	$794 (±$194)
19	Hartford Township	$786 (±$112)
20 (tie)	Clarissa	$775 (±$398)
20 (tie)	Bertha Township	$775 (±$510)
22	Villard Township	$769 (±$397)

Showing 13 of 26 places in Todd 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 Staples

What is the average rent in Staples, MN?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Staples is $844 (±$121) 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 Staples?

In Staples, the median gross rent went from $740 in 2015–2019 to $844 in 2020–2024 (+14.1%).

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 Staples cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in Staples have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 24.4% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Staples higher than in Todd County?

In Staples, median gross rent is not measurably different from Todd County ($908).

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 Staples city, Minnesota (place:62446, 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.