What is the median home value in Wadena, MN?

Name: Home values in Wadena, MN, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Wadena, MN is $160,800 (±$7,414), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

In Wadena, the median home value went from $100,800 in 2015–2019 to $160,800 in 2020–2024 (+59.5%).

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

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $160,800 (±$7,414)
Owner-occupied homes: 1,186 (±160)
Most common range: $150,000 to $199,999

Home values in Wadena

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Wadena	Wadena County	Minnesota	United States
Less than $50,000	1.0% (±1.6 points)	6.2%	4.0%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	14.2% (±8.9 points)	14.0%	3.7%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	20.7% (±9.9 points)	14.0%	5.2%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	38.1% (±12.3 points)	23.1%	8.1%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	10.5% (±6.3 points)	21.5%	22.6%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	15.5% (±5.2 points)	17.3%	36.9%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	0.0% (±1.9 points)	3.6%	17.0%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	0.0% (±1.9 points)	0.4%	2.6%	7.1%

The most common range is $150,000 to $199,999, 38.1% 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.

Wadena against Wadena County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Wadena	Wadena County	Minnesota	United States
Median home value	$160,800 (±$7,414)	$173,000 (±$5,359)	$329,300 (±$903)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	1,186 (±160)	4,474 (±194)	1,666,687 (±7,556)	84,210,142

In Wadena, the median home value is lower than in Wadena County ($173,000).

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

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

In Wadena County, Wadena ranks 16 of 21 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 2132 of 2,558.

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

How home values in Wadena 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	$100,800 (±$22,169)	$160,800 (±$7,414)	+59.5%	Up after inflation
Median owner cost with a mortgage	$902 (±$221)	$1,060 (±$91)	+17.5%	No measurable change after inflation
Median real estate taxes	$1,265 (±$143)	$1,493 (±$218)	+18.0%	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 Wadena

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Wadena
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Wadena	—	$160,800 (±$7,414)	—
Wadena Township	3.3 mi	$179,600 (±$20,446)	Not measurably different
Leaf River Township	4.0 mi	$220,800 (±$46,377)	Higher
Compton Township	5.1 mi	$214,500 (±$25,652)	Higher
Bluffton	5.3 mi	$182,300 (±$20,741)	Not measurably different
Bluffton Township	5.4 mi	$216,700 (±$42,638)	Higher
Verndale	6.5 mi	$104,600 (±$13,394)	Lower
Stowe Prairie Township	7.5 mi	$179,200 (±$48,837)	Not measurably different
Aldrich Township	8.0 mi	$203,500 (±$46,515)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Verndale, MN ($104,600).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Leaf River Township, MN ($220,800), Compton Township, MN ($214,500), Bluffton Township, MN ($216,700).

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

Median home value across Wadena County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
10	Lyons Township (Wadena County)	$212,500 (±$40,429)
11	Bullard Township	$211,200 (±$57,274)
12	Rockwood Township (Wadena County)	$209,400 (±$46,552)
13	Aldrich Township	$203,500 (±$46,515)
14	Wadena Township	$179,600 (±$20,446)
15	Meadow Township	$169,400 (±$44,057)
16	Wadena	$160,800 (±$7,414)
17	Menahga	$155,500 (±$17,307)
18	Verndale	$104,600 (±$13,394)
19	Aldrich	$89,000 (±$17,764)
20	Sebeka	$84,300 (±$10,721)
21	Nimrod	$78,600 (±$67,556)

Showing 12 of 21 places in Wadena 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 Wadena

What is the average home value in Wadena, MN?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $160,800 (±$7,414) for owner-occupied homes in Wadena (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Have home values in Wadena gone up?

In Wadena, the median home value went from $100,800 in 2015–2019 to $160,800 in 2020–2024 (+59.5%).

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

Is this what homes in Wadena 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 Wadena city, Minnesota (place:67504, 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.