Monthly cost of buying the typical home, at today's average 30-year rate. Change any number to fit your situation.
Zillow doesn't publish a rent index for this area.
Our forecast of +3.4% over 12 months would add roughly $1,031 a month in value to the owner's side, but the 80% range runs from −1.3% to +10.2%, so treat it as uncertain.
Estimates only. Excludes maintenance (often about 1% of the price a year), the return the down payment could earn elsewhere, and tax effects. Rent is the Zillow Observed Rent Index, a typical market rent for all home types.
Redfin, all residential, monthly. These feed the metro trend model.
Strongest forecast relative to the metro first. “vs. metro” ranks each ZIP within Brainerd, MN (100 = strongest).
| 56479 Staples, MN | $221,176 | ▲ 7.6% | ▲ 6.1% −1% to +14% | 100 |
| 56448 Fifty Lakes, MN | $453,736 | ▲ 5.9% | ▲ 5.2% −1% to +13% | 96 |
| 56466 Motley, MN | $265,422 | ▲ 4.0% | ▲ 4.9% −2% to +12% | 92 |
| 56442 Crosslake, MN | $599,608 | ▲ 3.8% | ▲ 4.7% −2% to +12% | 88 |
| 56465 Merrifield, MN | $461,478 | ▲ 4.2% | ▲ 4.6% −2% to +12% | 85 |
| 56449 Fort Ripley, MN | $401,322 | ▲ 4.5% | ▲ 4.5% −2% to +12% | 81 |
| 56641 Federal Dam, MN | $274,044 | ▲ 5.9% | ▲ 4.4% −2% to +12% | 77 |
| 56452 Hackensack, MN | $391,695 | ▲ 3.8% | ▲ 4.2% −2% to +12% | 73 |
| 56472 Pequot Lakes, MN | $419,797 | ▲ 3.3% | ▲ 4.2% −2% to +12% | 69 |
| 56447 Emily, MN | $382,979 | ▲ 3.9% | ▲ 4.1% −2% to +12% | 65 |
| 56450 Garrison, MN | $276,577 | ▲ 3.4% | ▲ 4.1% −2% to +12% | 62 |
| 56431 Palisade, MN | $324,206 | ▲ 5.8% | ▲ 4.1% −2% to +11% | 58 |
| 56444 Deerwood, MN | $434,219 | ▲ 2.9% | ▲ 4.0% −2% to +11% | 54 |
| 56435 Backus, MN | $292,244 | ▲ 3.0% | ▲ 4.0% −2% to +11% | 50 |
| 56672 Swatara, MN | $313,083 | ▲ 3.5% | ▲ 3.9% −3% to +11% | 46 |