Minneapolis, MN Rental Market Trends

Minneapolis Rent Report: March 2024

Welcome to the Apartment List March 2024 Rent Report for Minneapolis, MN. Currently, the overall median rent in the city stands at $1,366, roughly the same as last month. Prices remain down 0.1% year-over-year. Read on to learn more about what’s been happening in the Minneapolis rental market and how it compares to trends throughout the broader Minneapolis metro area and the nation as a whole.

Minneapolis rents are flat month-over-month and flat year-over-year

The median rent in Minneapolis rose by 0.4% over the course of February, and has now decreased by a total of 0.1% over the past 12 months. Minneapolis’s rent growth over the past year has is similar to both the state (0.8%) and national averages (-1.0%).

Minneapolis rent growth in 2024 pacing below last year

Two months into the year, rents in Minneapolis have risen 0.4%. This is a slower rate of growth compared to what the city was experiencing at this point last year: from January to February 2023 rents had increased 1.1%.

February rent growth in Minneapolis ranked #27 among large U.S. cities

Minneapolis rents went up 0.4% in the past month, compared to the national rate of 0.2%. Among the nation's 100 largest cities, this ranks #27. Similar monthly rent growth took place in Chicago, IL (0.4%) and Memphis, TN (0.4%).

Minneapolis is the #56 most expensive large city in the U.S., with a median rent of $1,366

Citywide, the median rent currently stands at $1,234 for a 1-bedroom apartment and $1,597 for a 2-bedroom. Across all bedroom sizes (ie, the entire rental market), the median rent is $1,366. That ranks #56 in the nation, among the country's 100 largest cities.

For comparison, the median rent across the nation as a whole is $1,210 for a 1-bedroom, $1,363 for a 2-bedroom, and $1,377 overall. The median rent in Minneapolis is 0.8% lower than the national, and is similar to the prices you would find in Mesa, AZ ($1,367) and Durham, NC ($1,361).

Minneapolis rents are 4.8% lower than the metro-wide median

If we expand our view to the wider Minneapolis metro area, the median rent is $1,436 meaning that the median price in Minneapolis proper ($1,366) is 4.8% lower than the price across the metro as a whole. Metro-wide annual rent growth stands at 0.9%, above the rate of rent growth within just the city.

The table below shows the latest rent stats for 16 cities in the Minneapolis metro area that are included in our database. Among them, Eden Prairie is currently the most expensive, with a median rent of $1,837. Brooklyn Park is the metro’s most affordable city, with a median rent of $1,275. The metro's fastest annual rent growth is occurring in Burnsville (5.8%) while the slowest is in Shakopee (-6.3%).

City
Median 1BR Rent
Median 2BR Rent
M/M Rent Growth
Y/Y Rent Growth
Bloomington
$1,275
$1,580
1.1%
2.4%
Brooklyn Park
$1,149
$1,381
-0.1%
1.4%
Burnsville
$1,360
$1,660
0.7%
5.8%
Eagan
$1,320
$1,650
1.2%
1.6%
Eden Prairie
$1,599
$1,855
1.5%
2.3%
Edina
$1,702
$1,804
1.3%
-0.2%
Fridley
$1,200
$1,410
-0.6%
2.9%
Minneapolis
$1,234
$1,597
0.4%
-0.1%
Minnetonka
$1,624
$1,861
1.1%
2.4%
Plymouth
$1,421
$1,745
1.3%
2.2%
Richfield
$1,296
$1,400
1.8%
0.7%
Shakopee
$1,218
$1,557
0.7%
-6.3%
St. Louis Park
$1,442
$1,895
1.7%
1.2%
St. Paul
$1,182
$1,435
0.7%
0.7%
West St. Paul
$1,137
$1,451
1.6%
0.9%
Woodbury
$1,503
$1,593
2.9%
-0.1%
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You can also use the map below to explore the latest rent trends in the Minneapolis metropolitan area.

Methodology

Apartment List is committed to the accuracy and transparency of our rent estimates. We begin with reliable median rent statistics from the Census Bureau, then extrapolate them forward to the current month using a growth rate calculated from our listing data. In doing so, we use a same-unit analysis similar to Case-Shiller’s approach, capturing apartment transactions over time to provide an accurate picture of rent growth in cities across the country. Our approach corrects for the sample bias inherent in other private sources, producing results that are much closer to statistics published by the Census Bureau and HUD. For more details, please see the Apartment List Rent Estimate Methodology.

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