Zip lookup · MN

55342
Hector, Minnesota.

Hector, Renville County, MN · population 1,973

What it costs per month · 55342 $1,122/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$660 (+143%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $14,889 +7%
$198,919$213,807 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $53,873 +34%
$159,935$213,807 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 55342 $1,122 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 55342$1,122
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.

Typical home values in zip 55342 rose 7.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Renville County, MN 100% · Meeker County, MN 0%

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Hector, MN — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $213,807 as of Sep 2026
+7.5%year on year

Typical home value — 55342

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 55342 $213,807 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 55342$213,807
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.7 55314 Buffalo Lake 1,187 — $218,474
7.3 55310 Bird Island 1,344 — $180,446
11.6 55385 Stewart 1,337 — $274,464
12.9 56277 Olivia 2,905 — $197,703
13.7 56228 Cosmos 922 — $189,998
14.2 55333 Franklin 698 — $172,048
15.4 55332 Fairfax 1,667 — $182,500
16.9 56253 Lake Lillian 740 — $300,045
17.2 55335 Gibbon 1,666 — $249,973
17.5 56270 Morton 1,076 — $145,565
18.2 56230 Danube 779 — $184,992
19.0 55312 Brownton 1,428 — $299,701
19.8 55350 Hutchinson 18,610 $1,183 $298,220

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.