Hugo, Minnesota.
Typical home $436,311 (+2.7% in a year), asking rent $2,094 . Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,094 (+91%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $11,381 +3%
- $424,930$436,311 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $50,662 +13%
- $385,649$436,311 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.
- Hugo$2,290
- Minnesota$1,831
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 28 years.
Typical home values in Hugo, MN rose 2.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Hugo, Washington County, Minnesota
Hugo is a city of 15,766 people in Washington County. Half its households earn more than $116,228 a year and half less, against $115,345 across Washington County; 3% of its people live below the poverty line. 90% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 10% are rented. Unemployment in Washington County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Hugo is a city in Washington County where nearly everyone owns the home they live in, and there are far fewer renters than across the county. Household incomes run a little above the county's, few households live below the poverty line, and a large share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, summers are pleasantly warm, and the year brings a fair amount of rain and melted snow.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, professional and business services, and shops close behind. In town, Wilson Tool International, Stockness Construction and Knowlan's Super Markets are among the largest workplaces. The typical commute is fairly long, and a good number of people work from home. Unemployment across Washington County is higher than a year ago, though the county has added a few more jobs.
Things to do. The Saint Croix River is the nearest natural landmark of note, a river reached by a longer drive. For museums, the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Walker Art Center are both a longer drive away. Sports fans can also head to Target Field, a stadium that is likewise a longer drive from town.
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- 6,487households
- 46%of adults have a degree
- 3%below the poverty line
- 27 mintypical commute
- 18%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Washington County had 96,635 jobs in 2025, 1.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 22° and lows near 5°; warmest in July, with highs near 79° and lows near 62°. About 33 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Stillwater 2SW weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Hugo
- Wilson Tool InternationalStamping machines, metalworking, manufacturing450
- Stockness ConstructionFoundation, building, poured concrete, contractors122
- Knowlan's Super MarketsGrocery stores112
- OnekaElementary and secondary schools67
- Kamps Pallets - HugoPallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing66
- City of HugoAuditor's offices, government62
- North StarElementary and secondary schools60
- White Bear Lake Area SchoolsSchool and employee bus transportation50
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 13 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,131 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- Tornadoesrelatively high in parts of HugoRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Hugo’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Washington County and the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro.
Hugo home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Hugo$436,311
- Minnesota$348,778
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Hugo listings, and the typical home goes pending in 28 days — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Hugo27.04%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Hugo28
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Hugo83
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Hugo27
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Hugo$339,014
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Hugo101.06%
Zip codes with a Hugo address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hugo — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.