Mahnomen, Minnesota.
Typical home $152,356 (+8.6% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$382 (+92%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $12,068 +9%
- $140,288$152,356 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $18,992 +14%
- $133,364$152,356 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.
- Mahnomen$800
- Minnesota$1,831
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 26 years.
Typical home values in Mahnomen, MN rose 8.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Mahnomen, Mahnomen County, Minnesota
Mahnomen is a city of 1,240 people in Mahnomen County. Half its households earn more than $45,341 a year and half less, against $59,441 across Mahnomen County; 19% of its people live below the poverty line. 56% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 44% are rented. Unemployment in Mahnomen County was 6.6% in August 2026, and the county had 2.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Mahnomen is a small city in northwestern Minnesota where most people know one another, and a short daily drive is the norm. Incomes run below the county's, and a good share of residents live below the poverty line, though most homes are lived in by their owners and a typical home costs far less than in much of the country. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and winters are long and cold, with deep January chill and mild, pleasant summers.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with restaurants, hotels and entertainment, shops and government close behind. Among the largest workplaces in town are Mahnomen Public School District, Mahnomen Health Center and Wild Rice Electric Cooperative. Commutes are short, very few people work from home, and unemployment across the county is a little higher than it was a year ago even as the number of jobs has edged up.
Things to do. The White Earth River runs in or beside town, and Warren Lake and Aspinwall Lake are both a short drive away for time on the water. For a longer outing, Rydell National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area a longer drive away, suited to watching wildlife.
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- 417households
- 14%of adults have a degree
- 19%below the poverty line
- 13 mintypical commute
- 2%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Mahnomen County had 2,028 jobs in 2025, 2.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 15° and lows near -2°; warmest in July, with highs near 78° and lows near 58°. About 26 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Mahnomen weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Mahnomen
- Mahnomen Public School DistrictSchool district102FTE
- Mahnomen Health CenterCritical access hospital68FTE
- Gordon Construction of MahnomenAddition, alteration and renovation for-sale builders, commercial and institutional building61
- Wild Rice Electric CooperativeDistribution of electric power41
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 232 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. 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
- Winter weatherVery high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- HailRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Mahnomen’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Mahnomen County.
Mahnomen home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Mahnomen$152,356
- Minnesota$348,778
- United States$366,157
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Mahnomen7
Zip codes with a Mahnomen address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Mahnomen — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.