Zip lookup · MN

55981
Wabasha, Minnesota.

Wabasha, Wabasha County, MN · Rochester, MN metro · population 3,955

What it costs per month · 55981 $1,531/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$834 (+120%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $16,602 +6%
$275,129$291,731 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $67,561 +30%
$224,170$291,731 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 55981 $1,531 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 55981$1,531
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.

Typical home values in zip 55981 rose 6.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $291,731 as of Sep 2026
+6.0%year on year

Typical home value — 55981

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 55981 $291,731 Rochester $338,327 United States $366,157
$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 55981$291,731
  • Rochester$338,327
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.0 55945 Kellogg 1,321 — $355,734
9.5 54756 Nelson 946 — $268,660
9.8 54759 Pepin 1,392 — $286,147
11.9 54610 Alma 1,564 — $247,655
12.8 55957 Millville 748 — $422,738
12.9 55041 Lake City 7,510 — $323,426
13.6 54769 Stockholm 515 — $381,673
13.8 55964 Plainview 4,400 — $305,104
15.9 54622 Cochrane 2,147 — $252,312
15.9 55910 Altura 1,171 — $306,421
17.7 55026 Frontenac 470 — $342,981
18.7 55991 Zumbro Falls 1,394 — $445,675
18.9 55932 Elgin 1,999 — $361,028
19.0 54736 Durand 4,169 — $259,648
19.1 54721 Arkansaw 1,367 — $289,409
19.7 54761 Plum City 1,149 — $275,301

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