Zip lookup · MN

56042
New Richland, Minnesota.

New Richland, Freeborn County, MN · Albert Lea, MN metro · population 751

What it costs per month · 56042 $1,339/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$775 (+137%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $24,576 +11%
$230,531$255,107 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $64,594 +34%
$190,513$255,107 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 56042 $1,339 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 56042$1,339
  • 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 56042 rose 10.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $255,107 as of Sep 2026
+10.7%year on year

Typical home value — 56042

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 56042 $255,107 Albert Lea $197,426 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 56042$255,107
  • Albert Lea$197,426
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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4.3 56032 Freeborn 407 — $140,979
6.6 56072 New Richland 2,228 — $273,303
7.3 56016 Clarks Grove 989 — $223,789
10.6 56009 Alden 1,527 — $238,117
10.8 56026 Ellendale 2,124 — $301,670
10.8 56035 Geneva 387 — $225,616
12.7 56007 Albert Lea 21,377 $1,043 $182,428
12.9 56097 Wells 3,487 — $185,145
12.9 56091 Waldorf 256 — $208,068
14.0 56045 Hollandale 922 — $196,172
16.5 56043 Hayward 423 — $218,164
16.6 56068 Minnesota Lake 1,041 — $215,236
18.0 56093 Waseca 12,672 — $250,149
19.4 56029 Emmons 642 — $187,302
19.8 56078 Pemberton 451 — $249,690

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