Brainerd, MN Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months

If you invest in or around Brainerd, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Brainerd sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, as of October 2026.

The snapshot

• •Closings tracked, last 12 months: 198
• •Median sold price, last 12 months: $240,500
• •Median sold $/sqft, last 12 months: $144
• •Middle half of sales closed between: $200,000 and $300,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 198 closed sales in Brainerd over the last 12 months, with a median closing price of $240,500. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $200,000 and $300,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 92% of the Brainerd closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 197 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $117 and $178 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Brainerd, MN (October 2026)

The median home price in Brainerd is $240,500, measured across the 198 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last 12 months. The middle half of those sales closed between $200,000 and $300,000.

Where Brainerd sale prices land

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Brainerd over the last 12 months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $200,000 and $300,000. Among the 55 Minnesota markets with a published band, Brainerd's middle-half spread ($200,000 to $300,000) ranks 15th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

How long a sale takes here

• •Listed to under contract: a median of 25 days, across 175 Brainerd closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
• •Contract to closing: a median of 30 days, across 173 Brainerd closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months

The Brainerd angle

$240,500 divides 198 into halves, but with $200,000 and $300,000 far apart, the properties on either side of that divide can be very different from one another. Anchoring on the median in a market like this is where estimates go wrong. A small adjustment off a midpoint feels reasonable and can still leave you far from what a specific address supports, because the range the midpoint sits in is long. Filter on property type and size, keep only the closings you would defend to someone who knows the property, and let that set produce the number. The upper half of the band is wider than the lower half, so a comp set that leans upmarket carries an estimate further off than one that leans modest.

Brainerd market data by ZIP code

Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Brainerd ZIP codes: 56401.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Brainerd address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

Cite this

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Brainerd, MN
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 2707300
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last 12 months
Tracked closings: 198
Median sold price: $240,500
Median sold $/sqft: $144 (197 qualifying)
Property mix: 92% houses
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Brainerd over the last 12 months, and is refreshed when the data is.