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August 21, 2026· Updated August 22, 2026
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McMinnville, OR Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in McMinnville: a median closing price of $450,000 across 269 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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McMinnville, OR Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

McMinnville closes a lot of homes into a narrow band, which makes its median unusually informative: sales over the last six months land close together, so the citywide number is a real anchor rather than an average of extremes.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 6 months: 269
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $450,000
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $270
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $395,000 and $547,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 269 closed sales in McMinnville over the last six months, with a median closing price of $450,000. 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 $395,000 and $547,000. 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. 81% of the McMinnville 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 269 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $219 and $310 per square foot.

Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in McMinnville, OR (August 2026)

The median home price in McMinnville is $450,000, measured across the 269 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $395,000 and $547,000.

Where McMinnville sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in McMinnville
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $395k to $547k
$111k to $191k: 18 sales$111k$191k to $271k: 6 sales$271k to $351k: 13 sales$271k$351k to $431k: 64 sales$431k to $510k: 69 sales69sales$431k$510k to $590k: 33 sales$590k to $670k: 26 sales$590k$670k to $750k: 9 salesMedian $450k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in McMinnville over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $395,000 and $547,000. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
McMinnville monthly medians over the last six months, among qualifying closings with usable living area
Mar 2026: $272 per square foot across 34 sales$272Mar 2026Apr 2026: $266 per square foot across 38 sales$266Apr 2026May 2026: $274 per square foot across 54 sales$274May 2026Jun 2026: $271 per square foot across 67 sales$271Jun 2026Jul 2026: $262 per square foot across 42 sales$262Jul 2026Aug 2026: $291 per square foot across 30 sales$291Aug 2026

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 22 days, across 187 McMinnville closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 30 days, across 192 McMinnville closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 269 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The McMinnville angle

McMinnville, Oregon has one of the narrower price bands among the markets we track, which is an advantage that is easy to waste. Because $395,000 and $547,000 sit close together, the middle of this market is compact and matched comps tend to agree, so the returns come from careful matching rather than from gathering a large set. Do that filtering first and let the prices fall where they fall, rather than picking sales that already look like the answer. The upper half of the band is the wider side, so the sales most likely to break the pattern are the higher priced ones. Before a comp above $547,000 enters the set, identify what makes it different and confirm the subject shares it.

From market read to offer price

A tight market makes the next step easier: the citywide anchor sits close to most homes, and a report only has to explain the gap. 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 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. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 11,465+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

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

Cite this

Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: McMinnville, OR
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 269
Median sold price: $450,000
Median sold $/sqft: $270 (269 qualifying)
Property mix: 81% houses
https://resideline.com/blog/mcminnville-or-housing-market

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 McMinnville over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in McMinnville?

The median sold price in McMinnville over the last 6 months is $450,000, measured across 269 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in McMinnville last month?

Resideline tracked 42 closed sales in McMinnville in July 2026, out of 269 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in McMinnville?

The middle half of McMinnville sales over the last six months closed between $395,000 and $547,000, with a median of $450,000.

What is the typical price per square foot in McMinnville?

Among qualifying McMinnville closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $270, measured across 269 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

How do I avoid choosing comps that simply confirm the price I expect?

Set the filters before you look at prices. Decide the property type, the size window, the condition level and the date range first, then take whatever closed sales meet them. If you exclude one afterwards, write down the property based reason. This matters even in a market where the middle half of sales occupies a short price range, because a biased set can still push an estimate past $547,000 or below $395,000 without anyone noticing. The discipline is procedural, and it is what makes a figure defensible.

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