Stillwater, MN Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Stillwater: a median closing price of $430,000 across 161 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Stillwater, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Stillwater sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of August 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 161
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $430,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $215
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $340,000 and $595,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 161 closed sales in Stillwater over the last six months, with a median closing price of $430,000. 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 $340,000 and $595,000. 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. Across the 157 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $179 and $243 per square foot.
Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Stillwater, MN (August 2026)
The median home price in Stillwater is $430,000, measured across the 161 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $340,000 and $595,000.
Where Stillwater sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Stillwater over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $340,000 and $595,000. 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 16 days, across 125 Stillwater closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 25 days, across 124 Stillwater closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Stillwater angle
Wide bands make citywide medians blunt, and Stillwater's band from $340,000 to $595,000 is wider than most markets we track show. $430,000 still summarises the record honestly, but applying it to a specific address invites a large error, because the closings it summarises are spread across a broad range. In a broad market, that filtering is the whole job. The distribution leans upward. The run from $430,000 to $595,000 is longer than the run from $340,000 to $430,000, so sales above the midpoint differ from each other more, and a comp set that under matches the subject reads low. Half of all closings sit outside the band, at both ends.
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 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 Stillwater 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:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Stillwater, MN
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 161
Median sold price: $430,000
Median sold $/sqft: $215 (157 qualifying)
https://resideline.com/blog/stillwater-mn-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 Stillwater over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Stillwater?
The median sold price in Stillwater over the last 6 months is $430,000, measured across 161 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Stillwater last month?
Resideline tracked 22 closed sales in Stillwater in July 2026, out of 161 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 Stillwater?
The middle half of Stillwater sales over the last six months closed between $340,000 and $595,000, with a median of $430,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in Stillwater?
Among qualifying Stillwater closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $215, measured across 157 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
How wide is the Stillwater price range compared with other markets?
The gap from $340,000 to $595,000 is wider here than in most markets we track, so the middle half of the 161 closings in our window spans a broad range and the remaining sales stretch beyond both edges. The consequence for pricing is that $430,000 is a weak anchor for a particular address. Build from comps matched on property type, living area and condition, and use $430,000 only to confirm your answer is not wildly out of place.
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