{"id":92854,"date":"2019-11-15T04:59:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T12:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/?p=92854"},"modified":"2026-04-20T00:34:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:34:56","slug":"minnesota-rent-report-october-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/rental-market\/local-rent-reports\/minnesota-rent-report-october-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Rent Report &#8211; October 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><em>The national average rent went up by 3.2% in the past year and 0.1% month-over-month, reaching $1,476 in October, according to data from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardimatrix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Yardi Matrix<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Shoreview, MN renters saw the highest monthly rent increase in October, with the average rate reaching $1,300 per month.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Golden Valley apartments are the most expensive, while apartments in St. Cloud have the cheapest rents.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The national average rent reaches $1,476 per month in October, up by 0.1%<\/h3>\n<p>A sluggish fall rental season has the average national rent at $1,476, following a 3.2% ($46) annual increase. Typical for this time of the year, fewer people are moving into new apartments. The national average rent inched up just 0.1% ($1) in October, with apartment rates essentially flat for the past few months.<\/p>\n<h3>Renting in Minnesota in October 2019<\/h3>\n<p>The average rent in Minnesota cities is <strong>generally lower than the national average rent<\/strong>. The fastest growing rents in October were in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/shoreview-mn\/\">Shoreview<\/a>, where rental apartment\u00a0prices increased by 1.2% month over month, $15 more compared to September. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/new-brighton-mn\/\">New Brighton<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/richfield-mn\/\">Richfield apartments<\/a> saw the second-highest monthly increases, jumping by 1.1% ($12), while rents in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/edina-mn\/\">Edina<\/a> dropped by 0.7% ($11) compared to September.<\/p>\n<p><script id=\"infogram_0_961b88d9-88f8-4bb6-a4dd-95c6adf2d0e6\" title=\"Minnesota - RentReport October\" src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed.js?v1e\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/golden-valley-mn\/\">Golden Valley apartments<\/a> are the state&#8217;s most expensive for renters, with an average rent of $1,733, followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/maple-grove-mn\/\">Maple Grove<\/a>, where the average monthly rent is $1,683. On the other hand, the cheapest city to rent an apartment of the cities analyzed is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/st-cloud-mn\/\">St. Cloud<\/a>, with an average apartment rent of $870, followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/sartell-mn\/\">Sartell<\/a> with an average rent of $988, both being under $1,000.<\/p>\n<p>To compare the rental market in Minnesota with other cities in the U.S., you can also check our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/rental-market\/apartment-rent-report\/october-2019-national-rent-report\/\">national October rent report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Methodology<\/h3>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/\">RentCafe.com<\/a>\u00a0is a nationwide apartment search website that enables renters to easily find apartments and houses for rent throughout the United States.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The data on average rents included in our reports comes directly from competitively-rented (market-rate) large-scale multifamily properties (50+ units in size), via telephone survey. The data is compiled and reported by our sister company <\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardimatrix.com\/\">Yardi Matrix<\/a><\/em><em>, a business development and asset management tool for brokers, sponsors, banks and equity sources underwriting investments in the multifamily, office, industrial and self-storage sectors. Fully-affordable properties are not included in the survey and are not reported in rental rate averages. Local rent reports include only cities with a statistically-relevant stock of large-scale multifamily properties of 50+ units.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"usagerights\">\n<div class=\"fairuse\">\n<h3>Fair use and redistribution<\/h3>\n<p>We encourage you and freely grant you permission to reuse, host, or repost the images in this article. When doing so, we only ask that you kindly attribute the authors by linking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\">RentCafe.com<\/a> or this page, so that your readers can learn more about this project, the research behind it and its methodology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The national average rent went up by 3.2% in the past year and 0.1% month-over-month, reaching $1,476 in October, according to data from Yardi Matrix. 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