Data / Rankings / Housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US) / Cities in Minnesota

Cities in Minnesota by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US)

Detroit Lakes, MN had the highest housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US) of 103 cities in 2021, at 16.4%. Monticello, MN had the lowest, at 0.4%. The median was 4% and the figure for Minnesota was 9.8%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest16.4Detroit Lakes, MN
Lowest0.4Monticello, MN
Median4103 cities
Minnesota9.8History

Top 40 cities, 2021

Detroit Lakes, MN: 16.4 %Detroit Lakes, MN16.4Marshall, MN: 11.9 %Marshall, MN11.9Hibbing, MN: 11.4 %Hibbing, MN11.4Albert Lea, MN: 8.7 %Albert Lea, MN8.7Alexandria, MN: 8.7 %Alexandria, MN8.7Worthington, MN: 8.5 %Worthington, MN8.5Mankato, MN: 8.3 %Mankato, MN8.3Fairmont, MN: 7.8 %Fairmont, MN7.8Austin, MN: 7.5 %Austin, MN7.5Bemidji, MN: 7.3 %Bemidji, MN7.3Fergus Falls, MN: 7.3 %Fergus Falls, MN7.3Brainerd, MN: 7.1 %Brainerd, MN7.1Willmar, MN: 7 %Willmar, MN7Northfield, MN: 7 %Northfield, MN7Duluth, MN: 6.9 %Duluth, MN6.9Hutchinson, MN: 6.5 %Hutchinson, MN6.5Moorhead, MN: 6.5 %Moorhead, MN6.5Winona, MN: 6.5 %Winona, MN6.5Buffalo, MN: 6.4 %Buffalo, MN6.4Cloquet, MN: 6.3 %Cloquet, MN6.3New Ulm, MN: 6.3 %New Ulm, MN6.3Hopkins, MN: 6.3 %Hopkins, MN6.3Minneapolis, MN: 6.2 %Minneapolis, MN6.2St. Paul, MN: 6.2 %St. Paul, MN6.2Stillwater, MN: 6.1 %Stillwater, MN6.1Edina, MN: 5.9 %Edina, MN5.9Rochester, MN: 5.6 %Rochester, MN5.6Roseville, MN: 5.6 %Roseville, MN5.6St. Cloud, MN: 5.5 %St. Cloud, MN5.5Little Canada, MN: 5.5 %Little Canada, MN5.5Columbia Heights, MN: 5.5 %Columbia Heights, MN5.5Victoria, MN: 5.3 %Victoria, MN5.3West St. Paul, MN: 5.1 %West St. Paul, MN5.1Rogers, MN: 5.1 %Rogers, MN5.1Faribault, MN: 5 %Faribault, MN5Grand Rapids, MN: 5 %Grand Rapids, MN5Anoka, MN: 5 %Anoka, MN5Chanhassen, MN: 4.9 %Chanhassen, MN4.9Minnetonka, MN: 4.9 %Minnetonka, MN4.9Vadnais Heights, MN: 4.8 %Vadnais Heights, MN4.8Detroit Lakes, MN: 16.4 %Detroit Lakes, MN16.4Marshall, MN: 11.9 %Marshall, MN11.9Hibbing, MN: 11.4 %Hibbing, MN11.4Albert Lea, MN: 8.7 %Albert Lea, MN8.7Alexandria, MN: 8.7 %Alexandria, MN8.7Worthington, MN: 8.5 %Worthington, MN8.5Mankato, MN: 8.3 %Mankato, MN8.3Fairmont, MN: 7.8 %Fairmont, MN7.8Austin, MN: 7.5 %Austin, MN7.5Bemidji, MN: 7.3 %Bemidji, MN7.3Fergus Falls, MN: 7.3 %Fergus Falls, MN7.3Brainerd, MN: 7.1 %Brainerd, MN7.1Willmar, MN: 7 %Willmar, MN7Northfield, MN: 7 %Northfield, MN7Duluth, MN: 6.9 %Duluth, MN6.9Hutchinson, MN: 6.5 %Hutchinson, MN6.5Moorhead, MN: 6.5 %Moorhead, MN6.5Winona, MN: 6.5 %Winona, MN6.5Buffalo, MN: 6.4 %Buffalo, MN6.4Cloquet, MN: 6.3 %Cloquet, MN6.3New Ulm, MN: 6.3 %New Ulm, MN6.3Hopkins, MN: 6.3 %Hopkins, MN6.3Minneapolis, MN: 6.2 %Minneapolis, MN6.2St. Paul, MN: 6.2 %St. Paul, MN6.2Stillwater, MN: 6.1 %Stillwater, MN6.1Edina, MN: 5.9 %Edina, MN5.9Rochester, MN: 5.6 %Rochester, MN5.6Roseville, MN: 5.6 %Roseville, MN5.6St. Cloud, MN: 5.5 %St. Cloud, MN5.5Little Canada, MN: 5.5 %Little Canada, MN5.5Columbia Heights, MN: 5.5 %Columbia Heights, MN5.5Victoria, MN: 5.3 %Victoria, MN5.3West St. Paul, MN: 5.1 %West St. Paul, MN5.1Rogers, MN: 5.1 %Rogers, MN5.1Faribault, MN: 5 %Faribault, MN5Grand Rapids, MN: 5 %Grand Rapids, MN5Anoka, MN: 5 %Anoka, MN5Chanhassen, MN: 4.9 %Chanhassen, MN4.9Minnetonka, MN: 4.9 %Minnetonka, MN4.9Vadnais Heights, MN: 4.8 %Vadnais Heights, MN4.8
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021 (%)
1Detroit Lakes, MN16.4
2Marshall, MN11.9
3Hibbing, MN11.4
4Albert Lea, MN8.7
5Alexandria, MN8.7
6Worthington, MN8.5
7Mankato, MN8.3
8Fairmont, MN7.8
9Austin, MN7.5
10Bemidji, MN7.3
11Fergus Falls, MN7.3
12Brainerd, MN7.1
13Willmar, MN7
14Northfield, MN7
15Duluth, MN6.9
16Hutchinson, MN6.5
17Moorhead, MN6.5
18Winona, MN6.5
19Buffalo, MN6.4
20Cloquet, MN6.3
21New Ulm, MN6.3
22Hopkins, MN6.3
23Minneapolis, MN6.2
24St. Paul, MN6.2
25Stillwater, MN6.1
26Edina, MN5.9
27Rochester, MN5.6
28Roseville, MN5.6
29St. Cloud, MN5.5
30Little Canada, MN5.5
31Columbia Heights, MN5.5
32Victoria, MN5.3
33West St. Paul, MN5.1
34Rogers, MN5.1
35Faribault, MN5
36Grand Rapids, MN5
37Anoka, MN5
38Chanhassen, MN4.9
39Minnetonka, MN4.9
40Vadnais Heights, MN4.8
41Forest Lake, MN4.7
42Fridley, MN4.6
42Hermantown, MN4.6
44White Bear Lake, MN4.5
45Bloomington, MN4.5
46North Mankato, MN4.5
47Elk River, MN4.5
48Lake Elmo, MN4.5
49Golden Valley, MN4.4
50St. Louis Park, MN4.3
51Cambridge, MN4.3
52Plymouth, MN4
53Blaine, MN3.9
54Hastings, MN3.8
55Mounds View, MN3.7
56East Bethel, MN3.7
57St. Peter, MN3.6
58Maplewood, MN3.6
59Inver Grove Heights, MN3.5
60Dayton, MN3.4
61Burnsville, MN3.4
62Owatonna, MN3.4
63Eden Prairie, MN3.3
64Hugo, MN3.2
65Otsego, MN3.1
66Big Lake, MN3
67Maple Grove, MN3
68Oakdale, MN3
69Richfield, MN3
70Shoreview, MN2.9
71Brooklyn Center, MN2.9
72New Hope, MN2.8
73Prior Lake, MN2.7
74Woodbury, MN2.7
75Cottage Grove, MN2.7
75Red Wing, MN2.7
77Rosemount, MN2.6
78Sauk Rapids, MN2.6
79Waconia, MN2.6
80New Brighton, MN2.6
81Sartell, MN2.5
82Lakeville, MN2.5
83North Branch, MN2.4
84Mendota Heights, MN2.4
85Brooklyn Park, MN2.4
86Eagan, MN2.4
87Apple Valley, MN2.3
88Crystal, MN2.3
89Ramsey, MN2.3
90Robbinsdale, MN2.2
90Shakopee, MN2.2
92Farmington, MN2.1
93Chaska, MN2.1
94Andover, MN2
95Coon Rapids, MN1.9
96Ham Lake, MN1.9
97South St. Paul, MN1.6
98Champlin, MN1.6
99St. Michael, MN1.4
100Savage, MN1.3
101Lino Lakes, MN1.3
102North St. Paul, MN0.6
103Monticello, MN0.4

Other periods

About this ranking

Vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units.

More on how it is measured
  • Vacant units include those for rent or for sale, rented or sold but not yet occupied, for seasonal, recreational or occasional use, for migrant workers, and other vacant units.
  • United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

This gross rate counts seasonal and other off-market vacant units, so it is much higher than the rental and homeowner vacancy rates of the Housing Vacancy Survey (rental_vacancy_rate and homeowner_vacancy_rate) and cannot be compared with them. Counties with many holiday homes have high rates.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Minnesota by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25002.dat

MLA 9

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Minnesota by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25002.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-vacancy-rate-all-vacant-units/minnesota-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Minnesota by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25002.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-vacancy-rate-all-vacant-units/minnesota-cities?period=2021.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Minnesota by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25002.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-vacancy-rate-all-vacant-units/minnesota-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_cities_in_minnesota_by_2021,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Minnesota by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2021}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25002.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-vacancy-rate-all-vacant-units/minnesota-cities?period=2021. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Minnesota by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2021
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/01/29
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25002.dat
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-vacancy-rate-all-vacant-units/minnesota-cities?period=2021
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-vacancy-rate-all-vacant-units/minnesota-cities?period=2021.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Cities in Minnesota by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US) using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"vacancy_rate_acs","level":"municipality","within":"Minnesota","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=vacancy_rate_acs&level=municipality&within=Minnesota&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which city has the highest housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US)?

Detroit Lakes, MN, with 16.4% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US)?

Monticello, MN, with 0.4% in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US): other rankings

Cities in Minnesota: more rankings