Here’s How Old The Typical Home Now Is In Rochester, MN

From classic ramblers to mid-century gems, many homes in Rochester have been standing longer than their owners realize. The average age of a house here in Minnesota's Med City might surprise you, and it says a lot about how the city has grown.

Minnesota’s Housing History Is Younger Than You Might Think

I confess to being a history buff and am fascinated by many things about our past here in Minnesota. And while the Land of 10,000 Lakes has been a state for nearly 168 years now (we were admitted to the union back on May 11th of 1858), our history here is relatively recent when you compare us to some of the states that were the original 13 colonies on the East Coast.

So it makes sense, then, that homes here in the North Star State are, on average, younger than homes you might find in some of the states that were home to the original 13 colonies.

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Why Rochester, MN Is Seeing Newer Homes Built Each Year

Of course, these days, one of Minnesota's fast-growing cities is, of course, Rochester. Spurred by expansion at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, much like the Twin Cities southeast metro, is seeing many new houses being built each year, and whole neighborhoods springing up where there was once just farmland.

How Old Is the Average Home in Minnesota Compared to Other States?

So just how old ARE our homes here in the North Star State when you compare them to other states? That's what the gang over at TodaysHomeOwner.com attempted to find out when they undertook this cool survey. They used Census data from across the country, and this interactive list of median home ages in the U.S.

And what did they find? Well, here in the Bold North, the average age of a home is about 43 years old. If you click HERE, you can see the breakdown of the median age of homes by state. New York has the oldest homes, with an average age of 63 years. Meanwhile, Nevada's homes are only about 26 years old, on average.

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You can also check out the median of homes by county, as well. Here in Minnesota, many counties in the Twin Cities metro, like Hennepin, Ramsey, and others, have a relatively old median age, around 49 to 56 years. In Olmsted County, though, many homes have a relatively young median age of just 36 years.

You can check the entire median home age survey HERE. And keep scrolling to check out one INCREDIBLE house in Minneapolis that looks like a castle-- and is for sale right now.