MN area data
Ghent, MN
Ghent, MN.
Population: 587 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 429.3 (+3.3% YoY)
Market activity
- Median sale price
- $97,250
- Median list price
- $107,500
- Median days on market
- 68.5 days
- Sale-to-list ratio
- 97.3%
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Low)
- 88.6 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 15.8¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $11.00/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards
- winterWeather, coldWave, drought
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 45.0°F
- Average high
- 54.0°F
- Average low
- 35.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 30.5 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 40
- Days with Good air quality
- 276
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Pipestone National Monument (39 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan Field (MML) (5 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 11
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 6
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (3.9 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,974
- Median annual property tax
- $2,130
- Mean commute to work
- 13 min
- Households with broadband internet
- 75.8%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 11,413
- Average weekly wage
- $995
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Finance & Insurance, Accommodation & Food
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 20
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