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The median home value in Cottage Grove, MN is $404,733 as of 2026-06-30, up 1.9% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$404,733
Year-over-Year
+1.9%
Population
43,131
Cottage Grove ranks #30 of 112 Minnesota cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 13.2% above the state's city median of $357,406. It sits in Washington County, where the county-wide median is $451,458.
Cottage Grove police recorded a violent crime rate of 39 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 682 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Cottage Grove is $404,733. That's up 1.9% from a year earlier. That is about 13.2% above the typical county in Minnesota.
Homes in Cottage Grove are cheaper than Washington County as a whole, where the median is $451,458 — a difference of about 10.3%.
Cottage Grove police reported 39 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 43,131. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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