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The median home value in Forest Lake, MN is $434,497 as of 2026-06-30, up 3.4% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$434,497
Year-over-Year
+3.4%
Population
20,680
Forest Lake ranks #25 of 112 Minnesota cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 21.6% above the state's city median of $357,406. It sits in Washington County, where the county-wide median is $451,458.
Forest Lake police recorded a violent crime rate of 121 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,475 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 Forest Lake is $434,497. That's up 3.4% from a year earlier. That is about 21.6% above the typical county in Minnesota.
Homes in Forest Lake are cheaper than Washington County as a whole, where the median is $451,458 — a difference of about 3.8%.
Forest Lake police reported 121 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 20,680. 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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