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The median home value in Waite Park, MN is $258,176 as of 2026-06-30, up 1.99% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$258,176
Year-over-Year
+1.99%
Population
8,413
Waite Park ranks #95 of 112 Minnesota cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 27.8% below the state's city median of $357,406. It sits in Stearns County, where the county-wide median is $322,937.
Waite Park police recorded a violent crime rate of 131 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 4,101 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 Waite Park is $258,176. That's up 1.99% from a year earlier. That is about 27.8% below the typical county in Minnesota.
Homes in Waite Park are cheaper than Stearns County as a whole, where the median is $322,937 — a difference of about 20.1%.
Waite Park police reported 131 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 8,413. 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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