Realtors in Delano, MN
Highway 12 access, the Crow River and the Delano school district. Buying, selling and home valuation in Delano, Wright County, from a two broker team based in Saint Michael.
Delano runs its commute on Highway 12, which makes it a different drive than the I-94 towns.
The Crow River runs through town and Highway 12 runs east into I-394, which puts Delano on a completely different commute spine than the I-94 corridor towns. If you work on the west side of Minneapolis or in the 394 corridor, this is often a shorter practical drive than towns that look closer on a map. The city has its own school district and a downtown with an actual main street.
Highway 12 is the whole point and it is worth understanding before you buy. It is not a freeway for its full length, so the drive is steadier and less prone to the stop-and-go that makes I-94 unpredictable, but it also has stretches where a slow vehicle sets the pace. Delano is also known regionally for its Fourth of July celebration, which is a big deal locally and worth knowing if you are buying near the parade route.
- County
- Wright County
- Schools
- Delano (ISD 879)
- Commute
- Highway 12 east toward I-394
- To downtown
- about 40 to 55 minutes to downtown Minneapolis
- Water/sewer
- city services in town, wells and septic on the river and rural lots
- Housing
- An older river-town core, steady nineties and two-thousands subdivision, plus rural acreage and river lots outside the city.
- Coordinates
- 45.0411° N 93.7891° W
Approximate drive times, and they are worth nothing next to the drive you make yourself at the hour you would really be leaving.
Buying, selling and valuation in Delano.
Each of these has its own Delano page, written for this town, not for the county.
What a buyer should know about Delano.
Drive Highway 12 at your real commute hour, and drive it both ways. People who work in the 394 corridor are often surprised how well this works, and people who work northeast of downtown find it does not. On river property, ask about the floodplain and get the survey.
What a seller is up against in Delano.
Your buyer pool is weighted toward the west metro and the 394 corridor, not the I-94 corridor, so the listing should sell the Highway 12 access specifically instead of a generic mention of commuting. Its own school district means school-driven buyers are choosing Delano deliberately.
Valuing a Delano property.
Delano has less new construction distorting comps than the I-94 towns, so the comparable sales tend to be cleaner. River lots are the exception and need to be valued on the land.
Thinking about Delano?
Call 763-786-3700. We will tell you what is on the market here, what it is going for and whether this is the right town for what you want.
Delano questions, answered straight.
How long is the commute from Delano to Minneapolis?
You are on Highway 12 east toward I-394, and it is about 40 to 55 minutes to downtown Minneapolis. Those are approximate and the only number that matters is the one you get driving it yourself at the hour you would really be leaving, in both directions.
Which county is Delano in?
Wright County. That determines your property taxes, your recording and where a septic compliance inspection gets filed, so on the county borders we get the actual tax statement, not an estimate.
Is Delano on city water and sewer or a well and septic?
City services in town, wells and septic on the river and rural lots. It is a per-parcel question, and it changes both the inspections we order and what you maintain afterward.
What is the housing stock like in Delano?
An older river-town core, steady nineties and two-thousands subdivision, plus rural acreage and river lots outside the city. Highway 12 makes this a west-metro commute, not an I-94 one.
Other towns on the sheet.
| Town | County | School district | Commute spine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Michael | Wright | St. Michael-Albertville (ISD 885) | I-94 at County Road 19 |
| Albertville | Wright | St. Michael-Albertville (ISD 885) | I-94 at exit 202 |
| Otsego | Wright | mostly Elk River Area (ISD 728), with part in St. Michael-Albertville (ISD 885) | Highway 101 north to Elk River, I-94 south |
| Rogers | Hennepin | Elk River Area (ISD 728) | I-94 at Highway 101 |
| Elk River | Sherburne | Elk River Area (ISD 728) | Highway 169 and Highway 10, plus the Northstar commuter rail station |
| Monticello | Wright | Monticello (ISD 882) | I-94 west of the metro |
| Buffalo | Wright | Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose (ISD 877) | Highway 55 and Highway 25 |
| Annandale | Wright | Annandale (ISD 876) | Highway 55, then I-94 or Highway 12 |
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