Apartments in the Twin Cities
Off-campus and student apartments across Minneapolis and St. Paul, organized around campus, neighborhood, and transit.
The Twin Cities rental market runs on the academic calendar and the METRO Green Line, which connects downtown Minneapolis to downtown St. Paul directly through the University of Minnesota. Start with your campus or program, then narrow by neighborhood, lease type, and transit access.
Start with your campus
The fastest way to narrow a Twin Cities search is to start from where you need to be each day. The University of Minnesota spans the East Bank and West Bank in Minneapolis and a separate campus in St. Paul, and the right neighborhood depends on which one you are commuting to.
Browse by neighborhood
Each district below is defined by its location, its transit access, and the kind of housing stock it holds. Pick the one that lines up with your campus and your commute.
See all five in one place on the Twin Cities neighborhoods index.
Housing guides
The guides answer the questions renters actually ask before signing near campus, from lease timing to guarantors to subleasing.
Browse the full set on the guides index.
How the Green Line ties it together
The METRO Green Line runs from downtown Minneapolis to downtown St. Paul and stops at West Bank, East Bank, Stadium Village, Prospect Park, Westgate, and Raymond Avenue. The free Campus Connector and Route 121 link the Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses, so one address can serve more than one part of the university.
Transferring in through a partner college? The MnCAP transfer housing pillar shows how to choose housing once, on the Green Line that serves your community college now and your U of M campus after you transfer.
Twin Cities renting questions
The districts closest to campus are Dinkytown and Stadium Village by the East Bank, Cedar-Riverside by the West Bank, Prospect Park east on the Green Line, and St. Anthony Park next to the St. Paul campus.
The METRO Green Line runs between downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul and stops at West Bank, East Bank, Stadium Village, Prospect Park, Westgate, and Raymond Avenue. That single line touches both Minneapolis banks and reaches toward the St. Paul campus.
Earlier than most renters expect. The market near campus moves on the academic calendar, and the best-positioned communities lease up months ahead of the fall term. See the lease-timing guide for the full season.
Find your place near campus
Start from your campus and work outward to the neighborhood and lease that fit.
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