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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Lowest Property Tax Bills in Minnesota

The smallest annual property tax bills in the country in dollar terms. Low home values do most of the work here, so a low bill is not the same thing as a low rate.

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Minnesota ranked

#County Annual taxMedian homeEffective rate
1 Traverse County $1,070$110,1000.972%
2 Koochiching County $1,148$143,7000.799%
3 Pipestone County $1,154$126,7000.911%
4 Big Stone County $1,169$135,7000.861%
5 Kittson County $1,231$134,4000.916%
6 Swift County $1,258$147,1000.855%
7 Faribault County $1,263$120,2001.051%
8 Marshall County $1,271$153,3000.829%
9 Clearwater County $1,297$177,1000.732%
10 Wilkin County $1,310$172,3000.760%
11 Jackson County $1,329$145,4000.914%
12 Norman County $1,341$135,7000.988%
13 Aitkin County $1,346$235,1000.573%
14 Lac qui Parle County $1,360$143,4000.948%
15 Murray County $1,373$179,4000.765%
16 Mahnomen County $1,427$146,5000.974%
17 Redwood County $1,444$150,4000.960%
18 Rock County $1,451$201,6000.720%
19 Stevens County $1,459$180,8000.807%
20 Lincoln County $1,478$152,2000.971%
21 Red Lake County $1,508$157,2000.959%
22 Cass County $1,512$262,3000.576%
23 Lake of the Woods County $1,520$215,0000.707%
24 Renville County $1,543$151,9001.016%
25 Yellow Medicine County $1,545$148,2001.043%
26 Martin County $1,547$158,8000.974%
27 Chippewa County $1,551$149,0001.041%
28 Watonwan County $1,557$151,6001.027%
29 Roseau County $1,644$177,1000.928%
30 Lake County $1,674$222,9000.751%
31 Nobles County $1,674$179,2000.934%
32 Grant County $1,677$178,6000.939%
33 Cottonwood County $1,737$154,0001.128%
34 Freeborn County $1,750$164,9001.061%
35 Wadena County $1,773$170,5001.040%
36 Mower County $1,819$172,0001.058%
37 Itasca County $1,851$212,0000.873%
38 Todd County $1,874$188,4000.995%
39 Brown County $1,890$181,7001.040%
40 Pope County $1,915$242,8000.789%
41 Fillmore County $1,932$204,0000.947%
42 Becker County $1,951$266,9000.731%
43 Otter Tail County $1,966$252,5000.779%
44 Pine County $1,973$225,6000.875%
45 Lyon County $2,021$193,1001.047%
46 Hubbard County $2,087$255,9000.816%
47 Winona County $2,099$222,9000.942%
48 Polk County $2,109$211,1000.999%
49 St. Louis County $2,142$208,5001.027%
50 Morrison County $2,154$237,0000.909%
51 Meeker County $2,159$228,9000.943%
52 Crow Wing County $2,161$274,4000.788%
53 Beltrami County $2,214$222,3000.996%
54 Kandiyohi County $2,291$230,5000.994%
55 Pennington County $2,300$188,9001.218%
56 Cook County $2,322$294,0000.790%
57 Sibley County $2,364$215,0001.100%
58 Kanabec County $2,463$221,1001.114%
59 Mille Lacs County $2,475$237,5001.042%
60 Blue Earth County $2,487$252,8000.984%
61 Douglas County $2,516$291,7000.863%
62 Benton County $2,532$247,1001.025%
63 Waseca County $2,537$213,2001.190%
64 Stearns County $2,617$256,5001.020%
65 Houston County $2,633$226,3001.163%
66 Wabasha County $2,675$245,8001.088%
67 McLeod County $2,708$233,4001.160%
68 Carlton County $2,712$232,0001.169%
69 Steele County $2,824$234,2001.206%
70 Clay County $2,854$256,0001.115%
71 Goodhue County $2,866$269,4001.064%
72 Nicollet County $2,888$258,5001.117%
73 Rice County $2,899$298,5000.971%
74 Dodge County $2,902$267,5001.085%
75 Isanti County $2,951$283,2001.042%
76 Anoka County $3,099$325,8000.951%
77 Le Sueur County $3,119$287,7001.084%
78 Sherburne County $3,311$332,7000.995%
79 Olmsted County $3,314$304,5001.088%
80 Wright County $3,319$332,8000.997%
81 Dakota County $3,610$362,1000.997%
82 Chisago County $3,668$326,6001.123%
83 Ramsey County $3,767$304,9001.235%
84 Washington County $4,012$400,9001.001%
85 Scott County $4,195$393,5001.066%
86 Hennepin County $4,337$376,5001.152%
87 Carver County $4,380$426,9001.026%

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

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