Lowest property taxes in Minnesota: Census estimated rates
Ordered by median annual taxes paid divided by median home value. These are survey estimates, not local statutory tax rates.
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Minnesota county ranking
87 counties with usable estimates. Ties use FIPS order; rankings use unrounded ratios. Small displayed differences may reflect rounding or survey error.
| Rank | County | Estimated effective rate | Median home value | Median annual taxes paid | Owner-occupied units | Census sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aitkin County, MN | 0.55% | $255,800 | $1,407 | 6,160 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 2 | Cass County, MN | 0.56% | $288,300 | $1,615 | 11,096 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 3 | Lake of the Woods County, MN | 0.66% | $216,100 | $1,419 | 1,486 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 4 | Clearwater County, MN | 0.67% | $192,100 | $1,295 | 2,676 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 5 | Cook County, MN | 0.69% | $336,200 | $2,304 | 2,105 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 6 | Becker County, MN | 0.69% | $291,000 | $2,014 | 11,123 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 7 | Rock County, MN | 0.71% | $224,300 | $1,590 | 3,089 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 8 | Lake County, MN | 0.73% | $241,300 | $1,765 | 4,125 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 9 | Koochiching County, MN | 0.74% | $156,600 | $1,156 | 4,723 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 10 | Crow Wing County, MN | 0.74% | $306,800 | $2,283 | 22,647 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 11 | Otter Tail County, MN | 0.77% | $273,000 | $2,093 | 19,996 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 12 | Pope County, MN | 0.77% | $255,100 | $1,967 | 4,142 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 13 | Hubbard County, MN | 0.78% | $282,600 | $2,217 | 7,445 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 14 | Wilkin County, MN | 0.79% | $182,200 | $1,435 | 2,115 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 15 | Murray County, MN | 0.79% | $185,400 | $1,471 | 2,968 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 16 | Marshall County, MN | 0.80% | $164,500 | $1,315 | 3,139 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 17 | Stevens County, MN | 0.81% | $202,800 | $1,634 | 2,465 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 18 | Douglas County, MN | 0.83% | $321,400 | $2,674 | 13,394 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 19 | Swift County, MN | 0.86% | $161,400 | $1,386 | 2,983 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 20 | Pipestone County, MN | 0.86% | $140,200 | $1,209 | 3,209 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 21 | Itasca County, MN | 0.86% | $225,200 | $1,945 | 15,396 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 22 | Pine County, MN | 0.86% | $239,300 | $2,068 | 10,057 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 23 | Big Stone County, MN | 0.87% | $169,100 | $1,473 | 1,703 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 24 | Morrison County, MN | 0.88% | $248,500 | $2,190 | 11,352 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 25 | Meeker County, MN | 0.90% | $249,000 | $2,243 | 7,408 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 26 | Lac qui Parle County, MN | 0.90% | $157,600 | $1,422 | 2,413 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 27 | Kittson County, MN | 0.92% | $134,800 | $1,239 | 1,470 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 28 | Winona County, MN | 0.93% | $235,400 | $2,180 | 14,073 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 29 | Jackson County, MN | 0.93% | $157,100 | $1,460 | 3,516 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 30 | Mahnomen County, MN | 0.93% | $161,900 | $1,509 | 1,381 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 31 | Grant County, MN | 0.93% | $191,000 | $1,783 | 1,971 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 32 | Norman County, MN | 0.94% | $147,100 | $1,378 | 2,145 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 33 | Fillmore County, MN | 0.94% | $221,100 | $2,076 | 7,202 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 34 | Anoka County, MN | 0.94% | $346,500 | $3,271 | 110,229 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 35 | Todd County, MN | 0.95% | $207,700 | $1,982 | 8,471 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 36 | Lincoln County, MN | 0.96% | $164,400 | $1,574 | 1,991 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 37 | Roseau County, MN | 0.97% | $183,700 | $1,779 | 4,987 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 38 | Beltrami County, MN | 0.97% | $237,500 | $2,309 | 12,742 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 39 | Rice County, MN | 0.97% | $320,200 | $3,115 | 17,918 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 40 | Blue Earth County, MN | 0.98% | $266,700 | $2,601 | 16,939 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 41 | Benton County, MN | 0.98% | $271,000 | $2,651 | 11,157 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 42 | Wright County, MN | 0.98% | $358,900 | $3,523 | 45,420 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 43 | Dakota County, MN | 0.98% | $381,000 | $3,749 | 130,675 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 44 | Sherburne County, MN | 0.99% | $361,400 | $3,560 | 29,598 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 45 | Faribault County, MN | 0.99% | $135,300 | $1,334 | 4,814 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 46 | Washington County, MN | 0.99% | $422,000 | $4,164 | 85,825 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 47 | Traverse County, MN | 0.99% | $114,100 | $1,126 | 1,073 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 48 | Nobles County, MN | 0.99% | $197,200 | $1,956 | 5,692 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 49 | Carver County, MN | 0.99% | $453,600 | $4,501 | 33,548 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 50 | Redwood County, MN | 1.00% | $158,200 | $1,581 | 4,933 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 51 | Red Lake County, MN | 1.00% | $162,000 | $1,622 | 1,394 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 52 | Stearns County, MN | 1.00% | $273,400 | $2,742 | 41,663 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 53 | Isanti County, MN | 1.01% | $306,200 | $3,081 | 13,638 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 54 | Polk County, MN | 1.01% | $222,800 | $2,245 | 8,809 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 55 | Scott County, MN | 1.01% | $419,400 | $4,230 | 46,071 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 56 | Martin County, MN | 1.02% | $163,500 | $1,671 | 6,090 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 57 | Kandiyohi County, MN | 1.02% | $243,200 | $2,492 | 12,764 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 58 | St. Louis County, MN | 1.03% | $221,400 | $2,271 | 62,020 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 59 | Mower County, MN | 1.03% | $185,200 | $1,907 | 12,195 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 60 | Brown County, MN | 1.03% | $191,200 | $1,976 | 8,700 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 61 | Renville County, MN | 1.04% | $163,200 | $1,691 | 4,855 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 62 | Yellow Medicine County, MN | 1.04% | $154,700 | $1,606 | 3,419 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 63 | Wadena County, MN | 1.04% | $173,000 | $1,806 | 4,474 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 64 | Mille Lacs County, MN | 1.04% | $258,300 | $2,698 | 8,309 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 65 | Watonwan County, MN | 1.05% | $162,400 | $1,700 | 3,290 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 66 | Goodhue County, MN | 1.05% | $285,100 | $2,998 | 15,548 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 67 | Cottonwood County, MN | 1.05% | $169,300 | $1,781 | 3,446 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 68 | Wabasha County, MN | 1.05% | $264,400 | $2,785 | 7,628 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 69 | Lyon County, MN | 1.06% | $200,700 | $2,126 | 7,328 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 70 | Olmsted County, MN | 1.06% | $331,700 | $3,525 | 47,223 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 71 | Le Sueur County, MN | 1.06% | $316,500 | $3,366 | 9,438 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 72 | Chisago County, MN | 1.07% | $351,900 | $3,780 | 18,356 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 73 | Chippewa County, MN | 1.10% | $156,100 | $1,711 | 3,706 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 74 | Sibley County, MN | 1.10% | $231,900 | $2,544 | 4,789 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 75 | Dodge County, MN | 1.11% | $287,700 | $3,191 | 6,997 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 76 | Freeborn County, MN | 1.11% | $171,100 | $1,907 | 10,213 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 77 | Nicollet County, MN | 1.13% | $270,300 | $3,046 | 9,389 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 78 | Kanabec County, MN | 1.13% | $228,100 | $2,582 | 5,549 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 79 | Clay County, MN | 1.13% | $265,500 | $3,013 | 17,424 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 80 | Hennepin County, MN | 1.14% | $392,900 | $4,480 | 338,263 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 81 | Houston County, MN | 1.15% | $239,000 | $2,756 | 6,782 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 82 | McLeod County, MN | 1.15% | $246,100 | $2,840 | 11,781 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 83 | Carlton County, MN | 1.17% | $245,100 | $2,862 | 11,273 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 84 | Waseca County, MN | 1.18% | $220,800 | $2,603 | 6,037 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 85 | Steele County, MN | 1.21% | $245,400 | $2,964 | 12,020 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 86 | Ramsey County, MN | 1.21% | $326,600 | $3,966 | 134,142 | Value / Tax / Units |
| 87 | Pennington County, MN | 1.26% | $195,500 | $2,458 | 4,479 | Value / Tax / Units |
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