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Housing in Acton

A typical Acton home is worth roughly $233,000

Typical home value
$233K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$990
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,375
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Acton?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Acton

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You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Acton home $233K

That covers a typical Acton home, with $108K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,420
Loan $1,160Tax $200Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $430 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Minnesota typical property tax (1.02% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

89% of Acton households own their home

Half of Acton’s homes were built before 1976.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1976
typical home built · MN 1979
$1,375
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
23%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $990

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$720
1 bedroom$840
2 bedrooms$990
3 bedrooms$1,380
4 bedrooms$1,480
11%
of households rent · MN 28%
8
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Kandiyohi County, MN): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Acton vs. its neighbors

Acton is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2017Median income
Acton$233K*—$990—$83,750
Grove City$260K+8%$9700$53,839
Danielson—+5.2%†$1,000—$102,500
Litchfield$258K+2.8%$1,020—$97,833
Gennessee—+6.6%†$1,030—$96,563

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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