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Housing in Barber

A typical Barber home is worth roughly $223,000

Typical home value
$223K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,260
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,450
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Barber?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Barber

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You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Barber home $223K

That covers a typical Barber home, with $118K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,360
Loan $1,100Tax $190Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,260 a month here, $100 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

86% of Barber households own their home

Half of Barber’s homes were built before 1941.

Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 14%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1941
typical home built · MN 1979
$1,450
median property tax bill · MN $3,357

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 $1,260

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$870
1 bedroom$1,020
2 bedrooms$1,260
3 bedrooms$1,690
4 bedrooms$1,700
14%
of households rent · MN 28%
11
renter households

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

Next door

Barber vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Barber. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Barber$223K*—$1,260$98,750
Emerald—+2.9%†$990$75,833
Walnut Lake—+4.6%†$1,120$95,938
Blue Earth City$274K*+2.9%†$1,000$74,545

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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