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Housing in Boon Lake

A typical Boon Lake home is worth roughly $352,000

Typical home value
$352K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,261
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Boon Lake?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

92% of Boon Lake households own their home

Half of Boon Lake’s homes were built before 1976.

Owners and renters
Own 92%Rent 8%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1976
typical home built · MN 1979
$2,261
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
2%
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.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Boon Lake

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Boon Lake home $352K

That’s $11K short of a typical Boon Lake home.

The typical home, each month
$2,150
Loan $1,740Tax $300Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $1,170 less than owning.

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $980

Renters already here pay a median of $1,063.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$780
1 bedroom$810
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,280
4 bedrooms$1,590
8%
of households rent · MN 28%
11
renter households
$1,063
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Renville 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

Boon Lake vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Boon Lake$352K*—$980$85,000
Cedar Mills—+2.2%†$1,010$92,292
Lynn—+0.7%†$1,020$102,500

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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