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Housing in Gary

A typical Gary home is worth roughly $151,000

Typical home value
$151K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,070
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,379
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Gary?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Gary

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You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Gary home $151K

That covers a typical Gary home, with $190K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$920
Loan $750Tax $130Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070 a month here, $150 more 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.

The homes

99% of Gary households own their home

Half of Gary’s homes were built before 1959.

Owners and renters
Own 99%Rent 1%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1959
typical home built · MN 1979
$1,379
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
5%
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 $1,070

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$770
1 bedroom$830
2 bedrooms$1,070
3 bedrooms$1,360
4 bedrooms$1,570
1%
of households rent · MN 28%
1
renter households

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

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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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