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Housing in Great Scott

A typical Great Scott home is worth roughly $264,000

Typical home value
$264K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,090
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,656
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Great Scott?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

96% of Great Scott households own their home

Half of Great Scott’s homes were built before 1978.

Owners and renters
Own 96%Rent 4%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1978
typical home built · MN 1979
$1,656
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
15%
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 Great Scott

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Great Scott home $264K

That covers a typical Great Scott home, with $77K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,610
Loan $1,310Tax $220Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,090 a month here, $520 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 $1,090

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$870
2 bedrooms$1,090
3 bedrooms$1,490
4 bedrooms$1,830
4%
of households rent · MN 28%
1
renter households

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

Next door

Great Scott vs. its neighbors

Great Scott is the priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Great Scott$264K*—$1,090—$81,250
Mountain Iron$201K+6.9%$1,1100$83,293
Balkan$219K*+2.6%†$1,030—$79,722
Cherry$228K*—$1,090—$80,536
Buhl$133K+7.3%$1,2101$58,750
Hibbing$165K+6.1%$1,0308$55,789

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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